There is something very therapeutic about the smell of a hot soldering iron. There is much joy to be had for me in creating something physical. 

A couple of years ago, I decided to rekindle my interest in electronics. I played with PIC micro-controllers for a while and then decided to get an Arduino, mainly because they are so much more Mac friendly than any other micro-controller system. I started building some simple projects and realised that it would not take much to convert these into a book. So, I wrote a sample chapter or two and sent it off to a few publishers.

Much to my surprise, TAB books (part of McGraw Hill) came back to me with a proposal that I adapt it to fit their 'Evil Genius' series of project-based books. The end result was '30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius'. To my great delight, this book continues to sell extremely well.

I have got the writing bug and as well as the books above, I have a few new projects in the works. Watch this space ....