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Get Out The Balloons: Smashing’s 1st Anniversary

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Smashing Magazine is one year old. Over the last year our little weblog has gone through quite a development. We’ve published 126 articles, trying to address the most important issues, trends and developments related to web design and web-development. We’ve heard a lot of criticism, but we’ve also received a lot of support. In fact, there is nothing more valuable than constructive criticism which is basically the only thing which makes our content better, our magazine more useful and our efforts more convenient. Therefore we’d like to thank to all readers who’ve been reading us, sharing their ideas and suggestions, spreading the word and supporting us. Every e-mail you’ve sent to us has an incredible value for us.

Thank you! Now it’s time for you to get something back.

What has changed since then?

Over the year we’ve developed our layout, made some important changes to improve the site structure and the quality of content. Our articles have become more structured, our research more profound. However, the main idea behind Smashing Magazine has never changed.

The degree of utility defines the nature of our content. We try to deliver the best possible information about a given topic and present it in the most comprehensive and usable way. Whether we succeed in doing so or not is not our decision, but the decision you are making with every post we publish. We’ll do our best to deliver quality material on regular basis. To do this, we need your support and your input.

We try to smash you with the information that will make your life easier — this is what we’ve been doing for the last 12 months, this is what we’ll do in future to meet your expectations. And this is what we’re going to do this week.

Celebrate with us!

Anniversary in Get Out The Balloons: Smashings 1st Anniversary

Turn on the music, break out the champagne, get out the balloons and whistles, but — more importantly — keep track on what will be happening this week on Smashing Magazine.

World’s leading designers, developers and graphic designers will be celebrating with us. We’ll also have some giveaways for each and every one of you.

Be prepared. This week we’re going to smash you big time. Really.

Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine (www.smashingmagazine.com), an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.

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  1. 1
    Ronny-André
    September 3rd, 2007 7:22 pm

    First! Can’t wait for the upcoming articles :D

  2. 2
    Jan
    September 3rd, 2007 7:26 pm

    Congratulations! Keep up the great work!!

  3. 3
    Ines
    September 3rd, 2007 7:27 pm

    Happy Birthday! I love this blog!

  4. 4
    Simon
    September 3rd, 2007 7:31 pm

    Congrats on completing the first year guys, always providing relevant, informative copy and links that help us all.

  5. 5
    Wallpics
    September 3rd, 2007 7:33 pm

    Congrats.. Smashing Magazine..

  6. 6
    Rachael
    September 3rd, 2007 7:40 pm

    Happy Birthday! *dances*

  7. 7
    Jason A.
    September 3rd, 2007 7:45 pm

    Excellent! Happy Anniversary! This site is a daily stop for me. Keep up the great work!

  8. 8
    Henrik Pejer
    September 3rd, 2007 7:45 pm

    The first year has been amazing: brilliant articles, guides and links.

    I look forward to several more years of Smashing Magazine!

  9. 9
    Captain-Y-Fronts
    September 3rd, 2007 7:49 pm

    Happy birthday! Keep it up. Loving what you do…

  10. 10
    Barry McGee
    September 3rd, 2007 7:55 pm

    Congratulations, it seems like you have been going longer, yours is my number one RSS feed and you continue to provide great stuff..

    Keep up the good work! :)

  11. 11
    Sam
    September 3rd, 2007 7:55 pm

    Happy Anniversary! Reading all the articles… most are really impressive.

  12. 12
    mika73
    September 3rd, 2007 7:56 pm

    Happy birthday! keep on smashing ;-) your magazin rocks

  13. 13
    hossein mazidi
    September 3rd, 2007 7:56 pm

    Congratulations! I love this blog. i will try popular smashing in persian blogsphere.

  14. 14
    Seeidol
    September 3rd, 2007 8:01 pm

    Congratulations! I’m glad to know you on your one years birthday. :)

  15. 15
    Shankar Ganesh
    September 3rd, 2007 8:02 pm

    Congratulations, guys! Keep posting us great stuff. Love you all :)

    Again, Smashing Magazine rocks!

  16. 16
    Bughy
    September 3rd, 2007 8:04 pm

    Keep up the good work !

  17. 17
    thomas
    September 3rd, 2007 8:05 pm

    Congratulations. Smashing Magazine is certainly one of the most interesting online magazine.

  18. 18
    mistafab
    September 3rd, 2007 8:09 pm

    joyeux anniversaire !

  19. 19
    Adriaan
    September 3rd, 2007 8:13 pm

    Congrats! Big fan of the site :)

  20. 20
    Camilo
    September 3rd, 2007 8:23 pm

    Congratulations!

    Great site.

  21. 21
    Will
    September 3rd, 2007 8:24 pm

    Great work guys – i love reading your articles and will continue to do so. I get some great ideas and learn so much from this site. Keep up the good work and I will keep coming back! Will

  22. 22
    Oli
    September 3rd, 2007 8:24 pm

    Congratulations!!!

  23. 23
    Tommy Holiday
    September 3rd, 2007 8:26 pm

    happy brithday ;)

  24. 24
    -@^@-
    September 3rd, 2007 8:27 pm

    Happy birthday, Smashing Magazine – here’s to the next twelve months of great content!

  25. 25
    Bernard
    September 3rd, 2007 8:27 pm

    joyeux anniversaire !! continuez !!!

  26. 26
    Razvan
    September 3rd, 2007 8:28 pm

    Congrats and keep up the good work!

  27. 27
    Daniel
    September 3rd, 2007 8:29 pm

    Congrats!, It has always been a great read, and resource…

    has given me immeasurable inspiration over the months…

  28. 28
    Richie
    September 3rd, 2007 8:35 pm

    Congrats!
    SM is one of my favorite weblogs over the net,well done guys!

  29. 29
    Gordon
    September 3rd, 2007 8:39 pm

    Congratulations. And please don’t change the scope of what you cover, I’ve found many excellent resources and looking forward to see what you have up your sleeves this week.

  30. 30
    Mario Schmidt
    September 3rd, 2007 8:52 pm

    Smashing :)

    Keep up the good work!

  31. 31
    Rick
    September 3rd, 2007 8:56 pm

    Sounds good and Happy Anniversary!

  32. 32
    add
    September 3rd, 2007 9:07 pm

    “La multi ani” ;)

  33. 33
    Marijean
    September 3rd, 2007 9:19 pm

    This is my favorite blog and I read a lot of blogs. Don’t change anything!
    Congratulations on one year of great articles and information. A truly important resource.

    Thanks!

  34. 34
    Jan
    September 3rd, 2007 9:22 pm

    Congrats! ;)

  35. 35
    Sam R
    September 3rd, 2007 9:31 pm

    Well done !!!
    For a few month now, smashingmagazine has become one of my first reading every morning to see if there is anothernew good article…

    Thanks and happy birthday.

  36. 36
    randy
    September 3rd, 2007 9:38 pm

    hate to be a wet blanket here…but the lower case y glyph in that “one year anniversary” graphic looks really off heh…anyways happy anniversary!

  37. 37
    Miharbi
    September 3rd, 2007 10:10 pm

    Congrats. This is the most informative and entertaining websites I have ever seen. I stumbled upon it accidentally (thank god for that). And ever since then, I have been a faithful follower of this great and amazing website. I look forward for the new year. And once again, happy anniversary!

  38. 38
    Juan Ortega
    September 3rd, 2007 10:13 pm

    Parabens para voce

    Felicidades

    Keep up the good work!

  39. 39
    A.P.Palaniraja
    September 3rd, 2007 10:30 pm

    congrats!

    Happy birthday, Thanks for your articles and keep the same in the future
    :-)

  40. 40
    foodforcows
    September 3rd, 2007 10:33 pm

    Congrats people, you helped me a lot in the previous year. It was a pleasure read your feed and stuff… Hopefully this lasts for at least another year ;)

  41. 41
    Daniel Holter
    September 3rd, 2007 10:33 pm

    The level to which I dig what you guys do is not the least bit artificially inflated due to your post that included our music licensing site. Really. Promise. :)

    We’ve been avid readers ever since discovering you. Always killer info. Big Time Congrats to you guys and we wish you much success going forward!!

  42. 42
    Anita
    September 3rd, 2007 10:40 pm

    Congrats! Found this blog a few months ago and have since been a faithful reader!
    Keep up the great work!

  43. 43
    shery
    September 3rd, 2007 10:43 pm

    Congratulations guys :)

  44. 44
    Jeroen
    September 3rd, 2007 10:51 pm

    congratulations from The Netherlands….Keep up this nice project!

  45. 45
    David J.
    September 3rd, 2007 10:56 pm

    Good evening Sven!

    I do wish you the happiest of 1st anniversaries. I tried e-mailing you to ship you a quick note (office & advertising) and both bounced.

    You may want to fix that :)

  46. 46
    petrosini
    September 3rd, 2007 11:07 pm

    Felicitaciones!
    Feliz Aniversario!

  47. 47
    Zul Azman
    September 3rd, 2007 11:11 pm

    Congratulations guys!! Keep up the good work!!

  48. 48
    Daid J.
    September 3rd, 2007 11:11 pm

    Vitaly,

    Nope, still no-go. I’ll stick to comments for now :)

  49. 49
    Mjuboy
    September 3rd, 2007 11:16 pm

    Happy first anniversary!!

    Hope to see you in the following years too!

  50. 50
    xirika
    September 3rd, 2007 11:16 pm

    zorionak eta urte askotarako! lan ona iten ari zeate ta!!

  51. 51
    Luis
    September 3rd, 2007 11:17 pm

    Congratulations!!!
    I’ve ony discovered this great site a few weeks ago, and it has become one of my main resources since then. Keep up the GREAT work and here’s to many years more.

    Felicidades!!!!
    He descubierto este sitio tan solo hace unas cuantas semanas, y en ese tiempo se ha convertido en una de mis fuentes de inspiracion principales. Sigan con su EXCELENTE trabajo y espero que sigan por muchos años mas.

  52. 52
    pablo
    September 3rd, 2007 11:19 pm

    congrats
    keep bringin inspiration

  53. 53
    Marcelo Barbosa
    September 3rd, 2007 11:23 pm

    congratulations from The Rio de Janeiro,Brazil !!!!
    Keep up the good work!

  54. 54
    Kumar
    September 3rd, 2007 11:27 pm

    Very good site
    You are in my inspirations category
    Awaiting more cool posts.

  55. 55
    Roberto
    September 3rd, 2007 11:32 pm

    Parabéns galera do site!!!!!!
    Vocês estão fazendo um belo trabalho.

  56. 56
    uncle wilco
    September 3rd, 2007 11:44 pm

    Well done, you are my 5th read of the day……

  57. 57
    Gabriel
    September 3rd, 2007 11:48 pm

    Congratulations !!!
    The best articles I aways find here. You guys helped so much.
    Keep up the good work.

  58. 58
    hanifan
    September 4th, 2007 12:19 am

    happy birthday..and make a wish…

  59. 59
    Lauro
    September 4th, 2007 12:28 am

    Congratulations!!!
    Thanks for this year
    Regards from Brazil

  60. 60
    Felipe Kaufmann
    September 4th, 2007 12:28 am

    Congratulations! Keep on going like this and I will keep on reading you daily ;-)

  61. 61
    Łukasz
    September 4th, 2007 12:31 am

    Congratulations ! I wish you get 10th too. Good work !

  62. 62
    Fausto Pacheco
    September 4th, 2007 12:33 am

    Happy birthday, Happy birthday

    Mr. President.

  63. 63
    Starfeeder
    September 4th, 2007 12:35 am

    congrats!

    :) more articles!!! w00t!

  64. 64
    yichi
    September 4th, 2007 12:38 am

    Congrats…Happy birthday!

  65. 65
    cainzer0
    September 4th, 2007 12:38 am

    Buen trabajo, feliz aniversario, me han servido de inspiración y ayuda a mi y a muchos por sus geniales artículos sigan así y muchos años más

    Saludos

  66. 66
    Gonzalo
    September 4th, 2007 1:10 am

    Congratulations! I love your articles! :)

  67. 67
    lizard
    September 4th, 2007 1:16 am

    congratulations and thanks for being such a great resource. love your lists!

  68. 68
    Fritsie
    September 4th, 2007 1:18 am

    Smashing! This site is awesome. Simple as that!

    Congrats on the anniversary!!!

  69. 69
    blau
    September 4th, 2007 1:22 am

    Congratulation Smashing Magazine :D
    great web site, i read it every day :)

  70. 70
    simple
    September 4th, 2007 1:25 am

    you make my life easier. really.

    cheers guys :]

  71. 71
    Dario
    September 4th, 2007 1:47 am

    Wooo hooo!
    party!

    Congrats!!!!!!

  72. 72
    Donald Giannatti
    September 4th, 2007 1:57 am

    Happy Anniversary guys… one of the best on the web.
    Now the hard part… doing better than you already have.
    wow… good luck with that!!!!

    Cheers… and thanks for all your hard and well appreciated work!

    Don

  73. 73
    Jarek
    September 4th, 2007 1:59 am

    Congratz!
    you’ve done really nice job so far. I hope that smashing mag will be larger and larger! Gratz!

  74. 74
    Kuswanto
    September 4th, 2007 2:02 am

    happy anniversary. i really enjoying to read all of your posts, good job and please make more super super nice reference for designer.

  75. 75
    Peter Franzén
    September 4th, 2007 2:32 am

    Thanks for an awsome job and helping me out in my daily work! If not for smashingmagazine we would have the most boring website on the web :)

  76. 76
    Faz
    September 4th, 2007 2:43 am

    congratulations, loving the articles, much appreciated. keep it coming!

  77. 77
    Sylf
    September 4th, 2007 3:17 am

    Happy anniversary! Congrats on your milestone. I always love your articles. Keep up with your good work! (And “good work” is an understatement of the week… they’re excellent in contents, broad in topics, and very interesting every time!)

  78. 78
    Romain
    September 4th, 2007 3:46 am

    Happy anniversary, congratulations !!!!
    thanks for all ….

    Keep going !!!!!!!!!!!

  79. 79
    Forum Nacional
    September 4th, 2007 3:53 am

    Happy Birthday!
    :P

  80. 80
    Yunus Tunak
    September 4th, 2007 4:31 am

    Congrats and thanks for consistent dedication.
    Keep up the good work..

    My morning coffee start page :)

  81. 81
    skyran
    September 4th, 2007 5:27 am

    Congrats! You’re one of the most useful weblogs about design I’ve found over the Internet.

    I’m looking forward for more articles!!

  82. 82
    Lica
    September 4th, 2007 10:15 am

    Congrats!!!
    Can’t wait for to see what you guys come up with this year!!

  83. 83
    Jermayn Parker
    September 4th, 2007 10:35 am

    Congratulations people. Its always an enjoyable time reading your posts

  84. 84
    Eduardo Costa
    September 4th, 2007 10:49 am

    Congratulations! Your articles are very useful. Keep working!

    From a reader here in Brazil.

  85. 85
    ankur c
    September 4th, 2007 10:52 am

    congrats for 1st Anniversery !
    Good work guys . keep it up

  86. 86
    jiangxiaolei
    September 4th, 2007 11:20 am

    Happy Birthday!

  87. 87
    kpjothivelu(chennai-India)
    September 4th, 2007 12:37 pm

    Congratulations! Keep up the great work!!
    I don’t miss “U”, my entire career…
    God bless you!!!

  88. 88
    (O_o) nickpan
    September 4th, 2007 2:17 pm

    The only blog that i don’t want to miss even 1 entry.

  89. 89
    Narek Khachatryan
    September 4th, 2007 2:25 pm

    Congratulations! Have been reading your web site for a while–it is definitely one of the most comprehensive and useful web sites with up to date information for web designers/developers. Keep up the great work.

  90. 90
    Robert Marbun
    September 4th, 2007 2:51 pm

    i welcome you one year old cute baby

  91. 91
    Dan Kalivoda
    September 4th, 2007 2:57 pm

    Guys, well done..I really enjoy staing here…I hope you will be here for us forever:) Thank you so much.

  92. 92
    AL
    September 4th, 2007 3:41 pm

    Congrats!
    And Happy Anniversary!

  93. 93
    David
    September 4th, 2007 4:24 pm

    Congrats Smashing!

    SM is my most precious RSS feed, and I feverishly wait for every update. An absolute goldmine. Well done :)

  94. 94
    GregOne
    September 4th, 2007 4:32 pm

    Happy birthday Smashing Magazine, and thanks for all those great articles. Can’t even imagine what a reference you might be a few years from now !

  95. 95
    Amrit Gill
    September 4th, 2007 5:07 pm

    Fantasic work guys, have been looking for a decent magazine since create online went!

    Love what your doing, keep it going!!

    Amrit

    Human Process

  96. 96
    Prasanth
    September 4th, 2007 5:36 pm

    Happy birthday to you Smashing Magazine! Really. You have smashed me with your content!

    Yes. I am ready to get smashed this week too!

  97. 97
    Igor Jovic
    September 4th, 2007 5:56 pm

    Fantastic work and **** HAPPY BIRTHDAY ***

  98. 98
    Georgi
    September 4th, 2007 5:56 pm

    H h h h h hhhaaapy Birthday!!!! and a 999999999999 more years!!

  99. 99
    Per André
    September 4th, 2007 6:15 pm

    Congrats, you guys are great!

  100. 100
    Asvin Balloo
    September 4th, 2007 6:34 pm

    Congrats for this 1 year, and keep on the good work!!

  101. 101
    arjun
    September 4th, 2007 7:01 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMASHING MAGAZINE

  102. 102
    kb
    September 4th, 2007 7:29 pm

    happy birthday!!! one of the best resource sites ever!!!

  103. 103
    Balachandar
    September 4th, 2007 8:28 pm

    Happy Birthday Guys. Keep up the good work.

  104. 104
    mrpicky
    September 4th, 2007 9:11 pm

    Just wanted to offer a tiny suggestion: change “champaign” to “champagne”.

  105. 105
    Andres Cortes
    September 4th, 2007 9:34 pm

    Thank You SM!!! for being my first wasting time place to come!!! seriously YOU ROCK!!!

  106. 106
    Andy
    September 4th, 2007 11:51 pm

    Congratulations guys! Your content is consistently well done and extremely useful. Here’s to another year!

  107. 107
    James
    September 5th, 2007 4:46 am

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine :)

  108. 108
    Himanshu Kapoor
    September 5th, 2007 6:26 pm

    Happy Birthday. WISH YOU LONG LIFE.

  109. 109
    Gerd Wippich
    September 5th, 2007 6:42 pm

    Great blog! Happy birthday!

  110. 110
    gr8pixel
    September 5th, 2007 10:06 pm

    Hey Congratulations guys!! Happy Smashing Anniversary!! :)

  111. 111
    Bogdan
    September 6th, 2007 2:13 am

    I enjoyed every article until now. Thank you and Happy Birthday

  112. 112
    Steve
    September 9th, 2007 2:58 pm

    Smashing!

    Keep up the good work…

  113. 113
    phantom
    September 11th, 2007 3:02 am

    Happy birthday Smashing Magazine!!!! This blog is extremely useful for me! С днем рождения!

  114. 114
    ego
    September 15th, 2007 3:21 am

    Happy birthday Smashing!!

  115. 115
    Edgar Eduardo
    September 30th, 2007 4:47 am

    Mis mas sinceras Congratulaciones por su aniversario… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Un saludo desde El Perú. y gracias por la fuente Anivers esta muy bonita.
    Salu2

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    Pedro Menezes
    September 8th, 2008 4:12 pm

    Congratulations! I really like this blog. :)

  117. 117
    Milan
    September 8th, 2008 11:13 pm

    Happy, happy bday!
    Keep it up!

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