About the Author

Craig Gilchrist is the Digital Director at Eden Agency (http://createdineden.com/), a small but mighty digital agency that is at the forefront of proximity marketing. His team is one of the first to release commercial iBeacon-powered apps in the world and currently boast over 1.5 million app downloads in multiple fields and have a perfectly balanced technical and creative team.

Craig is based in North Yorkshire, England, and has been developing commercial software since graduating from the University of Teesside in 2004 with a BSc in Software Engineering and has been building apps for iOS since 2009.

Craig is an avid reader and is always at the forefront of commercial technological developments. Other than mobile app development and digital marketing, Craig also has a keen interest in developing rich media, including gaming, children's interactive media, and a very keen interest in Unity and virtual reality with Oculus Rift.

First, I'd like to thank my baby boy, Teddy, for being my raison d'être. I know you don't know it yet, but I never knew what life meant before you arrived. As you grow and blossom, I hope I'm as inspiring to you as you are to me, I'm already so proud of you son.

I would also like to thank my wife, Ria, for being a beacon of support throughout the writing of this book. Your new mummy voice is the stern voice I need to kick me into shape. You're beautiful, patient, and majestic. You're my fairy tale and my happily ever after.

Finally, I'd like to thank my team at Eden Agency (@createdineden) who I'm proud to call my friends, for being so creative, innovative, and generally awesome, and for keeping me on my toes. May we continue to build exquisite solutions for long.