HMFT Turns 1: Businessing the Book

June 22, 2010 at 12:05am

As of today, Happy Magic Fun Time is officially 1 year old.

1 year is a long time in internet land. In 1 year, this site has risen to a global phenomenon and transformed into what many call the happy-magic fever: resulting in chronic diarrhea and self-induced vomiting. It’s an absolute honor to have all this Internet fame and glory. As you know, Internet fame directly translates into Internet money which I then use to purchase your data from Facebook. I also don’t have to work and hang out at their HQ just for kicks. The ‘Berg and I have a thing you see. A sexy thing.

A Revolution

In March, at SXSW 2010, I invited my good friends to have a beer at one of the many illustrious establishments myself, an elite Internet famous person, sit at (with a better table than you would get). You’re probably not invited to these places. A couple hours in, one of my friends turns to me, humble that I allow them to bask in my importance because I have a blog, and ask, “Kenny, how do you do it? How do you change the world everyday?”¹

After a 13 hour speech, most of which I record to hear myself (to play for myself when I need a pick-me-up or to smile), I say, “You know what? Maybe I should just write it down. People deserve to hear me. They’ve earned that much.”

Another friend laughs and says, “That would be awesome, Kenny. You are my best friend and soooo amazing. You have a blog!”²

So, listening to my own advice, I wrote a book.

Grant Blakeman, Designer

A book, without form, is still a book… but it needs form… form of something book-like.

I couldn’t do it alone. I needed someone willing to give up the professional design career they established and pair-up with me on building our new empire. They had to throw “respect” and “future income” out the door and help me make something which beauty would match its amazing brains.

Grant Blakeman first had my eye from his excellent Dribbble profile: work brought to my attention by friends. I didn’t realize he had a blog, so I didn’t give him the time of day, but he could make things pretty. To say that Grant completely destroyed this project with his greatness wouldn’t be hyperbole. He not only added his own acquired wisdom and sensibilities, but became the driving force for its incredible look and feel. I couldn’t be happier and I highly recommend you hire him. He was solely responsible for the look and feel of everything. It’s fact that he made the greatest thing on the planet.

Seriously, this guy could make pancakes 3000 times better. It’s really hard to improve pancakes. Some people say waffles. To me, waffles are merely a subset of pancakes. He could make waffles better too.

So, with the thanks out of the way it is with my greatest pleasure that, on this day, the 1 year anniversary of Happy Magic Fun Time’s kimono opening, I release to you plebs my deepest, darkest secrets. I’m proud to announce…

Businessing

Having trouble doing anything? Does your life suck? Are you a complete asshole?

Then Businessing will completely turn that around and make you Internet famous like that guy who tweets about his dad.

Does it burn when you pee? Do you like money but hate working?

Then get Businessing.

Tired of top 10 list sites with too many links?

Businessing. Businessing. Businessing.

Tired of Match.com? or that weird dating site commercial with the old guy?

Find your real life partner in Businessing.

Get your Businessing on. C-walk to Businessing.

The future is now, and you’re all going to be amazing and make so much money and be so happy. Nothing unfortunate will ever happen to you again.

Businessing.

Thanks

On a slightly more serious note, Grant Blakeman is a true professional, a great designer, and great to work with even in ridiculous situations. He has a great talent and a cool perspective on design. Hire him and you won’t regret it.

Special thanks to Matt Anderson, Tiffani Jones, Kevin Tamura, Matt Brown and Matt Weinberg for doing some copyediting. Do not blame them or hold them liable for the content.

1 I may have confused “hanging out” with “knocking them out with ether and kidnapping them away to my secret basement to reveal my plans”. Not sure, the mescaline makes it hazy.

2. I may have confused “amazing” with “awful” and “You are my best friend” with “Please let us out of this basement, we won’t tell anyone. Promise.”

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