Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Jeff Bridges is one of those understated geek icons – in many geeky films (Tron for the gods' sake), but also calmly going along and doing his thing.
His web page is a fount of awesome, and one of the most unique personal/professional pages I've seen.
Go and experience it.
I recall when I was first called an "Internet Personality." It was at a convention, and that was how I was described in the program booklet. That was quite a few years ago, and it seems that over time in the age of the internet, megamedia, and 24-hour news cycles the world is filled with "personalities."
Personalities are everywhere. News personalities. Internet personalities. Writers are personalities. Colorful local personalities. It seems some of the most successful (or at least famous) people we know are, well . . . personalities.
I know Hello Kitty has fans. In fact, I have to admire Sanrio for creating a sort of Seinfeld of cuteness.; Hello Kitty really isn't about anything. Hello Kitty is sort of a brand of general adorable cuteness and pathological amounts of pink. It's just that when it comes to it, there's not a whole lot of "there" there. Hello Kitty just sort of is.
She's darling, as is her collection of friends, but she's not about anything.
Sanrio's success aside, you don't want to use her as a role model for personal branding. Even if you like Pink. A whole lot of Pink.