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Two Turntables and a MacBook: IT Geeks Get Their Groove On

By day, they work in IT- designing and developing software, building microchips, setting up servers and performing QA. But when the work day is done, these five techies hit the 1s and 2s (turntables), beat-matching, mixing and scratching, spinning tunes that will make you wanna groove.

By Meridith Levinson

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Nicholas Maddix

Nicholas Maddix, the developer of Anagram software, in the mix at Le Souk, a restaurant and lounge in NYC.

Maddix, 33, is Le Souk's resident DJ, and he spins house music in clubs and at venues all over the world, from Cannes to Cabo San Lucas, Manchester (England) to Tokyo. The jet-set DJ has been on the bill with house music superstars DJ Keoki and Mark Farina. A geek at heart, Maddix says that much of his attraction to DJ'ing comes from wanting to play with all the technical equipment.

For more on software developers' attraction to DJ'ing, see the feature story, Developers by Day, DJs by Night.

Iris Burke Photography

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