Dan Gookin is a computer book author who wrote the first ''
...For Dummies'' books including ''DOS for Dummies'' and ''PCs for Dummies,'' establishing the design and voice of the long-running series that followed, incorporating humor and jokes into a format for beginners on any subject. He also is a member of the Coeur d'Alene City Council.
Gookin has written over 150 computer books. His website provides computer help sections and a blog which is updated several times a week. He was editor of ''
ComputorEdge Magazine
''ComputorEdge Magazine'' was first published on May 16, 1983 as ''The Byte Buyer'' in San Diego, California. It was one of the first local free distribution magazines in the United States devoted to the microcomputer. In 1988, in a dispute with ...
'', a local San Diego computer periodical, from 1987 to 1989.
Gookin lives in
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Coeur d'Alene ( ; french: Cœur d'Alène, lit=Heart of an stitching awl, Awl ) is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the largest city in North Idaho and the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolita ...
, where he has been active in community theater and became the artistic director of Lake City Playhouse in 1997.
He was elected to a seat in the Coeur d'Alene City Council in November 2011. He was a nominee for the Idaho Senate and the 2007 Libertarian nominee for the
Coeur d'Alene city council
He is a graduate of the
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...
with a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in communications/visual arts.
He appeared as himself on the series ''
To Tell the Truth'' as the panel tried to figure out if he or someone else wrote the first ''
...For Dummies'' book.
Bibliography
* ''C Programming For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2020)
* ''Android For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2020)
* ''Dan Gookin's Guide to Curl Programming'' (Kindle, 2019)
* ''Running For Local Office For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2019)
* ''Android Tablets For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2014)
* ''Android Phones For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2014)
* ''Samsung Galaxy Tabs For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2013)
* ''Beginning Programming with C For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2013)
* ''Word 2013 For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2013)
* ''PCs For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2013)
* ''Laptops For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 2012)
* ''More DOS For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 1994)
* ''DOS For Dummies'' (For Dummies, 1991)
References
External links
Dan Gookin's Homepage*
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Living people
American humorists
American libertarians
American technology writers
Year of birth missing (living people)