Happy Birthday To Me
June 11, 2009Today is a special birthday vlog. This week has been crazy busy, with my Mom being in town and all. But I wanted to share a few things that have really struck me recently.
1. Yesterday I watched this clip of Gary Vaynerchuk at the 2008 Web Expo where he talks about doing what we love, and forgetting the rest. Not necessarily that we quit our day jobs, but that in our spare time we really dig deep in to what we our passionate about. And if we can turn our passion in to profit then that’s even better.
I have a huge amount of respect for every single freelance/independent designer out there who is making a living. They are the ones pouring their hearts in to projects that they love, not projects for some other company or organization. One day I will cross that threshold, but for now I am going to kill it in my spare time.
2. Tinychat is blowing up. I’ve been on it at least 3-4 times over the last week, and it’s a great way to put a face with the name of the people you talk to on twitter. I’ve had some great conversation already, but I’m really excited to explore the possibilities it offers us.
Earlier this morning I had a chat with fellow artist and twitterer Brad Colbow about his work. I’ve been following him on twitter and on his website for quite a while now, but tinychat allows us to break the visual barrier and meet semi face-to-face. While we were talking he showed me a board game he designed for his daughter last christmas called Soapy the kitty game. Brad is seriously talented.
Finally, I have to say I’m extremely grateful for Garth Humbert throwing a few projects my way. I met Garth through Aaron Irizarry and have to say he is another talented, freaking awesome guy I have met via twitter. I am really looking forward to collaborating with him on these couple of projects and whatever is to come in the future.
Here is a sneak peak snapshot of me sketching away on one of the projects. (via @charleswilliams)
Thanks everyone.
p.s. – If you haven’t heard already, Squarespace is giving away 30 iPhones in 30 days. Genius marketing scheme? Or the end of twitter? Either way I want one.
18 Responses to Happy Birthday To Me
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Thanks Craig. Yeah I can remember seeing your name in the tinychat room, but I look forward to seeing you on there with your camera. So far my day has been pretty chill. There was a wonderful thunderstorm this morning, and now the sun has come out. But tonight is when the real fun begins.
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Your upcoming projects sound exciting! Woohoo
It’s such a compliment when other designers pass work your way, isn’t it? What a great feeling.Happy birthday, again, Kyle!
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Thank you Lauren. And yes, it is a major compliment when a fellow designer passes work your way. I am really stoked about it. So I will be sure and post up my work once it’s done.
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Love the birthday hat. Im also excited to see the new things brewin’ with garth. Keep it up.
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Hey Joel, Thanks man. When I first bought the hat it felt weird, but I am slowly breaking it in and getting more comfortable in it. I’m pumped about working with Garth and coming out to Cali to see you guys. Can’t wait to see your HD hotness next Monday.
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Hernan Valencia says:
Happy birthday. Wish I could pull off a hat.
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Thanks man. I bet you could pull it off. I never thought I could either. But I’m getting more used to it.
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Werd up! Super stoked @aaroni268 hooked us up. Looking forward to many cool projects together.
You rock! Happy Birthday.
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Hahaha. I spell “word” like that sometimes too. I too am glad Aaron hooked us up. And I think it will be an awesome time coming out to meet you guys. Thanks.
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Thanks Brandon. That’s not a piece of art behind me, that’s our curtains. Hahaha. But I’m glad you like them.
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Hey man, just stumbled across your site when searching for “simple design”. On the topic of Gary Vaynerchuk, I saw him in April at UBMS in Las Vegas and subsequently watched the web 2.0 expo and am following him on twitter and all that. The man has got me really thinking about pursuit of passion and killing it as you say.
Never heard of tinychat – looks cool, I will have to do some exploring. Much respect to all those artists and designer out there.
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Hey Kyle! Just sent you an email but didn’t realize it was your birthday. You’re probably heading out for some kind of celebratory dinner round now. Have a happy one.
By the way, what plugin are you using for your “retweet” linls on the bottom of posts? I like that.
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I’m late to the comment party. Thanks for the shout out!
I was really digging Tinychat too. Nice to add some depth to the people you see in 140 characters every day.
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It was my birthday this week too! I’ll have to check out tinytalk to see how that goes, looks interesting.
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Hi Kyle,
Happy Birthday, I hope you have/had a great birthday, shame about your nan but non the less must have been nice to have the family over.
I have been in a couple of your tiny chat conversations, but you always catch me whilst at work, or without my webcam, so I can’t join in, but one day I will be there.
All the best.