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Smashing Magazine’s 2nd Anniversary

September 8th, 2008 in Events | 1,759 Comments

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It happened again. Today, Smashing Magazine celebrates its second birthday. We are two years old now and we are proud of what we have achieved over these years. To celebrate our anniversary, we could do any number of things. For instance, we could organize a huge giveaway—as we did one year ago—but, of course, bigger and more overwhelming. However, we won’t do that; after all, we’re giving away stuff every week and we have many contests where our readers can win truly smashing prizes. (New contests are already on their way.)

Instead, we could share some insight about the highlights of Smashing Magazine over the last 12 months: an exploding number of page views, hundreds of thousands of backlinks, numerous testimonials and rewarding ad revenues. But we would probably sound like show-offs and we can’t afford to do that; after all, we have only published 301 posts so far.

Another possibility would be to discuss our plans for the future. What’s happening behind the scenes? What’s in the works? We could even share some top-secret information about the planned Smashing Book Series or new Smashing Forum. However, we won’t do that, because nobody can predict how successful those will really be.

Hence, the only remaining thing for us—Vitaly, Sven, the writers and other creative, hard-working minds of the Smashing Magazine team—to do is express our sincere gratitude to each of our readers for an absolutely smashing year. Without you—each and every one of you—our small magazine could not exist and definitely could not become what it has become today.

Comment and Win an Exclusive Poster!

Still, we do have a small surprise for you: a handful of exclusive Smashing Magazine posters, designed by the well-known, talented artist James White. You can preview the poster here or read the Making Of.

We are giving away 8 exclusive printed Smashing Anniversary posters, shining like gold in A3 format. Only 11 posters have been printed worldwide. If you want to win one of them, just write some kind words and congratulations in a comment to this post.

The winners will be determined randomly among all valid comments (spam and ad links do not count). Don’t forget to provide a valid email address in the input field, otherwise we won’t be able to notify you.

Thank you, folks! We really appreciate your support.

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  1. 1.

    FreeMarketingGraphics.com (September 8th, 2008, 2:11 pm)

    congrats ;)

  2. 2.

    Jimmy Lönn (September 8th, 2008, 2:13 pm)

    Congratulations! A great site also!

  3. 3.

    Cerium (September 8th, 2008, 2:14 pm)

    Congratulations ! You’re one of my favorite design blog, it’s really nice done ;)

  4. 4.

    Harvinder (September 8th, 2008, 2:15 pm)

    Congratulations & Happy Birthday! Love your work!

  5. 5.

    unkariert (September 8th, 2008, 2:16 pm)

    Happy Birthday! Smashing.

  6. 6.

    Marcus C. (September 8th, 2008, 2:17 pm)

    Congratulations… you’re one of my frequent reads.

  7. 7.

    Zitter (September 8th, 2008, 2:17 pm)

    Bravo, bravissimo! Bravo! La la la la la la la LA!

  8. 8.

    Shaun G. (September 8th, 2008, 2:18 pm)

    Awesome. Grats, guys!

  9. 9.

    BaconIsGood4You (September 8th, 2008, 2:19 pm)

    Congrats Smashing! You’re one of the best resources on the web!

  10. 10.

    aaron (September 8th, 2008, 2:20 pm)

    congratz smashing! keep up the great work!

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    Keonne (September 8th, 2008, 2:20 pm)

    Happy Birthday :)

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    Jon Aizlewood (September 8th, 2008, 2:20 pm)

    Happy Birthday Smashing! 2 years ago today our lives were blessed with the wonderful birth of this site. Two 2 years on and we’re still the luckiest readers on the entire interwebs.

    Yeah, how was that for cheese?

    Really, happy Bday, thanks for the constantly great content, and please keep it coming guys!

  13. 13.

    pixelinjection.com (September 8th, 2008, 2:20 pm)

    damn! congrats guys!

  14. 14.

    Angie Bowen (September 8th, 2008, 2:22 pm)

    Congratulations on the two year anniversary!

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    Jason (September 8th, 2008, 2:22 pm)

    Congratulations!

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    HOORAY! (September 8th, 2008, 2:22 pm)

    Congratulations Smashing Mag! One of the best and most creative sites on the internet.

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    Chris de Jong (September 8th, 2008, 2:22 pm)

    Congratulations on two outstanding years of providing the best design resources online!

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    Sean McArthur (September 8th, 2008, 2:22 pm)

    Congratulations! I find your articles regularly useful. Being a developer, sometimes the designery stuff I skim through, but the usability studies were rather enlightening.

    Cheers, Smashing Magazine!

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    Hueij (September 8th, 2008, 2:23 pm)

    Two years already! Congrats guys (and girls?)

    Now maybe, just maybe some attention for Drupal (like you guys do for Wordpress) in the next two years? IMHO that would make this place really the #1 site in my feeds.

    None the less, it already is… :)

  20. 20.

    Jared Rhizor (September 8th, 2008, 2:23 pm)

    Congratulations! You guys have really great articles (and lists).

    Also, that’s a great looking poster!

  21. 21.

    Jan (September 8th, 2008, 2:23 pm)

    Going crazy with giveaways, Sven ;)

    Happy birthday (nachträglich) to you!

  22. 22.

    Jesper Thøgersen (September 8th, 2008, 2:23 pm)

    Remember, remember the 8th of september.

    Congrats :-)

  23. 23.

    Andy Davis (September 8th, 2008, 2:24 pm)

    Congrats! I’m a regular reader and I’m never let down by the quality of content you provide. Thanks much and keep up the great work.

  24. 24.

    Jose (September 8th, 2008, 2:25 pm)

    Congrats smashers keep it up. You guys rock!

  25. 25.

    Felipe (September 8th, 2008, 2:25 pm)

    Felicitaciones!!!! es un sitio genial!

    ;)

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    grizzly3 (September 8th, 2008, 2:25 pm)

    Congratulations!
    I star and share your every post in Google Reader. ;)

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    Sebastián (September 8th, 2008, 2:25 pm)

    happy, happy birthday. We are hoping many more for you!

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    Yukob (September 8th, 2008, 2:25 pm)

    Well done guys. I only found out about SM a month or two ago but everything I have seen has been awesome!

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    Cycu (September 8th, 2008, 2:25 pm)

    Happy Birthday to YOU! And Congratulations :) Keep smashing ;)

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    Lori Cole (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Your website is very inspirational and always a pleasure to see. Thanks for all the things you have shared and taught me here, and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

    - Lori

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    Paul Johns (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Happy Anniversary Smashing Magazine! You guys have set the standard for bringing pertinent, fresh information to designers everywhere.

    I would kill for one of those posters, they’re beautiful, like everything James White makes. That man’s an artist.

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    Sergio (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Thanks a lot guys! It’s really been two smashing years :D!

  33. 33.

    Elomar França (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Congratulations, Smashing!

    I hope I can keep reading you guys for many more years!

  34. 34.

    Phillip Molaro (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Love the poster. Very Studio 54. It’s smashing!!
    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

  35. 35.

    dzg (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Happy Birthday :)

  36. 36.

    Eugene Gordin (September 8th, 2008, 2:26 pm)

    Congratulations! and keep up the great work. I find all of your posts very helpful and beautiful!

  37. 37.

    Petar (September 8th, 2008, 2:27 pm)

    Congatulations! Keep up the good work!

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    hunikal (September 8th, 2008, 2:27 pm)

    Congratulations && Happy Birthday :D
    Keep up the good work :)

  39. 39.

    DaveK (September 8th, 2008, 2:27 pm)

    Happy birthday to you.
    Happy birthday to you.
    Happy birthday dear Smashing …
    Happy birthday to you.

    And many more!

  40. 40.

    Ben de Silva (September 8th, 2008, 2:27 pm)

    Congratulations, keep up the great work and the fantastic content!

  41. 41.

    Fubiz (September 8th, 2008, 2:27 pm)

    Congrats for 2 years of nice inspiration !

  42. 42.

    Jonathan Ross (September 8th, 2008, 2:27 pm)

    I say old fellows.
    Congratulations!

  43. 43.

    Brian Burns (September 8th, 2008, 2:28 pm)

    2 years!? Wow. Congrats.
    I’ve been following Smashing Magazine for a while now. Everything is quality material here. There’s nothing else like it out there on the web.

    Bring it on, 3 years!

  44. 44.

    Medium (September 8th, 2008, 2:28 pm)

    Wow nice poster xD

    Congratulations on your successful 2nd year ;)

  45. 45.

    Xiaonan.C (September 8th, 2008, 2:29 pm)

    Congratulations! During the past 2 years, smashingmagazine has been smashing my mind with creative & unique ideas and works! Keep it up! Go Smashing!!

  46. 46.

    Pete Nawara (September 8th, 2008, 2:29 pm)

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

    Thanks for all the Smashing Tutorials.

  47. 47.

    Christina (September 8th, 2008, 2:30 pm)

    Congratulations! I only recently discovered your site and am very impressed. I expect to see this site going for years!

    Just don’t get the terrible 2’s. Hey, I’m a mom.

  48. 48.

    mateo (September 8th, 2008, 2:30 pm)

    Congrats! I owe a big part of my career to you! thanx! keep up the smashing work!

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    Zsolt Kalman (September 8th, 2008, 2:31 pm)

    Congrats for one of the best design blogs out there. From a daily reader ;)

  50. 50.

    Curt Simon Harlinghausen (September 8th, 2008, 2:32 pm)

    Alles Gute zum Geburtstag. Weiter so. :D

  51. 51.

    Mike Brisk (September 8th, 2008, 2:33 pm)

    Wow, 2 years already. Amazing resources in only two years!!

  52. 52.

    Philip McDaniel (September 8th, 2008, 2:33 pm)

    This poat is roadie! Congratts!

  53. 53.

    Syed Naqvi (September 8th, 2008, 2:34 pm)

    About 6-8 months back I visited this site while browsing and since then SM has been on the top of my blogs list to visit ever morning. Truly learned a lot from the posts here and one of the things I look forward for the next day.

    Thank you, really!

  54. 54.

    Thomas (September 8th, 2008, 2:36 pm)

    Congratulations! I really love that webpage.
    Thanks for some wonderful moments.

  55. 55.

    Nouman Saleem (September 8th, 2008, 2:36 pm)

    Now I’ve been reading this site for a few months, and I can’t say that I’ve ever been disappointed! Congrats on the anniversary!

  56. 56.

    Gonzalo (September 8th, 2008, 2:37 pm)

    Congratulations! Smashing Magazine is definitely my favorite website, whenever I see a new post from you in my RSS reader I KNOW it will be great. It’s really amazing the amount of high-quality content you’re constantly publishing. Anyway, thanks for everything and I hope to keep visiting you for many years more!

    Greetings from Argentina,
    Gonzalo

  57. 57.

    lisa (September 8th, 2008, 2:37 pm)

    congratulations!

  58. 58.

    Lyndsey (September 8th, 2008, 2:37 pm)

    congrats on 2 years! You provide so much inspiration and insight to designers everywhere, and for that I thank you! Cheers to many more years to come!

  59. 59.

    Amaiko (September 8th, 2008, 2:37 pm)

    Congratulations. You’re #1 in my Google Reader

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    Jeton (September 8th, 2008, 2:38 pm)

    Congrats!

    To more smashing years for SmashingMagazine :)

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    Tommy Day (September 8th, 2008, 2:38 pm)

    My office needs a Smashing Magazine poster soo bad!

    Many Happy Returns, and please keep up the good work!

  62. 62.

    ferre (September 8th, 2008, 2:38 pm)

    Felicidades, durante estos 2 años, smashingmagazine ha dejado claros los estandáres en diseño al mismo tiempo que muestra y permite descubrir la creatividad de sus lectores.

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    Daxion (September 8th, 2008, 2:38 pm)

    Happy birthday! it’s been great to read all these resources, showcases, inspirations, fonts, icons, walls, contests, pfff the list is endless. You’ve given a lot to the community, thanks for everything Smashing Magazine.

  64. 64.

    Steven (September 8th, 2008, 2:39 pm)

    yay!

  65. 65.

    Gerber (September 8th, 2008, 2:39 pm)

    Congrats! Thank you for all the inspiration and visual greatness you have given to all readers.

    Gerber

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    Michael (September 8th, 2008, 2:39 pm)

    Congratulations to your success, i love your magazine! Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

  67. 67.

    Osvaldo (September 8th, 2008, 2:39 pm)

    Felicitaciones mis amigos. Cada día le doy una mirada a los post. Creo que no dejo casi ningun sin darle una mirada. Mil gracias por dedicar gran esfuerzo a publicar articulos de gran contenido. Saludos desde El Salvador… Que cumplan muchos gigabytes de años!

  68. 68.

    rebecca (September 8th, 2008, 2:40 pm)

    Congrats! I love you guys :D

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    Marek Wojtaszek (September 8th, 2008, 2:40 pm)

    Happy Anniversary !
    SM is one of the most creative web sites I’ve ever visited to. I hope to read this site even more than another two years, and another …

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    Pascal (September 8th, 2008, 2:40 pm)

    Congratulations! Great site ! Great articles A Great homepage.
    One of the best resources around. Up to the 3 years!!

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    jOsh (September 8th, 2008, 2:40 pm)

    Quiero un póster!!!

    Felicidades!!!

    :D

  72. 72.

    le MaTt (September 8th, 2008, 2:40 pm)

    Yeah ! Congrats ! You’re one of my favourite websites, so thanks a lot. May the Force be with you for the next years. :)

  73. 73.

    Benjamin (September 8th, 2008, 2:41 pm)

    Bravo guys ! Love your work !

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    Dennis (September 8th, 2008, 2:41 pm)

    That’s awesome. As long as you keep bringing me the same quality I will try to produce my own top quality. =)

  75. 75.

    Adam (September 8th, 2008, 2:42 pm)

    Awesome poster! Thanks for two years of continually good content.

  76. 76.

    Hannah (September 8th, 2008, 2:42 pm)

    Great work guys. I truly appreciate your inspiring and stirring posts and collections. Thank you.

  77. 77.

    Isaac Downing (September 8th, 2008, 2:43 pm)

    Congratulations on two great years. You guys continue to publish the best content on the web!

    Thanks!!

  78. 78.

    Ezra (September 8th, 2008, 2:44 pm)

    Fantastic effort - fantastic resource. Cheers Folks.

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    Hamza (September 8th, 2008, 2:44 pm)

    Congrats & Thanks for the amazing work that you do.

    Keep it up :)

  80. 80.

    Dominic (September 8th, 2008, 2:44 pm)

    Congrats! This site has always been an inspiration to me and has helped me grow as a designer.

  81. 81.

    Mark (September 8th, 2008, 2:45 pm)

    Congratulations. Only few websites can claim the success you have had in only 2 years. It is nothing short of remarkable. Thanks for the great articles and can’t wait to see what’s next!

  82. 82.

    Tyler (September 8th, 2008, 2:45 pm)

    Love James White’s work. Almost as much as I love Smashing!

  83. 83.

    Mauricio (September 8th, 2008, 2:46 pm)

    Congratulations on this second Anniversary.

    Every now and then you stumble across a website that opens your eyes, challenges you to expand your horizont and that wants to make you get better and better in what you do every day.

    For me, Smashing Magazine is one of those few little treasures I found in this internet caos, that, even if it is really hard for me, I share with all of my friends.

    Keep up the good work. Make internet a place of comon knowledge. Just stay around and make me happy.

    Happy birthday.

    I see/read you

  84. 84.

    Ian Selby (September 8th, 2008, 2:46 pm)

    Great work guys!

    Nothing breaks up the monotony of my days as well as your articles, and I’ve always enjoyed the fact I can take something away from each of them (if only a cool new wallpaper!).

    Keep it up!

  85. 85.

    CG (September 8th, 2008, 2:46 pm)

    Congratulations, Smashing Magazine!

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    Marios (September 8th, 2008, 2:46 pm)

    Congrats Smashing Magazine. You always deliver quality posts and we thank you for that!

  87. 87.

    Silvia (September 8th, 2008, 2:47 pm)

    wow! Happy Anniversary! =D
    I know you will continue to be successful in each project you begin and I hope for Smashing Magazine to stay with us for many years more.

  88. 88.

    eddie (September 8th, 2008, 2:47 pm)

    Happy happy birthday! :-)

  89. 89.

    Tony Nachev (September 8th, 2008, 2:47 pm)

    Congratulations guys! Your contribution is enormous.

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    Nostrus (September 8th, 2008, 2:47 pm)

    Thanks for these two years :)

  91. 91.

    Kris (September 8th, 2008, 2:47 pm)

    Happy Birthday from Godzone. Looking forward to the next 2 years

  92. 92.

    Tom Sinclair (September 8th, 2008, 2:47 pm)

    Congrats, only started reading a few weeks ago but love it already!

  93. 93.

    Travis (September 8th, 2008, 2:48 pm)

    Congrats guys. Phenomenal site and absolutely gorgeous poster. Cheers to many more years.

  94. 94.

    Violeta (September 8th, 2008, 2:48 pm)

    Congrats and thanx for these 2 years!! :D

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    Leonardo Ferreira (September 8th, 2008, 2:48 pm)

    Awesome Smashing!
    Feliz Aniversário e muito bolo pra você ;D

  96. 96.

    Mike Rundle (September 8th, 2008, 2:49 pm)

    Hey fellas, not much more to say than you’re one of the premier design blogs on the planet and you’ve made the industry a lot better place. Congrats on the 2nd anniversary and it’s been great having you in 9rules!

    -Mike

  97. 97.

    Gabry (September 8th, 2008, 2:50 pm)

    Thanks a lot to the staff of this magazine!

    Definitely two smashing years of an essential resource.

  98. 98.

    Ian (September 8th, 2008, 2:53 pm)

    Happy second anniversary SM. I love all your posts, keep them coming.

  99. 99.

    D. Meene (September 8th, 2008, 2:53 pm)

    Yeah, it’s my birthday today, just one day after Smashing Magazine ^^
    Congratulations and all the best to all the following years, you’re doing a great job !!

  100. 100.

    Diwaker (September 8th, 2008, 2:53 pm)

    Smashing Magazine is a wonderful resource for designers and web developers. Thanks so much for all your efforts and keep up the great work!

  101. 101.

    Albert (September 8th, 2008, 2:53 pm)

    A fabulous 2 informative years! Thanx for al those incredible articles here! And we hope to see many years incredible articles again!

  102. 102.

    deano (September 8th, 2008, 2:54 pm)

    top site! well done :D

  103. 103.

    mikemike (September 8th, 2008, 2:55 pm)

    I think he forgot! I really do. I think he just remembered that it turned 2 during the day today.

  104. 104.

    Braxo (September 8th, 2008, 2:57 pm)

    Congrats

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    Bleach (September 8th, 2008, 2:57 pm)

    Congrats & Best wishes guys ! Keep on :)

  106. 106.

    Klaye Morrison (September 8th, 2008, 2:58 pm)

    Congratulations on making it this far!

  107. 107.

    Max (September 8th, 2008, 2:58 pm)

    Congratulations! =) Don’t stop posting smashing articles!

  108. 108.

    Nick Burd (September 8th, 2008, 2:58 pm)

    I read this mag everyday, i have the rss subscription.

    Its pretty much my bible.

  109. 109.

    Tim (September 8th, 2008, 2:58 pm)

    Congrats

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    Siliad (September 8th, 2008, 2:58 pm)

    i’ve been visiting smashing magazine daily since i first discovered it a few months ago… you guys are awesome! here is to another 2 years of great articles!

  111. 111.

    Muki (September 8th, 2008, 2:59 pm)

    Love the site. Keep it up. Thank you!

  112. 112.

    Paul (September 8th, 2008, 2:59 pm)

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine.

    Best Wishes.

  113. 113.

    Carrie (September 8th, 2008, 2:59 pm)

    Congratulations on TWO FABULOUS YEARS!!!
    I LOVE SMASHING MAGAZINE.COM!!!!!!

  114. 114.

    John McKenzie (September 8th, 2008, 3:00 pm)

    Wow - it’s already been 2 years? They went by FAST. Congrats! I know this site will be successful in the many years to come.

  115. 115.

    Pierre (September 8th, 2008, 3:02 pm)

    Congratulations for 730 smashing days!

  116. 116.

    Matthew Hall (September 8th, 2008, 3:02 pm)

    Congrats!

  117. 117.

    Abdel Faiz (September 8th, 2008, 3:02 pm)

    Congratulations Smashing Magazine… you’re the best !

  118. 118.

    Ziro Marketing (September 8th, 2008, 3:03 pm)

    Great resource, I’m so glad i found you guys a few months back! Congrats, keep up the good work!

  119. 119.

    John Williams (September 8th, 2008, 3:04 pm)

    I love this site.
    The End.

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    maxbmx (September 8th, 2008, 3:04 pm)

    happy births day!!!

  121. 121.

    Charlotte Spencer (September 8th, 2008, 3:04 pm)

    Whilst I haven’t been viewing this site as long as other have I’ve read all of this site and I know that what you have here is firm, undoubtable success. Keep going and you’ll have even more success and can buy yourself a nice golden dubloon. I look forward to your future posts and fun things, happy birthday baby smashing!

    Charlotte Spencer.

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    Matthew Ginop (September 8th, 2008, 3:05 pm)

    SM has been an essential resource for for two smashing years! Congrats!

  123. 123.

    Chad (September 8th, 2008, 3:05 pm)

    Congrats and rock on thru the years to come!

  124. 124.

    kovi (September 8th, 2008, 3:06 pm)

    Happy birthday!!!:)

  125. 125.

    Angel D. Sevilla (September 8th, 2008, 3:06 pm)

    i love this site, and i have read almost all its articles,thanks for all, and happy birthday!.

  126. 126.

    Coco (September 8th, 2008, 3:08 pm)

    I really appreciate your work, guys!
    Everyday, you make the web much more interesting for me and i want to thank you guys just for doing it free to read!
    I’d also like to win one of the f’ckin great posters!
    Thanx guys, cheers for some more smashing years!

  127. 127.

    Jylan Wynne (September 8th, 2008, 3:10 pm)

    Yeah I wish you all the best for the years to come, sometimes I wonder how you find all the great designs and photographs that you showcase. Happy 2nd Birthday Smashing Mag!

  128. 128.

    Mirza R (September 8th, 2008, 3:10 pm)

    Hey Guys, Congrats. I dont really need the poster but anyways keep up with the good work and if possible surprise me even more

  129. 129.

    Josh (September 8th, 2008, 3:10 pm)

    Sweet, I love this site.

  130. 130.

    Benedict (September 8th, 2008, 3:11 pm)

    Congratulations ;) You are the best online Magazine i ever know..

  131. 131.

    Lars Petersen (September 8th, 2008, 3:11 pm)

    Well done guys! No day without your articles! Keep it up.

  132. 132.

    Merc (September 8th, 2008, 3:12 pm)

    Congrats!

  133. 133.

    Jeff Livings (September 8th, 2008, 3:12 pm)

    Thanks for creating such a great, informative site. Everyday there is something new and exciting to read about and get idea from. I’ve used many of your articles for my own projects and they are better for it.

    Keep up the good work, and here’s to two more years.

  134. 134.

    Ben Clapton (September 8th, 2008, 3:12 pm)

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine! Such an awesome site, I’m so glad I stumbled onto this site. It has really opened my eyes in web design, and helped me develop some strong techniques. Thanks ever so much

  135. 135.

    Jhack (September 8th, 2008, 3:12 pm)

    Congratulations and thanks for your work!

  136. 136.

    jmrobledo (September 8th, 2008, 3:15 pm)

    ¡Happy Birthday! ¡Feliz Cumpleaños!

    Each post in Smashing Magazine is a must to have in favorite bookmarks.

    Long life for this magazine.

  137. 137.

    Robert Kuykendall (September 8th, 2008, 3:15 pm)

    Congratulations to my absolute favorite web dev blog!
    ( after the great ALA obviously, lets not be crazy ).

  138. 138.

    Raoul (September 8th, 2008, 3:17 pm)

    2 great years :) happy bday!

  139. 139.

    Emanuel Felipe (September 8th, 2008, 3:17 pm)

    Congratulations for two years of great content.Long life to Smashing Magazine!

  140. 140.

    KiwiPulse (September 8th, 2008, 3:17 pm)

    Happy 2nd Anniversary! Your one of my favorite design blog.. :D

  141. 141.

    erik (September 8th, 2008, 3:18 pm)

    big congrats n keep up the good work - u guys r life savers some times!

  142. 142.

    Anders Carling (September 8th, 2008, 3:19 pm)

    Congratulations and thank you for all your great work,
    it’s truly appreciated!

  143. 143.

    elyz (September 8th, 2008, 3:19 pm)

    Happy Bday!!

  144. 144.

    Nathaniel (September 8th, 2008, 3:19 pm)

    Congratulations guy, I have been a reader since the early days, great to see how big this place got.

  145. 145.

    Gringo (September 8th, 2008, 3:20 pm)

    najlepsze życzenia

  146. 146.

    Matt (September 8th, 2008, 3:22 pm)

    Happy B-day Smashing! You always have me checking back to see what the latest updates, styles, and freebies are…

  147. 147.

    gogeo (September 8th, 2008, 3:23 pm)

    congratulations ! félicitations ! bravo !
    I read your articles from Belgium ! I like your site ! Continue ! It’s perfect !

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    Ezequiel Lancelotti (September 8th, 2008, 3:23 pm)

    Congrats from Argentina. Great blog, great work, great stuff!!!

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    Blair McBride (September 8th, 2008, 3:24 pm)

    Congratulations and happy birthday Smashing Magazine! And here’s to another Smashing year to come.

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    Matthew (September 8th, 2008, 3:25 pm)

    Huge congrats on your 2nd Anniversary! I hope for many to follow… I enjoy the site very much!

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    Kirk (September 8th, 2008, 3:26 pm)

    Happy Anniversary Smashing Magazine!
    You’ve been smashing since the start and will be forever as far as I’m concerned!
    Here’s to the future! =)

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    Evan Rowe (September 8th, 2008, 3:26 pm)

    Huzzah! Here’s to two years of keeping me entertained with prettiness while I toil away at work!

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    bnny (September 8th, 2008, 3:27 pm)

    Happy Anniversary Smashing Magazine!

    Thanks for all the effort!

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    Daniel (September 8th, 2008, 3:29 pm)

    As a software engineer, not a graphic designer, I have learned so much from your website that I now use in my everyday dealings with graphic designers. Through you, I more and more understand the idiosyncrasies of designers and it has made my life both easier and richer. Thank you so much!

    Happy birthday!

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    Goce Mitevski (September 8th, 2008, 3:31 pm)

    Ha! Smashing Magazine is born on the same day as Link [en.wikipedia.org]. :) Happy birthday!

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    Micah (September 8th, 2008, 3:31 pm)

    Happy Birthday, Smashing…. Here’s to many more years to come!

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    EDUARDOSALAS! (September 8th, 2008, 3:32 pm)

    Gracias por existir.

    Espero vengan muchos más.

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    jams (September 8th, 2008, 3:33 pm)

    Good job! Keep up the great work!!!

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    Kim Joar Bekkelund (September 8th, 2008, 3:35 pm)

    Congrats on the success :)

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    Gretzki (September 8th, 2008, 3:36 pm)

    Two years eh! Congrats guys.
    It’s been a great journey so far. Keep rockin’ for a lot more years :)

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    Artur Kim (September 8th, 2008, 3:39 pm)

    Congratulations!

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    Federico (September 8th, 2008, 3:40 pm)

    Congratulations. Smashing Magazine rocks!

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    Ethan Watrall (September 8th, 2008, 3:43 pm)

    congrats!

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    Matheus Siqueira (September 8th, 2008, 3:43 pm)

    Like I would say in portuguese, Smashing Magazine é o que há! (kind of “Is what it Is”)

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    Rafael (September 8th, 2008, 3:44 pm)

    Happy Birthday! Here’s to more success and more great articles !

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    giackop (September 8th, 2008, 3:45 pm)

    Congratulations guys.. Thanx for the inspiration and for the help you gave me in this last year..

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    Travis (September 8th, 2008, 3:48 pm)

    Well done Smashing, you are truly an inspiration.

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    sailman (September 8th, 2008, 3:50 pm)

    Congratulations & Happy Birthday!

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    Milton (September 8th, 2008, 3:51 pm)

    I have to say that I’m glad that this site was recommended to me. I come here everyday. Congrats and thanks!

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    Claudia (September 8th, 2008, 3:51 pm)

    That’s great! I want a poster!!!!!!!! :)

    Happy 2nd birthday!

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    Anh Huy PHAM (September 8th, 2008, 3:51 pm)

    Happy Birthday Smashing !
    Joyeux Anniversaire Smashing !
    Chúc mừng sinh nhật Smashing ! (in vietnamese)

    :)

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    Frank (September 8th, 2008, 3:52 pm)

    Congrats Smashing. Been watching you grow from strength to strength practically everyday. You’ve helped me stay in the web design industry with inspiring content.