Mark became interested in computers at an early age when he was about twelve, he used the Atari BASIC program to create a messaging program called"Zucknet" His father used tin is dental office, and the family used t in the house. His fascination for computerscontinued through high school, Mark created a nusic software program, hich was named Synapse. everal companies, including AOL merica On Line) and Microsoft, wanted to b his software and hire him, but he refused their offers. He went to college instead