As my wife will testify—I’m terrible at remembering birthdays.  So it’s with no great surprise that I’m late to announce that Boyink Interactive has turned five years old this month.  Getting to the five year mark has always been in the back of my head - mostly due to so many people quoting the old “Most small businesses fail in the first five years” saw—even though there seems to be some disagreement with those numbers.

In my case - when I think through and try to figure out why I’m still here doing what I do, I find that I honestly can’t take credit for much - if any - of it.  I could say I’ve “been lucky” in getting clients, or in my association with ExpressionEngine, but the truth is I don’t believe in luck of that type.  What I do believe in is a God who has seen fit - for reasons I simply cannot comprehend - to bless me with work, and a style of working, that so perfectly fits who I am.

So it’s with my deepest, humblest, most sincere gratitude that I thank God, my family, my clients, and every other person whom I’ve met or become acquainted with during the last five years.  Thank you - for getting me out of someone else’s cubicle and into a work/life mode where I’m around my family most of the time, my days aren’t dictated for me, and paychecks are much more meaningful.

There’s another five-year anniversary this week - yesterday marked my fifth year of blogging, and my first post created via Radio is still hanging on (even though I requested that it be taken down, I never got any response, evidently Radio Userland is a bit short on customer service).  Whodathunk that experiments with a little doo-dad called a blog would prove so critical to the business over the years.

At any rate - enough self-congratulatory talk.  Thanks again for your support, and now you can return to your regularly scheduled program.