David W. Martin

— me, myself, and I – a bio about me.

Based in the Houston Metro area,
David W. Martin is a certified IT professional, programmer, vet tech journalist, adjunct professor (retired), and a Texas Peace Officer – he’s been covering the tech we love for a variety of publications and sites since 1983 and fighting crime since 1997. He lead teamBYTE’s Apple coverage at the relaunch of that property in 2011, and now he’s working on some other projects to be announced soon (or taking a well deserved break).

David cut his teeth on the PET, writing in BASIC on that platform. He learned assembly language on the Commodore Vic 20, the Commodore 64 and the Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) VAX mini, which led him to several years of writing and testing NASA space shuttle software.

David, a well-known former columnist and reviewer for such properties as Ahoy!, Amiga Computing, Compute! & Compute!’s Gazette, Run, Transactor, .info, CNET, Cult of Mac, BYTE and Mac|Life, loves to get email from Apple users solving thorny issues with their software or hardware. He has a deep knowledge and passion for all things Apple and technology in general.

When David isn’t writing, you’ll find him spending time volunteering in his community, fighting crime, teaching (retired), tinkering with his aquariums, retro tech and drones, or spending time with his rescued pound puppy Fern, friends, or family.

Check out my new project for 2026, my new website, Ask An IT Ninja, Ask An IT Ninja on Instagram, and Ask An IT Ninja on Facebook, currently under construction. Please like or follow my pages for more announcements.

Facebook Groups for Commodore’s new Ultimate 64 – Commodore 64 Ultimate Uncensored and Commodore 64 Ultimate Development & Modifications

Note: Some social media links are intentionally inactive at this time.