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So much has happened since then. We went from a small 5 person team to a not-so-small 90 person company. Well actually, we went from a small 5 person team with a shark, to a not-so-small 90 person company… with a shark.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you haven't yet met Sammy, he's a big help when talking with our community. He's there when we announce a new datacenter location, when we give thanks for all the love and support, and even when we're partying down at SXSW.","spans":[{"start":98,"end":132,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/we-re-excited-to-announce-our-singapore-datacenter-sgp1/"}},{"start":142,"end":182,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://assets.digitalocean.com/blog/static/happy-thanksgiving-from-sammy-the-turkey/"}},{"start":204,"end":225,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://vimeo.com/88664728"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Now, after 3 years, 2 round raises, 2 million Droplets launched, and over 150,000 developers using our platform, Sammy feels a little more grown up.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"So we asked for help from Simon Oxley – designer of graphics and muppet mascots, creator of the original Twitter bird and Github's Octocat – to give Sammy some special treatment. Now Sammy looks amazing and feels better than ever.","spans":[{"start":26,"end":37,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://twitter.com/simonoxleee"}},{"start":122,"end":138,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://octodex.github.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Without further ado, here's the new and improved Sammy The Shark:","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/MjFhNjg0NjEtZjc3YS00YWI5LTg3MmQtMDA2NDU0MGVjOTAx_sammytheshark.gif?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Mural","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":422}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here is a closer look at the new Sammy:","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/10508e5ef3ac8b50a3c70252b39abcfdcaf8772f_sammy-normal.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Just because Sammy lives in the ocean doesn't mean he can't fly :)","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/359d620b30eff181fc504940c280dc81ec2f3b50_sammy-jetpack.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Jetpack","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Or float....","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/909f4151ab742bd58f441f397cbbc2d60065ee34_sammy-balloon.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Balloon","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"What would Sammy look like if he was swimming towards you? #notallthatscary","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/eceebf5d559465963a9c32c4451e15d2a87d0ff0_sammy-front.png?auto=compress,format","alt":"Sammy Front","copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":750,"height":483}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Now that's a good lookin' shark.","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2014-07-10","blog_meta_title":"Sammy The Shark Gets A Birthday Makeover From Simon Oxley","blog_meta_description":null,"tags":[{"tag1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Tag","tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"firstPublicationDate":"2019-10-31T21:50:30+0000","uid":"sammy-the-shark-gets-a-birthday-makeover-from-simon-oxley"}}}},"pageContext":{"rootQuery":"\n  query BlogBySlug($uid: String!) {\n    prismic {\n      blog(lang: \"en-us\", uid: $uid) {\n        ...BlogFragment\n      }\n    }\n  }\n","id":"XbIpgBQAACgAXLBi","lang":"en-us","uid":"sammy-the-shark-gets-a-birthday-makeover-from-simon-oxley","type":"blog","alternateLanguages":[],"cursor":"YXJyYXljb25uZWN0aW9uOjE3Mw==","paginationPreviousMeta":{"id":"XbIpgBQAACgAXLBK","lang":"en-us","uid":"give-your-friends-10-to-host-their-projects-and-get-25-yourself","type":"blog","alternateLanguages":[]},"paginationPreviousUid":"give-your-friends-10-to-host-their-projects-and-get-25-yourself","paginationPreviousLang":"en-us","paginationNextMeta":{"id":"XbIpgBQAACgAXLBC","lang":"en-us","uid":"introducing-our-london-region","type":"blog","alternateLanguages":[]},"paginationNextUid":"introducing-our-london-region","paginationNextLang":"en-us","lastQueryChunkEndCursor":"YXJyYXljb25uZWN0aW9uOjE1OQ=="}}}