Heydon lives and works in Norwich as a web designer and coder. In 2008 he built a web interface for the Guardian newspaper and provided web design and artwork for an innovative Channel 4 Education project. Heydon is a fan of blues and rock 'n' roll music and has played at the notorious 'Koko' venue in London. He owns a mean resonator guitar. At University, Heydon and his friend David spent some time pretending to be marketing gurus and landed a job providing a presentational video for the conference of a large marketing company recently acquired by Google. Heydon has two pet hermit crabs called Ian and Phillip (also known as 'Mr. Ugly').