About
Ryan is the lead designer for Virb, a small company with happy minions scattered across the United States of America. He is widely recognized for his ability to weave typography, color, and layout into a classic yet unique design style, examples of which you'll find on virb.com, justwatchthesky.com and thebignoob.com.
Recent plays (8,704)
- ♫ Chicago Public Radio - #361: Fear of Sleep
- ♫ Jason Segel - Dracula's Lament
- ♫ Deerhunter - Never Stops
- ♫ Deerhunter - Agoraphobia
- ♫ The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
- ♫ The Decemberists - The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)
- ♫ The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)
- ♫ The Decemberists - Margaret in Captivity
- ♫ The Decemberists - Annan Water
- ♫ The Decemberists - The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing
Movies
The Royal Tenenbaums, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Walk the Line, One Hour Photo, The Godfather, Office Space, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich, The Game, The Machinist, Bottle Rocket, Fight Club, Crash, Mystic River, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Music
Sufjan Stevens, Thom Yorke, Emily Haines, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Killers, Kanye West, The New Pornographers, Wolf Parade, Brand New, Justin Timberlake, Wolfmother, Death Cab for Cutie, Fair, Jeremy Enigk, Phoenix, Jimmy Eat World, Radiohead, Muse, Andrew W.K., Ryan Adams, Mew
Television
LOST, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Saved By the Bell, The Office, Band of Brothers, Lost Worlds, Digging for the Truth, Trigger Happy
Books
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Fight Club, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Odd Thomas, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Flags of Our Fathers, 1984, Dead Zone
Sports
New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bears, Basketball, Pool, Ping Pong, Tennis, golf
Peanut Butter is the prefered food of the Immortals
Reese's Fast Break, Reese's eggs, Reese's cups, peanut butter and jelly, crunchy, Jif, Peter Pan, Peanut Butter M&M's, Peanut Butter Twix, hoiweriosd ksdjflksjd flk
Only 10 more days until I qualify for my iPhone 3Gs upgrade pricing... true love waits.
DecemberDec 3 Thursday Thu 09
Only 10 more days until I qualify for my iPhone 3Gs upgrade pricing... true love waits.
DecemberDec 2 Wednesday Wed 09
I saw a man on a bike plug his ears and flip off an ambulance that drove by with its sirens on. America.
DecemberDec 1 Tuesday Tue 09
MIDWESTISBEST ∞
Mike Perry has tons of new work up. Homeboy is a machine.
It's the most wonderful time of the year (because it's Trader Joe's Peppermint Joe-Joe time).
NovemberNov 30 Monday Mon 09
Ouch.
NovemberNov 23 Monday Mon 09
Spent a good deal of the weekend totally engrossed in The Book of Basketball by @sportsguy33: http://bit.ly/7OHN6B
NovemberNov 19 Thursday Thu 09
Pea pancakes with salmon and sour cream and chives. Kill me now. So good.
Heaven Can Wait ∞
Music video by Charlotte Gainsbourg (w/ Beck). Directed by Keith Schofield. Mind melting by Ryan Sims.
NovemberNov 18 Wednesday Wed 09
TED: Mike Rowe on hard work ∞
a) I have a huge man-crush on Mike Rowe and b) this is the best TED talk I've seen.
#buildconf ∞
An excellent summary of Build. It truly was a great time and I'm honored to have been a part of it.
Help. We've got a man down. Josh has been compromised by Lady GaGa: http://bit.ly/3CGKMj
NovemberNov 17 Tuesday Tue 09
When I grow up, I wanna be just like Coach Taylor. #fridaynightlights
Stillness Is the Move "always sounded like a monster R&B track in disguise anyway". Um, wow: http://bit.ly/LIzJY
"That's the sound of a cricket riding a tumbleweed." — http://bit.ly/223rsg (via @paperbrigade)
NovemberNov 16 Monday Mon 09
I have a serious man-crush on @pauloctavious. Serious, underlined.
In another version of today in a some parallel alternate reality, every media outlet in America is calling Belichick a genius.
NovemberNov 15 Sunday Sun 09
I still support Belichick.
NovemberNov 13 Friday Fri 09
Good lord almighty, I would like one of everything Hard Graft® makes: http://shop.hardgraft.com
NovemberNov 12 Thursday Thu 09
Taking Culinary Culture for a quick spin. Gorgeoussss. Gorgeous! Kudos, @awilkinson and co.
NovemberNov 9 Monday Mon 09