I often feel overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge and skills that I feel taht I need to learn. I’m sure many other web designers feel this way. We have to know Actionscript, PHP, CSS, AJAX and tons of other technologies. We need to keep our skillset up-to-date to be able to stay competitive.

In the past few years, since I was in grad school, I’ve been trying to this. I know a little bit of many things.

Recently I start to realize that this is a losing battle. There’s no way I can master everything. Even if I have the capacity to do that, I don’t have the time for it.
I’ve decided that I should focus on what I’m very passionate about. The very thing that can consume me completely and make me lose track of time: being creative.

I believe that is my gift. Yes, I can do cool effects and interactivity in actionscript and DHTML, but technology is not where my heart is. They’re merely my paint and brush. My art supplies.

I need to go back to where I started. I need to pour out my heart into my work and use anything I can get my hands on (including web and other technologies) to deliver the message embodied in the work of art that I create.

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