Designer living in Boston. Projects include Svpply, Lookwork, and the Egotist Network. This feed aggregates my online whatnots. http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=5631427797864fabab187315a29d7dbb Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:47:22 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/2/22/alain-de-botton-is-on-a-crusade-to-make-atheism-smarter-an-interview http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=if-youre-happy-how-you-know-it-12-02-21 http://adage.com/article/digital/meet-creative-shop-robots-wolves-sell-product/232836/ http://www.domusweb.it/en/interview/the-importance-of-being-axonometric/ http://www.amazon.com/Theories-Communication-Eric-McLuhan/dp/1433112132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329933117&sr=8-1 http://bryce.vc/post/18018734466/talk-to-us-about-your-problems http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2012/square http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-17/f-commerce-trips-as-gap-to-penney-shut-facebook-stores-retail.html http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/18013822866 “Mr. Costolo pointed to Glennz Tees, an online T-shirt retailer that was part of this winter’s pilot group, as a small business that has already had success using the self-serve platform. After a character on “The Big Bang Theory” appeared on the show wearing a Glennz shirt, the owners took to their Twitter account and bought up terms related to the show. Mr. Costolo claims they doubled their holiday sales over the previous year and tripled their Twitter followers.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://m.adage.com/article?articleSection=digital&articleSectionName=Digital&articleid=http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=232787">Twitter Opens Up Self-Serve Ad Platform to 10,000 Small Businesses</a> on AdAge.</p> <p>Link to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://store.glennz.com/">Glennz Tees</a></p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/18013822866 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_test http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/02/19/can-boston-hub-start-universe/1XdGhoeuKtwENa4nRvNdgM/story.html http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/17381067007 “Wednesday, 6:54pm: Elevation Dock sees its $942,579th dollar, passing the TikTok to become the largest project in Kickstarter history.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/24-hours">24 Hours » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter</a></p> <p>It’s telling that the two (previously) largest projects on Kickstarter were Apple accessories.</p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/17381067007 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/17209837103 <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz07mg8opX1qz5fdro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://log.krislane.com/post/17193008020/things-that-amuse-me-me-focusing-on-h-m-using" class="tumblr_blog">krislane</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Things that amuse me: Me focusing on H&M using Lineto’s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lineto.com/The+Fonts/Latest+Releases/Replica/">Replica</a> on their David Beckham Superbowl spot. Bravo anonymous designer, good choice.</p></blockquote> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/irrg">@irrg</a> and I have been looking for an excuse to use Replica for a couple years now. Jealous. http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/17209837103 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/17209664176 “It sounds subtle, but these are the only days where I find myself getting anything done. I either start my day like this and feel normal and productive, or I look up and realize it’s early evening, I haven’t accomplished anything and I can’t bring myself to focus no matter how hard I want to.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://howells.ws/posts/view/62/start-every-day-as-a-producer-not-a-consumer">Start every day as a producer, not a consumer - Journal - Daniel Howells</a></p> <p>/via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/#!/Eric_WVGG/status/166889258534182913">@eric_wvgg</a></p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/17209664176 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16984274494 <p>Had to try it.</p> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16984274494 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16828765699 “<p>The string of text that goes into the search box seems valueless to the creator, but when aggregated with all the other search strings flowing in, it is valuable enough to make Google worth billions. A simple Google search thus typifies what drives the creator economy—creative value flowing in both directions at the same instant. […] everyone can scribble a few words to compose a Google search, which is why Google dwarfs other creator companies.</p> <p>Creators are ordinary people whose everyday actions create value. […] These transactions may not be art or deathless prose, but they create value.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/internet/get-ready-for-a-new-economic-era">The creator economy beckons</a><br/><br/> So many good quotes in this article. </p> <p>You might also want to read <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blog.eladgil.com/2011/12/how-pinterest-will-transform-web-in.html">How Pinterest Will Transform the Web in 2012: Social Content Curation As The Next Big Thing</a>, which is about the rise of push-button interactions, and how social curation is changing the face of the web.</p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16828765699 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16532177846 <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyf7n9QXFc1qzpb8wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.creativeapplications.net/vvvv/years-vvvv-arduino/">‘Years’ by Bartholomäus Traubeck is a record player that reads wood and translates it into music | CreativeApplications.Net</a>)</p> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16532177846 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16531931735 “One of the reasons I like Svpply so much is I have found it to be helpful in buying fewer, but better, things. One way I use Svpply is to find high-quality merchandise from small businesses that manufacture goods in the US. When I actually buy something I find there, the digital shopping that takes place on Svpply is still helping to contribute to real-world consumerism, but perhaps a less-bad variety.”<br/><br/> - <em><blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/12/01/can-pinterest-and-svpply-help-you-reduce-your-consumption/251674/">Chris Tackett, <em>The Atlantic</em></a>. This was exactly my goal for Svpply: to assist in what I hope becomes a broad cultural shift where people acquire fewer, nicer things.  (via <a rel="nofollow" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank" href="http://blog.whiskyvangoghgo.com/">whiskyvangoghgo</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Very exciting to see The Atlantic break us down so accurately. </p> (via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blog.svpply.com/" class="tumblr_blog">svpply</a>)</em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16531931735 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16521950124 <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyev4aQJaA1qzpb8wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Political opposition forces are using new technologies to carry out public events – using toys with placards at mini-protests,” Andrei Mulintsev, the city’s deputy police chief, said at a press conference this week, according to local media. “In our opinion, this is still an unsanctioned public event.” </p><p>…</p> <p>“The authorities’ attempt to limit citizens’ rights to express their position has become absurd,” said Lyudmila Alexandrova, a 26-year-old graduate student and protest organiser. “We wanted to hyperbolise this attempt and show the absurdity and farce of officials’ struggle with their own people.” </p><p>(via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/26/doll-protesters-problem-russian-police?CMP=twt_gu">Doll ‘protesters’ present small problem for Russian police | World news | The Guardian</a>) </p> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16521950124 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16414885723 “He also has been credited with first using the words transclusion, virtuality, intertwingularity, and teledildonics.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson">Ted Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p> <p>Ted Nelson, inventor of the hyperlink, namer of intertwingularity. His autobiography, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/possiplex/14925222">Possiplex, is for sale on Lulu</a>.</p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16414885723 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16115156025 ““I’d tell someone using it that they’re an individual, not a population.””<br/><br/> - <em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/14/online-mortality-calculator-could-change-health-care-and-our-views-on-death.html">Online Mortality Calculator Could Change Health Care—and Our Views on Death - The Daily Beast</a></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16115156025 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16079328547 “As I think I remarked to you at the outset of the space program, you are privileged to share in a pioneering project on a grand scale — in fact the grandest scale yet known to man. And I venture to predict that after all the huzzas have been uttered and the public acclaim is but a memory, you will derive the greatest satisfaction from the serene knowledge that you have discovered new truths. You can say to yourself: this I saw, this I experienced, this I know to be the truth. This experience is a precious thing; it is known to all researchers, in whatever field of endeavour, who have ventured into the unknown and have discovered new truths.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/dear-son.html">Letters of Note: Dear Son</a> </p> <p>“In May of 1962, 37-year-old Malcolm Scott Carpenter became just the second American to orbit the Earth, as he piloted the Aurora 7 into space. On the eve of this historic journey, his father, Marion, proudly wrote him the following wonderful letter. “</p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/16079328547 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14657605268 <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlbvkOxgy1qcdzk5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://itwonlast.tumblr.com/post/14604504567/the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens" class="tumblr_blog">itwonlast</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens">The eruption of Mount St. Helens</a></p></blockquote> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14657605268 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14525940214 <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiuagVu3t1qzpb8wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>profiles project (by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/idanx/5722585596/in/photostream">profiles project</a></p> <p>ordinary people and disposable objects)</p> <p>/via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://johngall.blogspot.com/">John Gall</a></p> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14525940214 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14496505465 <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunqyhgsrZ1qizgklo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://craigandkarl.tumblr.com/post/12791873487/mark-zuckerberg-for-t-post-magazine" class="tumblr_blog">craigandkarl</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Mark Zuckerberg for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tpostmag.com/t-shirt-issues/item/root/the-untouchables-of-the-internet">T Post Magazine.</a></p></blockquote> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14496505465 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14495913415 “His hoop dreams even extended to making basketball a kind of adopted national pastime; a 2006 San Diego Union-Tribune story details a full-scale appropriation that includes giving the game a new scoring system: “three points for a dunk, four points for a three-pointer that does not touch the rim and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds. Miss a free throw, and it’s minus one.””<br/><br/> - <em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/12640/kim-jong-un-north-koreas-great-successor-sports-fan">Kim Jong-un: North Korea’s ‘Great Successor,’ Sports Fan - The Triangle Blog</a></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14495913415 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14308579357 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://betashop.com/post/14307675522/new-introducing-the-fab-live-feed">betashop: New! Introducing the Fab Live Feed</a>: <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://betashop.com/post/14307675522/new-introducing-the-fab-live-feed" class="tumblr_blog">betashop</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>we already have 1.4M members, over half of which have come via social sharing.</p></blockquote> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14308579357 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14308548437 <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://writing.reading.am/post/14307905363/now-with-more-search" class="tumblr_blog">reading-am</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Or, rather, now with search.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwauks0Y5P1qb8gds.png"/></p></blockquote> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14308548437 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14020982288 “No DRM, no regional restrictions, no crap. You can download this file, play it as much as you like, burn it to a DVD, whatever.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://buy.louisck.net/">Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater — You’re here to buy Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theater. This show is only available on this site at a cost of $5, worldwide.</a></p> <p>I love Louis CK</p></em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/14020982288 http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/13577950233 “In that sense, they are similar to the familiar “naked at school” dreams, but I still think it’s interesting the whatever part of the brain cooks up dreams has decided Facebook is a realm in which these anxieties are valid.”<br/><br/> - <em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://modcult.org/read/2011/11/28/facebook-nightmares">Modcult: Four Facebook Nightmares</a> — Selected results from the Google search ‘I had a nightmare about Facebook’:</em> http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/13577950233 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/ypwS3h8xB28/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fathom.info/frankenfont/">The Frankenfont Project</a> is a limited edition of Mary Shelley’s <em>Frankenstein</em> assembled from various PDF files found on the Internet. The book starts “coherently” in a mix of Helvetica, Arial, and Times New Roman, and by the end of the book is nearly incoherent.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/2011/10/1739/003_spread_960/"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1738" title="003_spread_960" src="http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/003_spread_960-600x450.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450"/></a></p> Eric Jacobsen http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1739 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/fPTSc1TwzWA/ <p>Came across <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://svpply.com/item/262036/All_The_Worlds_A_Page__The_Iliad">this peculiar item on Svpply</a>. “How delightful,” I thought, “a smudge.”<br /> <img alt="" src="http://assets.svpply.com.s3.amazonaws.com/medium/262036.jpg" title="page_medium" class="alignnone" width="315" height="450"/><br /> Not so. A closer look reveals an offset print of Homer’s <em>Iliad</em>, printed at a &#8220;resolution&#8221; of 30 words per square centimeter.</p> <div class="framed"><img alt="" src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0036/3902/products/homer_iliad_70x100_en_750px_2.jpg?1292755477" title="iliad zoom" class="alignnone" width="500" height="500"/></div> <p>Also available: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.all-the-worlds-a-page.com/products/faust">Faust</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.all-the-worlds-a-page.com/products/das-kapital">Das Kapital</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.all-the-worlds-a-page.com/products/das-kapital">Macbeth as a spreadsheet</a>.</p> Eric Jacobsen http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1726 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/_cVrdSc0O4k/ <p>Thatcher Wine is a different kind of book designer. He’s an interiors designer who specializes in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/garden/06books.html?_r=2&#038;scp=2&#038;sq=penelope%20green&#038;st=cse">filling space with books</a>.<br /> <img src="http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2011-01-06-at-12.02.47-PM.png" alt="" title="Screen shot 2011-01-06 at 12.02.47 PM" width="599" height="399" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1721"/><br /> Projects include themes, custom dust jackets, and art projects built out of discarded books. Be sure to see the slideshow for detailed shots.</p> <p>* (Shame on the NYT for the lazy “___ a Book By Its Cover” headline.)</p> Eric Jacobsen http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1720 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/bZ-X3yEwUyM/ <p>I&#8217;ve been in Mendelsund&#8217;s office a few times, and it is overwhelming. There&#8217;s so much amazing work laying around you&#8217;re not entirely sure what to do with yourself.</p> <p>See a bunch of photos with captions over at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fromyourdesks.com/2010/10/20/peter-mendelsund/">fromyourdesks.com/</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fromyourdesks.com/2010/10/20/peter-mendelsund/"><img src="http://yourdesk.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/desk-21.gif"></a></p> <p>*Hat-tip to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/peterterzian/statuses/27955279153">Peter Terzian</a></p> Pieratt http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1717 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/khxfIffZQzI/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://defacedbook.tumblr.com/post/1291302372"><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9ge6lbPuD1qzhokmo1_500.jpg"></a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hysysk.tumblr.com/post/347297532/slanted-typo-weblog-und-magazin-berliner-type"><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwndk0j0VP1qz5747o1_500.jpg"></a><br /> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.manystuff.org/?p=8839"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1171/5098488455_c1b1e3cb2a_o.jpg"></a><img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/6041.jpg"><br /> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.septemberindustry.co.uk/thisisworkshop/"><img src="http://www.septemberindustry.co.uk/images/archi1.JPG"></a></p> Pieratt http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1715 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/5AVI4ydMZ7s/ <p><img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/564.png"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/864.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/1038.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/1329.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/4978.jpg"></p> Pieratt http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/2010/10/1714/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/vtlGm94EyA4/ <p><img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/544.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/480.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/207.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/884.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://lookwork.s3.amazonaws.com/1005.jpg"></p> <p>(apologies for the total lack of designer credits on this post.)</p> Pieratt http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1710 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/xOJCgTA7ut4/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href='http://c-o-d-e-x.tumblr.com/'><img src='http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/codex-visuel-tumblr.jpg' alt=''/></a></p> Pieratt http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1707 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/T--7Xbnwf5Y/ <p><img src="http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/tumblr_l9ezkkC6KD1qz6f9yo1_1280.jpg" alt="" title="tumblr_l9ezkkC6KD1qz6f9yo1_1280" width="590" height="336" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1703"/></p> <p>From a Penguin Malaysia <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2009/penguin-books-unputdownable/">“Unputdownable” ad campaign</a>, via <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/1199018775/peguin">This Isn’t Happiness</a></p> Eric Jacobsen http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1704 http://dribbble.com/shots/43911-pieratt-com-2 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/43911-pieratt-com-2"><img alt="pieratt.com #2" height="300" src="http://dribbble.com/system/users/1660/screenshots/43911/shot_1281469778.gif?1309022275" width="400"/></a><p>More of the same. More minimal. Eventually I'll figure out something I like and post it along with the rest of the boring page. </p> Ben Pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/43911-pieratt-com-2 http://dribbble.com/shots/43910-pieratt-com-1 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/43910-pieratt-com-1"><img alt="pieratt.com #1" height="300" src="http://dribbble.com/system/users/1660/screenshots/43910/shot_1281469724.gif?1309022275" width="400"/></a><p>Something I was doing for pieratt.com. Abandoned, though I still like parts of it. </p> Ben Pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/43910-pieratt-com-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/book_cover_archive/~3/vYz_bqTAnmM/ <p><em><strong>“The re-working, dealing with all the feedback (some warranted, some moronic) ‘make this bigger’, ‘make this smaller’, ‘my psychic thinks it should be blue’—that is what separates the men from the boys,” </strong></em></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wearedesignbureau.com/2010/07/704">Nice interview with a man at the top of his game</a>. Most of it is related to the Nabokov series. If I were a famous book cover designer, I think I&#8217;d just flat out refuse to answer any questions related to e-books at this point. Nothing wrong with the topic, of course, but it must get intensely tiresome. </p> <p>And for what it&#8217;s worth, having stopped by his office on a handful of occasions, I can attest to the fact that he really does dress this well. </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wearedesignbureau.com/2010/07/704/"><img src="http://wearedesignbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/johngall_mg_1704bSMALL.jpg"></a></p> Pieratt http://blog.bookcoverarchive.com/?p=1695 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4799646387/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4799646387/" title="IMG_0679.MOV"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4095/4799646387_4dabb382b3_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="IMG_0679.MOV"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4799646387 IMG_0679.MOV pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4791753902/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4791753902/" title="IMG_0669.MOV"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4082/4791753902_bef5d1e89f_m.jpg" width="135" height="240" alt="IMG_0669.MOV"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4791753902 IMG_0669.MOV pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4670274118/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4670274118/" title="Crossed hands, crossed legs."><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4003/4670274118_a6de6df957_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Crossed hands, crossed legs."/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4670274118 Crossed hands, crossed legs. pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/21105-Now-Serving-Final <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/21105-Now-Serving-Final"><img alt="Now Serving, Final" height="300" src="http://dribbble.com/system/users/1660/screenshots/21105/shot_1274199575.jpg?1309019642" width="400"/></a><p>Going to the printer today </p> Ben Pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/21105-Now-Serving-Final http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4538146292/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4538146292/" title="Random House Home Video"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4039/4538146292_72ed4f3090_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Random House Home Video"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4538146292 Random House Home Video pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4538145890/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4538145890/" title="Sam, post-bath"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4037/4538145890_029cf85fe4_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Sam, post-bath"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4538145890 Sam, post-bath pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/15877-Lunch-League-Assorted <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/15877-Lunch-League-Assorted"><img alt="Lunch League - Assorted" height="300" src="http://dribbble.com/system/users/1660/screenshots/15877/shot_1271355630.jpg?1309501024" width="400"/></a><p>Small set of a good handful of logos for the upcoming Lunch League clothing line. </p> Ben Pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/15877-Lunch-League-Assorted http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4513335227/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4513335227/" title="Lunch League, two of many"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2018/4513335227_100485eeac_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Lunch League, two of many"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4513335227 Lunch League, two of many tshirts pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4513974982/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4513974982/" title="Lunch League, one of many"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2087/4513974982_8d71d5dbbc_m.jpg" width="240" height="158" alt="Lunch League, one of many"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4513974982 Lunch League, one of many tshirts pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4512719014/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4512719014/" title="Tummy time at 3 weeks"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4020/4512719014_9505d12cdd_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Tummy time at 3 weeks"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4512719014 Tummy time at 3 weeks pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4506317658/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4506317658/" title="The boy"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4066/4506317658_a764486977_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The boy"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4506317658 The boy pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/13018-LL-Hot-Hot-Hot <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/13018-LL-Hot-Hot-Hot"><img alt="LL - Hot Hot Hot" height="300" src="http://dribbble.com/system/users/1660/screenshots/13018/shot_1270170407.jpg?1309018666" width="400"/></a><p>Another t-shirt sketch for a new line of t-shirts for foodies and such. Also needs work yet.</p> Ben Pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/13018-LL-Hot-Hot-Hot http://dribbble.com/shots/13016-LL-Now-Serving <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dribbble.com/shots/13016-LL-Now-Serving"><img alt="LL - Now Serving" height="300" src="http://dribbble.com/system/users/1660/screenshots/13016/shot_1270170295.jpg?1309018665" width="400"/></a><p>T-shirt sketch for a new line of t-shirts for foodies and such. Needs work yet. </p> Ben Pieratt http://dribbble.com/shots/13016-LL-Now-Serving http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4236667065/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/4236667065/" title="Cars &amp; Dinosaurs"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2544/4236667065_83274e4d21_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cars &amp; Dinosaurs"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4236667065 Cars &amp; Dinosaurs pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/2661146444/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/2661146444/" title="broken computer =/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3113/2661146444_9d380f9de6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="broken computer =/"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2661146444 broken computer =/ pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/2378225072/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/2378225072/" title="VSA logo by Ed Benguiat"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2312/2378225072_86e56d361a_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="VSA logo by Ed Benguiat"/></a></p> <p>___</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2378225072 VSA logo by Ed Benguiat &lt;p&gt;___&lt;/p&gt; pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/2375770999/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/2375770999/" title="photo.jpg"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2058/2375770999_c85884a327_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="photo.jpg"/></a></p> <p>___</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/2375770999 photo.jpg &lt;p&gt;___&lt;/p&gt; pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/757887118/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/757887118/" title="new laptop"><img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1367/757887118_0cbca8a4bd_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="new laptop"/></a></p> <p>Hard to believe that those two screens are displaying the same amount of information. (Dell 24&quot; v. MBP 17&quot; hi-res, 1920x1200)</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/757887118 new laptop &lt;p&gt;Hard to believe that those two screens are displaying the same amount of information. (Dell 24&amp;quot; v. MBP 17&amp;quot; hi-res, 1920x1200)&lt;/p&gt; pro 17 macbook pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/460891868/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/460891868/" title="Perfection Matrix"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/172/460891868_14deae351f_m.jpg" width="149" height="240" alt="Perfection Matrix"/></a></p> <p>I've been reading this book, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Witchfinder-Novel-P-S/dp/0060821809/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6030597-9730420?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1176690066&amp;sr=8-1">The Last Witchfinder</a>. In it, Benjamin Franklin has a Perfection Matrix, which he keeps on him at all times. (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flamebright.com/PTPages/Benjamin.asp">You can read more about it here</a>)<br /> <br /> I'd be lying if the idea didn't sound intriguing, so I made one for myself. We'll see how it goes.</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/460891868 Perfection Matrix &lt;p&gt;I've been reading this book, &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Witchfinder-Novel-P-S/dp/0060821809/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6030597-9730420?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1176690066&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;The Last Witchfinder&lt;/a&gt;. In it, Benjamin Franklin has a Perfection Matrix, which he keeps on him at all times. (&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flamebright.com/PTPages/Benjamin.asp"&gt;You can read more about it here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; I'd be lying if the idea didn't sound intriguing, so I made one for myself. We'll see how it goes.&lt;/p&gt; matrix perfection pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/414757049/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/414757049/" title="img_2129"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/160/414757049_a09f746096_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="img_2129"/></a></p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/414757049 img_2129 fightpacifism pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/414757042/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/414757042/" title="img_2128"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/169/414757042_847f3a52a6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="img_2128"/></a></p> <p>Stickers are here!</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/414757042 img_2128 &lt;p&gt;Stickers are here!&lt;/p&gt; fightpacifism pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/387583983/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/387583983/" title="site for non-profit"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/158/387583983_f954f1523f_m.jpg" width="173" height="240" alt="site for non-profit"/></a></p> <p>Just finished a site for them, (thanks Eric!) They went for the logo, obviously.<br /> <br /> Most of the photos are from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://flickr.com/photos/pattersonminx/">pattersonminx's</a> istock stuff.<br /> <br /> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cetav.org">cetav.org</a>, if you're curious. Though there's not much more than that single page.</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/387583983 site for non-profit &lt;p&gt;Just finished a site for them, (thanks Eric!) They went for the logo, obviously.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Most of the photos are from &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://flickr.com/photos/pattersonminx/"&gt;pattersonminx's&lt;/a&gt; istock stuff.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cetav.org"&gt;cetav.org&lt;/a&gt;, if you're curious. Though there's not much more than that single page.&lt;/p&gt; pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/384146878/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/384146878/" title="some logo work"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/135/384146878_7df2b7380e_m.jpg" width="186" height="240" alt="some logo work"/></a></p> <p>We're donating some time to a local non-profit. The work is on an accelerated schedule, but it came out ok. <br /> <br /> Hoping they go for it.</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/384146878 some logo work &lt;p&gt;We're donating some time to a local non-profit. The work is on an accelerated schedule, but it came out ok. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Hoping they go for it.&lt;/p&gt; logo nonprofit pieratt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/381491949/ <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/people/pieratt/">pieratt</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieratt/381491949/" title="blackjack"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/185/381491949_4e01c4210a_m.jpg" width="154" height="240" alt="blackjack"/></a></p> <p>Got a new Blackjack. Fairly psyched.</p> nobody@flickr.com (pieratt) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/381491949 blackjack &lt;p&gt;Got a new Blackjack. Fairly psyched.&lt;/p&gt; samsung blackjack pieratt