Thomas Q Brady started, as so many did, with a Commodore computer as a child(Vic 20, though, not 64), teaching himself BASIC from the book that came with it. It became a life-long-hobby-turned-career, when his degrees in Psychology and Philosophy turned out to be the real hobbies. He's a hardware hacker, interaction designer and developer, currently working as Technology Director at Reaction, Inc., makers of the Exo short-term housing system.