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EARLY WORK David is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. At age eleven, he made his first 8 mm cartoon using stacks of discarded Flintstones cels he found in the trash bins behind Hanna-Barbera . He studied engineering at UCLA and Humanistic Psychology at California State University at Sonoma where he received his bachelor's degree. David and his wife Annie co-founded Marin Computer Center in 1977 - the world’s first public-access microcomputer center. He co-authored the books Computer Animation Primer, Armchair BASIC, and Pascal Primer. LUCASARTS David's books led to him being hired as a founding member of the Games Division at ''. He also worked on '' Maniac Mansion '' as the primary script programmer. David was part of the immortal team that included Ron Gilbert and Noah Falstein . David spent his last two years at LucasArts David as Manager of Entertainment Software on Mirage (a collaboration between LucasArts and Hughes Aircraft Corporation ). This multi-player, networked location-based entertainment system was intended for theme parks, but like several early Lucasfilm projects of the time, was too advanced and hence too expensive for the market at that time. TALK CITY After leaving LucasArts, David was a Senior Game Designer at Rocket Science Games, then worked as a freelance consultant on several games. In 1996, he joined LiveWorld Inc./Talk City, an Internet community provider, as their Director of Kids and Entertainment Programming. During his four years at the company, he produced The InSite, a Web site for teen empowerment, and then became the Director of New Content. In 2001, David returned to immersive gaming at Xulu Entertainment, producing their motion simulator project. Then he produced and designed a prototype of an educational game for Learning Friends under a grant from the William And Flora Hewlett Foundation . RECENT AND CURRENT WORK In the run-up to the 2004 election, he was active on the Dean Media Team (www.Switch2Dean.com) and built a ( Blog ) for Simon & Schuster on Dean’s book, Winning Back America. Since then he has developed Web sites for authors David McCullough and Terry Gamble , Alaska Federation of Natives and Marin Democrats, all with graphic designer Daniel Will-Harris . David is the Director of Production for NewsTrust, a proposed citizen news rating service aiming to bring together experienced journalists and volunteer reviewers. David's interests include science fiction, good films, photography, video making, and taking long walks in the hills of Marin County with Annie (and with their dog, Vermont). SEE ALSO
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