Fortune magazine says, “Happy anniversary FTB.”

05.5.2008 | 10:34 pm | East Bay Grease, Great Beards in History, Jump the Shark Week, Pogonophobia, Town Business, Warrior-Less Playoffs

No, really. Sure, the cover above is fake, but the rest is kinda true. We actually got mentioned in the May 12th edition of Fortune magazine. On newstands now. It wasn’t a feature, but still. Fortune? Really? Yessir.

I gots the e-mail tip from a couple of faithfuls. Disbelieving, I went down to the bookstore. Page 34. Boo blam! A full-page expose on the best beards of Scrillacon Valley. And, right there sharing page space with Jobs, Ellison and the rest of the titans of computering? FT to the frickin’B. With the URL even. Happy anniversary indeed.

Needless to say, one year from the first post to casual mention in the same story as the Woz was enough to straighten up my posture a bit. Actually, nobody could tell me shit for the rest of the day. I carried the damn magazine around from meeting to meeting talkin’ ’bout, “Did you see I’m in Fortune?” Walking tall and talking loud. I’m probably supposed to be more gracious in triumph, but to hell with that. We’re in Fortune.

But seriously. It’s only been a year. And I want to take a moment away from the snarky blogspeak to issue some genuine thanks. This has been one of the most rewarding projects I’ve ever been associated with and I want to say a heartfelt thanks on behalf of FTB to all of our new extended fam. Thank you for reading. Thank you for commenting. Thanks for sharing stories. And thanks for feeling what we’re about.

On a final note, Sunday, Matthew and I went to see Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine. He was speaking at the San Francisco International Film Festival about the future of film. Among the many things he mentioned in his hour was one particularly profound truth. That being: the Internet isn’t even 5,000 days old yet. Think about that for a second. All of this. The whole thing. Not even 5,000 days old. Ten years ago it seemed impossible to imagine the Yellow Pages on this mofo. Now it is completely indispensible in almost every aspect of modern life. We just logged a year up in this piece and I’m thankful for the experience. Who knows where we’re all headed together, but thanks for a fun first 365.

Stay bearded,

Turman