Although it seems that in the shower or sleeping is where my best work occurs, the studio is the place where the shoe leather hits the pavement. I mostly work with web and application development, but I also do a good deal of graphic, print, and multimedia design. On my off hours, I like to turn off the computers to paint with oil, camel hair, canvas, and minerals.
They don't call it the information age for nothing. The web browser has become the default medium for communication and the craft that powers it is still a mystery for many. It's a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills that give a developer complete control over how a web application performs, looks, and operates.
I believe that user experience design is a very important aspect of modern communications. It encompasses psychology, human factors and ergonomics. I've found myself referening to one of the most cited papers in cognitive psychology on more than one project. The concept is called 'The magical number sever plus or minus two'.
Don't mistake legibility with communication - David Carson. Visual communication is powerful and it can make or break a presentation, brochure, website, or company.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. - Woody Allen
I like to paint portraits, landscapes and abstractions in oil, watercolor and gauche. I wish I was able to paint more often and I keep joking with my better half that it's my retirement plan. Compared to my digital work, it's nice knowing that a painting will last several hundred years.