Today, I have the privilege to be able to post this interview with Adelle Charles from the Fuel Brand Group. The Fuel Brand Group is made of 11 categories which are Fuel Your Creativity, Career, Marketplace, Toolbox, Interface, Ideas, Portfolio, Resume, Action, Branding and Networking. That's quite alot! The Fuel Brand Network is a group of sites dedicated to all things related to creative development. Whether it’s an idea, business or some other project you cooked up late one night… we aim to help creative persons like yourself not only get inspired, but also to give you a place where to come and grab the tools necessary to “fuel” your passions. (from: http://fuelbrandnetwork.com). If you've been able to take all that in, then the interview is below! Enjoy!

1. First of all, Could you lead us through a brief history of your life? Where you live, what you do?

I was born in Central NY and moved to Rochester, NY to attend college at Rochester Institute of Technology. There I studied Graphic Design and graduated with a BFA in 2001. I am the Creative Director at Fuel Brand Group where I am responsible for all of the design and the general creative direction of the Fuel Brand Group and its network of sites.

2.How did you get started out on the web and what inspired you to get into coding?

I’m not really a coder, I’m more of a designer. I’ve jumped into bits and pieces of it but I don’t consider myself a coder by any stretch of the imagination. I save that for the experts!

3.What languages do you code and which one do you think is more 1. powerful, 2. simple and 3. you enjoy more?

I enjoy English the best I’m also a big fan of JQuery.

4.What sites you use for inspiration and do you recommend any to our readers?

I recommend Fuel Your Creativity, Design By Grid, Six Revisions, Web Designer Wall, and PatternTap.

5.Do you have any other hobbies? If so what are they and why do you enjoy them?

I enjoy hardworking because it gives me the chance to clear my head, so more ideas come to me!

6.Do you run a PC, or a Mac, why?

Mac…because apple kicks ass.

7.What software couldn’t you live without and could you name 3 reasons?

Photoshop because 1) ease of use, 2) &3) Because I wouldn’t be able to do my job without it.

8.What’s the program you use to code in? What is so good about it?

The little coding I do is usually done in TextMate and CSS Edit. They just work for me.

9.When you first started out, how did you promote yourself?

When I first started out I dove into the blogging community and got my name out there by commenting. Twitter has also helped promote me and my sites.

10. Finally, Where can we find you on the web, Be that you’re twitter, portfolio or other?

Twitter: http://twitter.com/adellecharles
Fuel Brand Group: http://fuelbrandgroup.com
Fuel Labs: http://adellecharles.com/temp
Fuel Your Creativity: http://fuelyourcreativity.com