Parker Ehret

ux designer. digital polymath. lightly bearded.

obsessed with technology. can't live without music. fascinated by filmmaking and photography. i write the occasional song. i used to build themes for tumblr.

  1. I have never agreed with anything more, in my entire life.

    (Source: just-a-skinny-boy)

     
  2. over a year ago i posted an infographic showing where i’ve spent time in the united states. i recently did some travelling, so i decided to update the infographic.

    over a year ago i posted an infographic showing where i’ve spent time in the united states. i recently did some travelling, so i decided to update the infographic.

     
  3. "One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
    Sigmund Freud
     
  4. last day. #endofanera (at TBWA\Chiat\Day) — http://path.com/p/3XbBBs

    last day. #endofanera (at TBWA\Chiat\Day) — http://path.com/p/3XbBBs

     

  5. all this content

    what happens with all this content? what happens with all the stuff i’ve “liked” and bookmarked? most importantly, where will it all end up?

    i currently have a twitter for little thoughts, tumblr for big thoughts, flickr for film photos, instagram for mobile photos, i use gowalla as my social passport, i have vimeo for big videos, and now viddy for mobile videos.

    that’s 7 sites that i add content to. 7 places that i bookmark content, and 7 places where i “like” things. 

    i consider myself a minimalist, yet have now become an online pack rat. different accounts filled with years of uploads, and hearts, and thumbs up, and stars.

    but why?

    what am i ultimately gonna do with all of that content?

    what am i gonna do with the 200 photos that i like on flickr? …or the 300 blog posts on tumblr, and dozens of photos on instagram, that i’ve hit the heart button on?

    something needs to happen with this content.

    i didn’t “like” things because i wanted to make someone else feel good, i did it because at that moment i sincerely felt attached to that piece of content.

    somewhere, on each site, it’s all been archived.

    something should be done with all that content, but i really have no idea what to do with it. 

    i would love hear people’s thoughts and ideas on this matter.

     
  6. i love infographics. so, i made one.

    i love infographics. so, i made one.

     

  7. feeling

    i’m not used to feeling.

    i’ve gotten really good at neatly packing things in little cardboard boxes, wrapping them with tape, and losing them somewhere deep inside of a closet i forgot i had. i don’t manage this well. it makes me feel claustrophobic in my own skin. like caged birds itching to be freed, ready to fly chaotically into the sky. you can control nothing but yourself. i’m wondering if i even want to control that anymore, and just let all these kinetic parts crash into each other while i just sit back and feel it. it’s been a long time since things have been this bad. it’s been a long time since things have been this good.