Were you a good student?I was one of these guys that didn’t really study, so I don’t think I was a good student.I am very proud to say that I graduated from Tufts University with better than a 3.0 average. It was actually 3.01.During my entire four years there at Tufts my GPA improved every single semester, which gives you an idea of where I started. No, I was not a good student.Were there any subjects you were particularly interested in? Any books that influenced or were important to you?I’ve been asked before, “Who are your heroes?” and these types of questions.I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing.I’ve always been forward looking.I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want.You’re able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish.I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to~or I’ve never had the benefit, I should probably say―of being inspired by outside heroes.But early on you were interested in gadgets, including computers. How did this manifest itself?I’ve always been into the gadgets and I guess when I first saw a computer―I’m trying to think if it was third―it might have been third grade.It was pretty early on actually and it was an early TRS-80, you know, Radio Shack. Kind of the original Radio Shack TRS-80 computer, 4K of memory.
