About

*photograph by Brad Smith

Hello. My name is Ryan Sims. For the past decade, I have been designing (and on occasion building) internet projects. Born and raised in the Midwest, I developed a fascination with music, sports and design. Although I chose a career in the latter, all three remain integral parts of my life — I am the Head of Design at Rdio (a social music service) and Co-Editor of Chitwood & Hobbs (a sports blog).

Back in 2001, Brad Smith and I started Neubix, a design agency in Springfield, MO. After a couple years of designing websites for local clients, we started gaining recognition in a blossoming web standards community for our company blog, The Big Noob, and my personal blog, Justwatchthesky.

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This site is built with Virb — partly because I helped design it, but mostly because it provided me with the right balance of constraints and flexibility. The design is a mildly altered version of Wichita. All type is set in Adelle Web by TypeKit. The blog is powered by Tumblr.

If you have any questions or comments, you can email me directly: