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Get Out The Balloons: Smashing’s 1st Anniversary
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!

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.
- Make sure you don’t miss this week’s postings — subscribe to our RSS-feed to keep track on our next posts.
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.
- 141 Comments
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- 2September 3rd, 2007 7:26 pm
Congratulations! Keep up the great work!!
- 3September 3rd, 2007 7:27 pm
Happy Birthday! I love this blog!
- 4September 3rd, 2007 7:31 pm
Congrats on completing the first year guys, always providing relevant, informative copy and links that help us all.
- 5September 3rd, 2007 7:33 pm
Congrats.. Smashing Magazine..
- 6September 3rd, 2007 7:40 pm
Happy Birthday! *dances*
- 7September 3rd, 2007 7:45 pm
Excellent! Happy Anniversary! This site is a daily stop for me. Keep up the great work!
- 8September 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!
- 9September 3rd, 2007 7:49 pm
Happy birthday! Keep it up. Loving what you do…
- 10September 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! :)
- 11September 3rd, 2007 7:55 pm
Happy Anniversary! Reading all the articles… most are really impressive.
- 12September 3rd, 2007 7:56 pm
Happy birthday! keep on smashing ;-) your magazin rocks
- 13September 3rd, 2007 7:56 pm
Congratulations! I love this blog. i will try popular smashing in persian blogsphere.
- 14September 3rd, 2007 8:01 pm
Congratulations! I’m glad to know you on your one years birthday. :)
- 15September 3rd, 2007 8:02 pm
Congratulations, guys! Keep posting us great stuff. Love you all :)
Again, Smashing Magazine rocks!
- 16September 3rd, 2007 8:04 pm
Keep up the good work !
- 17September 3rd, 2007 8:05 pm
Congratulations. Smashing Magazine is certainly one of the most interesting online magazine.
- 18September 3rd, 2007 8:09 pm
joyeux anniversaire !
- 19September 3rd, 2007 8:13 pm
Congrats! Big fan of the site :)
- 20September 3rd, 2007 8:23 pm
Congratulations!
Great site.
- 21September 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
- 22September 3rd, 2007 8:24 pm
Congratulations!!!
- 23September 3rd, 2007 8:26 pm
happy brithday ;)
- 24September 3rd, 2007 8:27 pm
Happy birthday, Smashing Magazine – here’s to the next twelve months of great content!
- 25September 3rd, 2007 8:27 pm
joyeux anniversaire !! continuez !!!
- 26September 3rd, 2007 8:28 pm
Congrats and keep up the good work!
- 27September 3rd, 2007 8:29 pm
Congrats!, It has always been a great read, and resource…
has given me immeasurable inspiration over the months…
- 28September 3rd, 2007 8:35 pm
Congrats!
SM is one of my favorite weblogs over the net,well done guys! - 29September 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.
- 30September 3rd, 2007 8:52 pm
Smashing :)
Keep up the good work!
- 31September 3rd, 2007 8:56 pm
Sounds good and Happy Anniversary!
- 32September 3rd, 2007 9:07 pm
“La multi ani” ;)
- 33September 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!
- 34September 3rd, 2007 9:22 pm
Congrats! ;)
- 35September 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.
- 36September 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!
- 37September 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!
- 38September 3rd, 2007 10:13 pm
Parabens para voce
Felicidades
Keep up the good work!
- 39September 3rd, 2007 10:30 pm
congrats!
Happy birthday, Thanks for your articles and keep the same in the future
:-) - 40September 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 ;)
- 41September 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!!
- 42September 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! - 43September 3rd, 2007 10:43 pm
Congratulations guys :)
- 44September 3rd, 2007 10:51 pm
congratulations from The Netherlands….Keep up this nice project!
- 45September 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 :)
- 46September 3rd, 2007 11:07 pm
Felicitaciones!
Feliz Aniversario! - 47September 3rd, 2007 11:11 pm
Congratulations guys!! Keep up the good work!!
- 48September 3rd, 2007 11:11 pm
Vitaly,
Nope, still no-go. I’ll stick to comments for now :)
- 49September 3rd, 2007 11:16 pm
Happy first anniversary!!
Hope to see you in the following years too!
- 50September 3rd, 2007 11:16 pm
zorionak eta urte askotarako! lan ona iten ari zeate ta!!
- 51September 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. - 52September 3rd, 2007 11:19 pm
congrats
keep bringin inspiration - 53September 3rd, 2007 11:23 pm
congratulations from The Rio de Janeiro,Brazil !!!!
Keep up the good work! - 54September 3rd, 2007 11:27 pm
Very good site
You are in my inspirations category
Awaiting more cool posts. - 55September 3rd, 2007 11:32 pm
Parabéns galera do site!!!!!!
Vocês estão fazendo um belo trabalho. - 56September 3rd, 2007 11:44 pm
Well done, you are my 5th read of the day……
- 57September 3rd, 2007 11:48 pm
Congratulations !!!
The best articles I aways find here. You guys helped so much.
Keep up the good work. - 58September 4th, 2007 12:19 am
happy birthday..and make a wish…
- 59September 4th, 2007 12:28 am
Congratulations!!!
Thanks for this year
Regards from Brazil - 60September 4th, 2007 12:28 am
Congratulations! Keep on going like this and I will keep on reading you daily ;-)
- 61September 4th, 2007 12:31 am
Congratulations ! I wish you get 10th too. Good work !
- 62September 4th, 2007 12:33 am
Happy birthday, Happy birthday
Mr. President.
- 63September 4th, 2007 12:35 am
congrats!
:) more articles!!! w00t!
- 64September 4th, 2007 12:38 am
Congrats…Happy birthday!
- 65September 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
- 66September 4th, 2007 1:10 am
Congratulations! I love your articles! :)
- 67September 4th, 2007 1:16 am
congratulations and thanks for being such a great resource. love your lists!
- 68September 4th, 2007 1:18 am
Smashing! This site is awesome. Simple as that!
Congrats on the anniversary!!!
- 69September 4th, 2007 1:22 am
Congratulation Smashing Magazine :D
great web site, i read it every day :) - 70September 4th, 2007 1:25 am
you make my life easier. really.
cheers guys :]
- 71September 4th, 2007 1:47 am
Wooo hooo!
party!Congrats!!!!!!
- 72September 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
- 73September 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! - 74September 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.
- 75September 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 :)
- 76September 4th, 2007 2:43 am
congratulations, loving the articles, much appreciated. keep it coming!
- 77September 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!)
- 78September 4th, 2007 3:46 am
Happy anniversary, congratulations !!!!
thanks for all ….Keep going !!!!!!!!!!!
- 79September 4th, 2007 3:53 am
Happy Birthday!
:P - 80September 4th, 2007 4:31 am
Congrats and thanks for consistent dedication.
Keep up the good work..My morning coffee start page :)
- 81September 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!!
- 82September 4th, 2007 10:15 am
Congrats!!!
Can’t wait for to see what you guys come up with this year!! - 83September 4th, 2007 10:35 am
Congratulations people. Its always an enjoyable time reading your posts
- 84September 4th, 2007 10:49 am
Congratulations! Your articles are very useful. Keep working!
From a reader here in Brazil.
- 85September 4th, 2007 10:52 am
congrats for 1st Anniversery !
Good work guys . keep it up - 86September 4th, 2007 11:20 am
Happy Birthday!
- 87September 4th, 2007 12:37 pm
Congratulations! Keep up the great work!!
I don’t miss “U”, my entire career…
God bless you!!! - 88September 4th, 2007 2:17 pm
The only blog that i don’t want to miss even 1 entry.
- 89September 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.
- 90September 4th, 2007 2:51 pm
i welcome you one year old cute baby
- 91September 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.
- 92September 4th, 2007 3:41 pm
Congrats!
And Happy Anniversary! - 93September 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 :)
- 94September 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 !
- 95September 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
- 96September 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!
- 97September 4th, 2007 5:56 pm
Fantastic work and **** HAPPY BIRTHDAY ***
- 98September 4th, 2007 5:56 pm
H h h h h hhhaaapy Birthday!!!! and a 999999999999 more years!!
- 99September 4th, 2007 6:15 pm
Congrats, you guys are great!
- 100September 4th, 2007 6:34 pm
Congrats for this 1 year, and keep on the good work!!
- 101September 4th, 2007 7:01 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMASHING MAGAZINE
- 102September 4th, 2007 7:29 pm
happy birthday!!! one of the best resource sites ever!!!
- 103September 4th, 2007 8:28 pm
Happy Birthday Guys. Keep up the good work.
- 104September 4th, 2007 9:11 pm
Just wanted to offer a tiny suggestion: change “champaign” to “champagne”.
- 105September 4th, 2007 9:34 pm
Thank You SM!!! for being my first wasting time place to come!!! seriously YOU ROCK!!!
- 106September 4th, 2007 11:51 pm
Congratulations guys! Your content is consistently well done and extremely useful. Here’s to another year!
- 107September 5th, 2007 4:46 am
Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine :)
- 108September 5th, 2007 6:26 pm
Happy Birthday. WISH YOU LONG LIFE.
- 109September 5th, 2007 6:42 pm
Great blog! Happy birthday!
- 110September 5th, 2007 10:06 pm
Hey Congratulations guys!! Happy Smashing Anniversary!! :)
- 111September 6th, 2007 2:13 am
I enjoyed every article until now. Thank you and Happy Birthday
- 112September 9th, 2007 2:58 pm
Smashing!
Keep up the good work…
- 113September 11th, 2007 3:02 am
Happy birthday Smashing Magazine!!!! This blog is extremely useful for me! С днем рождения!
- 114September 15th, 2007 3:21 am
Happy birthday Smashing!!
- 115September 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 - 116September 8th, 2008 4:12 pm
Congratulations! I really like this blog. :)
- 117September 8th, 2008 11:13 pm
Happy, happy bday!
Keep it up!
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