Turning 22 Years Old

June 30, 2008 · 64 comments

Today I turn 22 years old. In the last year I have done a lot of things I’m happy about but I won’t dwell on them here. I’m looking to the future and especially this upcoming year. I only have 5 classes left at Georgia Tech until I receive my degree and I have already completed the harder Computer Science half of my major. I’m taking 2 summer classes now so I will only have 3 classes in the Fall and will technically be listed as a part-time student.

I’ll take this time to talk about something I have been working on recently, my first real speaking gig. I was invited to speak at TTI/Vanguard’s Generation Techs conference in Rome, Italy. I leave in about a week or so and my talk is called “Tales from a Digital Native.” I will be discussing how technology is closely integrated with my life and that of other so-called digital natives, and how I leverage web-based services and the power of the Internet to get work done. I’d tell you more but I’m still coming up with my slides.

I will be in Rome a few days after the conference so I will have some time to explore the city on my own. Nikon and the MWW Group lent me a Nikon D300 DSLR to tinker with so I’ll be coming back with some nice photos.

Also, I was recently contacted by NBC. They are looking to do a piece on Startup Weekend and want to interview me briefly about Skribit to show what a Startup Weekend can lead to. I’ll let you know what happens with that.

So yeah, I’ve been keeping busy. Thanks for reading.

Oh and happy birthday to Facebook product designer Rob Goodlatte who also celebrates his 22nd birthday today.

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1 Preshit June 30, 2008 at 12:20 am: Birthday wishes :)

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2 Dean June 30, 2008 at 12:35 am: Happy birthday, Paul! Best of luck!

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3 Ren June 30, 2008 at 12:38 am: Happy Birthday man! May your 22nd year be the most awesome one yet.

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4 Max June 30, 2008 at 12:41 am: Happy birthday Paul!

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5 Devin Reams June 30, 2008 at 12:47 am: Happy birthday buddy! Good luck with the presentation. :)

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6 Mike Skalnik June 30, 2008 at 12:48 am: Happy birthday, and best of luck.

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7 Julien June 30, 2008 at 12:49 am: Happy Bday!

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8 scott schnaars June 30, 2008 at 12:53 am: Happy birthday, Paul.

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9 Akshay June 30, 2008 at 12:54 am: Happy Birthday Bro!

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10 Keith Dsouza June 30, 2008 at 12:57 am: Wish you a a happy birthday Paul, amazes me what you did at your age :)

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11 Artur Kim June 30, 2008 at 12:57 am: Hey Paul, happy birthday and best of luck!

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12 bill June 30, 2008 at 1:10 am: happy birthday man – keep doing good things!

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13 ralph.dagza June 30, 2008 at 1:19 am: Happy Bday Paul

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14 Jerry Chacon June 30, 2008 at 1:22 am: Happy B-Day Stammy!

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15 Banyú June 30, 2008 at 1:54 am: ¡¡Cumpleaños feliz!!

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16 Mark Jaquith June 30, 2008 at 1:58 am: Happy Birthday!

Nikon and the MWW Group lent me a Nikon D300 DSLR to tinker with

I expect a full review! I’ve had my eye on the D300.

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17 Zach Wilt June 30, 2008 at 2:01 am: Happy birthday Paul. Enjoy Rome!

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18 @ngel June 30, 2008 at 2:16 am: Happy birthday Paul

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19 James June 30, 2008 at 2:19 am: happy birthday paul ad good luck with your presentation!

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20 George June 30, 2008 at 2:21 am: Happy Birthday Paul, and happy name day!

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21 skipc June 30, 2008 at 2:32 am: happy birthday young fellah, and enjoy the the d300, it’s a superb piece of kit! seems they should have gifted you, on being such an emerging celebrity.

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22 Mike Malone June 30, 2008 at 2:47 am: Zomg, 22! Happy birthday from Katie and me!

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23 Arun June 30, 2008 at 2:55 am: Happy B’Day Stammy !

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24 ramanujam June 30, 2008 at 3:31 am: Happy bday dude!
Wish you good luck :)

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25 Stefano Testi June 30, 2008 at 3:37 am: Happy Birthday!
So you come here in Italy! Have a nice travel, and if you need some informations, let me know! :) I’m a little bit far from Rome, but feel free to ask! :)

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26 Michael June 30, 2008 at 3:37 am: how is it that its been a year and i still haven’t seen you drunk? That ain’t right.

Happy 22nd!

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27 Ptah Dunbar June 30, 2008 at 3:57 am: Happy Birthday Pstam, good luck in Italy! I’ll be going there later on this fall (Padua) close to venice, italy’s an awesome place.

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28 Anonymous June 30, 2008 at 3:59 am: happy birthday – χρόνια πολλά :-D
and keep up the good work!

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29 rmaspero June 30, 2008 at 4:01 am: Happy Birthday and best wishes

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30 Vinod Ponmanadiyil June 30, 2008 at 4:20 am: Happy birthday buddy!

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31 Daniel Andrade June 30, 2008 at 6:51 am: Congrats mate! :)
greetings from brazil!

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32 Dave June 30, 2008 at 7:18 am: Happy birthday. Good luck (and congrats) on the speaking engagement, etc.

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33 John Ratcliffe-Lee June 30, 2008 at 7:45 am: Happy Birthday! Looking forward to seeing your shots from Rome.

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34 Bayliss June 30, 2008 at 8:44 am: Happy birthday buddy!

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35 Emil Swenson June 30, 2008 at 9:16 am: Happy birthday Paul!

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36 Zach Kollegger June 30, 2008 at 9:30 am: Happy Birthday!

Have a great 22nd year. :)

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37 Nick June 30, 2008 at 10:45 am: Happy birthday Paul

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38 Manos June 30, 2008 at 10:49 am: Χρονια πολλα και καλα !!!!

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39 Anton Lindström June 30, 2008 at 10:55 am: Happy birthday!

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40 Shrawan Raja June 30, 2008 at 11:54 am: Paul,
Many more happy returns of the day. I wish you joy and success for the rest of your life.

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41 nathan miller June 30, 2008 at 12:04 pm: Happy Birthday Paul

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42 nepalsites June 30, 2008 at 12:07 pm: Just 22? happy birthday!

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43 Simon Stapleton June 30, 2008 at 4:56 pm: Happy Birthday Paul – 22 and so successful already! keep up the good reviews

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44 James Cassell June 30, 2008 at 5:34 pm: Happy Birthday!

(I like the guy above who used OpenID to post as “Anonymous”)

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45 Jonathan Solichin June 30, 2008 at 6:18 pm: Happy Bday! Congrats on the gigs and the interview. I wish one day I can be as cool as you :D

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46 Uğur Samsa June 30, 2008 at 7:39 pm: Paul, happy birthday!

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47 Brian June 30, 2008 at 10:40 pm: Happy birthday!!!

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48 Sudar July 1, 2008 at 3:33 am: Happy Birthday Paul :)

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49 Colin Lowenberg July 1, 2008 at 6:37 am: Happy Birthday! You are my choice for a representative for the Net Generation. Remember when I taught you photoshop? JK JK

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50 Chris Maxwell July 1, 2008 at 7:29 am: Happy bday Paul. Sorry I’m late. We should celebrate your birthday when I get back from Moscow (August 9th). That means drinking. Good luck with your gig.

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51 Syahid A. July 1, 2008 at 9:08 am: Happy Birthday Paul! A good year ahead!

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52 Webdoc July 1, 2008 at 12:14 pm: Hi Paul,

I am twice as old as you. 22 looks a lot different from 44. ;-)

There are a lot of well wishers here. You are a very popular guy, it seems. I want to add my warm wishes. Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great year!

Tim

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53 phossil July 1, 2008 at 4:23 pm: Happy Birthday Paul!!! (It sounds a little weird to say, because My name is also the same.. LOL)

Best wishes and have a good trip to Rome… good godspeed!!!

^_^

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54 Jeff Haynie July 1, 2008 at 9:04 pm: Happy Birthday!

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55 Shankar Ganesh July 1, 2008 at 9:56 pm: Many more happy returns! :)

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56 Sam Bowen July 3, 2008 at 12:55 pm: Happy Birthday! Hope you had a great time.

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57 Whitdawg July 3, 2008 at 2:40 pm: ‘Belated’ happy birthday dude !

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58 Franklin July 4, 2008 at 8:37 am: Hey happy belated birthday. Thanks very much for inspiring a 23 year old who also happens to be graduating later this year with a CS degree (somewhere in East Africa). Hey and have you noticed your birthday falls at the end of the financial year it must feel great. Happy birthday and all the best in life.

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59 Aron Clark July 29, 2008 at 12:31 pm: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!!

(Did I say that already?! I don’t think so.. :/ )

Just think, I had been reading your blog for about six months before I read your post ‘21′, in which you celebrated your 21st birthday (figures..), so it has been about 20 months of tech goodness from you for me!

..and I’m only 14.

I started reading your blog when I was about 12.. wow.. might have even been before that actually, because I remember spending soo many nights of the summer just looking through all of your Flickr photos.. ha..

Have a good one, duude.

http://DarJon.co.nr

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60 Wes G August 13, 2008 at 6:07 pm: Wow, another person with a June 30 birthday! Congratulations!

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61 Jim August 22, 2008 at 7:37 am: A late happy birthday for you .
I am also on my 22 yeas old .
I am living in china now.

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62 Doreen August 22, 2008 at 1:27 pm: Happy belated birthday, Paul! So exciting to read all that you’ve been up to!

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63 Cristian August 31, 2008 at 4:49 pm: We’ll gladly invite you to speak in Romania at NetCamp in December. I’ll get back to you via e-mail with details. Happy Birthday!

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64 David Lamb September 13, 2008 at 2:16 pm: Well I guess I missed the boat on this one, but happy birthday.

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