Charlie Fiskeaux II

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Interactive Media Developer

AKA The Human Google — Feeling Lucky?

As our leading interactive developer and resident Eagle Scout, Charlie's strength is found at the intersection of form and function, where he serves up remarkable applications for both the desktop and the web. Equipped with an art degree from Asbury College and an unusually absorbent brain, Charlie is driven by a desire for excellence that brings balanced attention to the design and execution of each project. Charlie and his wife, Hilary, are completely enthralled with their little boy, Caspian, and are expecting an addition to their family this spring.

Charlie's Favorites

Favorite Smells: dryer exhaust, gasoline, uncontaminated post office lobbies.

Favorite Ice Cream: vanilla ice cream with my father-in-law's secret chocolate sauce, or Heavenly Hash/Rocky Road.

Favorite Movies: Brazil, The Postman, Amelie, Castaway, and many others.

Favorite TV Shows: Burn Notice, Battlestar Galactica, all incarnations of Star Trek, The Dukes of Hazzard, Project Runway, Psych, Lost.

Favorite Artists: Piet Mondrian, and the group of Italian artists called Futurists.

Were you named for anyone? my father, Charlie David Fiskeaux.

If you could have the perfect meal, what would it include? po' cakes, crawfish etoufée, fried green tomatoes, and a fruit trifle.

Best concert/play/musical ever attended? Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. In particular, their performance of Macbeth.

What would you be doing if you weren't working for 8G (unrealistically—dream big)? Scientific advisor for cinematic endeavors (i.e. movies), or perhaps helping out on Mythbusters.

Have you ever met anyone famous? Who? Ben Jones, who played Cooter Davenport on The Dukes of Hazzard, at Cooter's Garage in Gatlinburg, Tennesee.

What was the best Christmas present you ever received? An engagement ring from my then-fiancée, now-wife-and-mother-of-my-child.

Charlie's Articles

How To: A Designer's Self-Defense Primer

Charlie's Blog

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