An acquaintance put us in touch with good friends of theirs, Tom Anderson and his wife, Marianne Anderson, who worked at Microsoft in the early days of Windows and Excel. Tom was Program Manager on such products as Windows 3.11, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, and Internet Explorer, among other projects. Tom is now working for Research in Motion as a Senior BlackBerry Developer Evangelist. Marianne is a technical/business/social media/web content writer.

We were thrilled when Tom and Marianne stopped in to visit us for a couple of hours in October 2012, regaling us with stories from their days at Microsoft, working with Bill Gates, and telling us about what they’re currently involved in. They kindly talked to Scott about his programming interests and also reviewed a few of his projects. It was an enormous thrill for Scott and he really appreciated their comments and feedback.