I became interested in both radio and computers at the same time. I listened to hams chatting endlessly on an already antique shortwave radio that had been given to me. I learned to code submitting batch jobs to IIT in Chicago from my high school. By the time I got to college I started putting these activities together. page 
Traffic works its way through a web service metaphorically represented by size and color coded dots that refuse to overlap. blocks
I've always been interested in using every display available to create symbolic images that represent something not easily seen any other way. The simulator I built in graduate school has slowly revealed secrets as I perfect technique.
See Magnavox CR-154