Welcome to StudioShorts, the online portfolio of Jason Grimme - an artist, programmer, and web developer. I am currently a full-time student at Appalachian State University in North Carolina where I am majoring in Computer Information Systems. I consider myself to be lucky, as I have found myself to be one of those people who actually gets a thrill out of programming and design.

While in school I steadily improve my talents through contract work, mostly web development and programming. In addition to contracting, I also take on personal projects that interest me. My most recent project was CraigZilla - a plug-in for Mozilla Firefox that integrates with CraigsList.org. For the past two years I have spent my summer as a technical student at SAS Institute Inc., a large software company located in Cary, North Carolina.

Programming: A vast majority of my programming is geared towards web development. I use industry standards and require that all my code validates (most others do not; try a few). Unless otherwise requested, I prefer to use PHP, MySQL, XHTML, JavaScript and CSS. I have used both ASP and JSP but prefer PHP over both. For non-server programming I primarily use Java. I have limited experience in SAS, Perl, and C++.

Graphics: After programming the functionality of an application, it's always nice to give it an attractive appearance. I am experienced with Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, and most of their competing products.

While a studio is no doubt the workplace of an artist, 'shorts' most likely requires an explanation. Most people like to wear shorts in the summer and on the beach, but I like to wear them in the rain and snow. I do however wear pants for events where formal pants are due as a sign of respect. Everybody has their own unique traits; wearing shorts is definitely one of mine.