Here's some background that goes beyond what's covered elsewhere on this site.
Apple
My interest in computers dates back to the 1970s. From HP programmable calculators to a mainframe system running Honeywell's Multics OS, I was soon hooked. In 1983, I decided it was time to get my first home computer. I was about to buy an Apple IIe when word of the Macintosh began to leak out. So I waited. In January 1984, I went to a local computer store the day that the Mac hit the shelves. A few minutes later, my mind was made up. The Macintosh was the train to the future and I wanted to get on board. I bought one that day.
My desire to learn about the Mac went far beyond what I needed to know for my "day job" as a professor. This eventually led to a career that included all the activities noted in the other sections of this site.
I retired in 2015. You can read the details here.
Beyond Apple
In addition to my “Apple career,” I was a professor of Psychology at Oakland University (in Michigan) from 1977 until I retired in 2004.
My area of speciality was biological psychology, working with how hormones affect behavior. I also have a special interest in evolution and behavior, [A brief aside: I have been a long-time admirer of Richard Dawkins (author of The Selfish Gene). When Dawkins wrote The Blind Watchmaker, he also wrote a Macintosh program to accompany the book. My two worlds (Psychology and Apple) briefly came together at this point: I had the opportunity to interview Professor Dawkins for an article published in the MACazine in 1988.]
My wife Naomi is a retired social worker. After I left Oakland University, we moved back to to the East Bay of San Francisco (where she grew up and where I got my doctorate at U.C. Berkeley). Today, we continue to enjoy living in one of the most beautiful and vibrant places on earth.
My son Brian now lives in Walnut Creek, CA, together with his wife Stevi and their two daughters Lillia and Yara.