Limited-Edition Posters Giveaway: Comment And Win!

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Yesterday we described who we are, and today it’s your turn to tell us your story. Looking back at where we’ve come from and where we are today, we see that one principle has not changed a bit over the years, and it is one of the core elements of our work: that is, we’ll go as far as it takes to deliver value and substance to you, our dear reader.

Smashing Cat has already got into the party mood.
We’re celebrating our sixth anniversary. Apparently, the Smashing Cat has already got into the party mood.

We measure success not by traffic and not by the number of advertising spots sold, but by the amount of value an article provides you with. And to measure that, we quantify the attention an article receives and the overall feedback it gets in comments, blog posts and social channels. We listen to you, and we listen carefully. Our team reads through each and every email and tweet sent to us, and we also double-check comments that get marked as “spam” and approve the legitimate ones. Every meaningful comment contributes to the discussion and helps us further improve the quality of our content. And that’s a huge deal for us.

Leave A Comment!

But with such rigorous standards and high expectations, failing is very easy. Therefore, it’s crucial for us to learn how Smashing Magazine has helped you over the years, what you like and dislike and what you’d like to be different in future.

And since the greatness of a birthday party depends on how much the guests are into it, we kindly ask you to share your feedback, thoughts and ideas in the comments section. Where do you live? How well recognized is Smashing Magazine in your area and among the people you know? How has Smashing Magazine helped you in your career? What has been the most memorable article for you? Which author drives you nuts most often? What do you miss in Smashing Magazine? Whether you feel like replying to all of these questions or just to one, we are genuinely interested in hearing what’s on your mind, and we look forward to reading your answers:

The Prizes

Among all the commenters, we’ll raffle 30 sets of exclusive poster prints. Each set contains six prints of some of the best entries from our “Redesign the Web, Redesign the World” poster competition. The prints are limited editions and were printed especially for this giveaway. They would definitely look nice on your office or studio wall!

Redesign The Web - Redesign The World Poster Prints
Some of the best entries in the “Redesign the Web, Redesign the World” poster competition.

The Anniversary Schedule

As promised, we have prepared limited-edition prizes and special Smashing Book discounts. Please keep in mind that the event only runs for a limited time span (starting at midnight CET).

September 7 (Friday, tomorrow): 30% anniversary discount for printed books
Our print books are our editorial flagships. Well-respected experts in the industry contribute to our Smashing Books, delivering best practices and innovative techniques to the community. If you don’t have one yet, you should definitely not let this special pass you by. Get a 30% anniversary discount on all printed Smashing books for 48 hours, e.g.

This is a chance to add to your reference library or to surprise a colleague or your department with a great set of Smashing Books.

30% on all printed books

Special eBook Discounts

Be sure to keep up to date via the Smashing Newsletter as well.

We sincerely appreciate your time and support, and we look very much forward to your feedback!

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The Smashing Editorial loves high-quality content and cares about little details. We also believe that content and design are crafts worth sharpening.

  1. 101

    I’d love one of those posters!

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  2. 102

    Happy Birthday!! Your books on wordpress and css have been a life saver. They also have been a great reference along with popping in here to learn little bits and follow tutorials to keep my skills polished and up to date! Yay Smashing! :)

    +1
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    Your books have helped me so much. I work for a large ad agency as an art director, and your books have helped me to not only learn the basics (and some more advanced stuff) of coding, but how to communicate better with our talented crew of developers. Now that I can ‘speak their language’ and know what they need, the work we produce is better. Thanks, Smashing…

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  4. 104

    Happy Birthday! you are one of the best websites on the Internet, I read your articles and find the inspiration for my works! thank you for everything SM and staff!

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  5. 105

    Happy Smashingday! the best and the only one!

    greetings
    Ronald!

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  6. 106

    Happy B-day!

    I have enjoyed Smashing Magazine for several years. It helped me develop and refine my skills from college to my first job to my current transition to freelancing in the mult-media world.

    While the articles and tutorials are extremely helpful and will continue to read and enjoy them, I LOVE the free wallpapers. Every Month I check in and see what the wonderful designers have cooked up for my screen.

    You Rock!

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      Happy Smashing BDay! I’ve recently graduated college and have only been following SM for almost exactly a year now, but you better believe I read AT LEAST one article a day.

      Graduating as a Web Application Development major, I enjoy the Coding section the most but have recently started gaining interest in WordPress as well.

      Like @TR, I am planning to start freelancing on the side within the upcoming year while continuing my wonderful job here in Chicago. Who knows where I’ll end up in the future!? Either way, I do know that Smashing Magazine has provided me with some unique inspiration every single day. You guys are the best!

      Everyone from my Web App Dev major at Illinois State University were avid followers of your online magazine! I would be proud to represent you all at my office with one of your beautiful posters :)

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  7. 108

    Happy Birthday! Your site is awesome! Thanks for all the tutorials, showcases, articles and free wallpapers.

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  8. 109

    Happy Birthday! You guys are awesome. I visit your website everyday! Keep up the good work.

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  9. 110

    Happy birthday SM! My co-worker and myself are huge fans of the site, and the Smashing Books, and have found both to be extremely beneficial during our daily routine. Whether it be to look for quick tips, advice, tutorials, etc. Can’t wait to see where things go in the future for SM!

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  10. 111

    HOLLER!! Happy bDay smashing mag! :D
    I would love one of these fantastic arts!

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  11. 112

    I want a poster. These are sooooooooooooooooo legit!

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  12. 113

    I’m new to this site but, if there is one place that I find good articles everyday it is Smashing Magazine. I learn something new each time I come here. Thanks guys. I always recommend your articles to my colleagues.

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  13. 114

    Happy Birthday, and very cool. Actually know one of the peeps that had their poster chosen… and having been a graphic designer in my previous life of 20+ years, it never lose it

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  14. 115

    Im all for supporting the print industry! Send one my way!

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  15. 116

    I read Smashing Magazine everyday in Detroit. Your set has helped me immensely by helping to fuel my creativity and expose me to great design. My only complaint is that you don’t have an easy to print option for your articles. I’d love to print some, and read them offline when I have time to delve a little deeper.

    Keep up the great work!

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  16. 117

    I’m not a designer, but as a marketer your website has really helped my relationship with my design agencies. Its great to be able to read about what designers don’t like, what drives them nuts and what inspires them – it has meant that my agencies get both the dull boring stuff, but also the jump-off-the-wall, can’t-wait-to-get-to-work campaigns too.

    As a direct result of reading your site, my wastage (for example additional days of recoding our website due to miscommunication, or extra days needed to polish up a brochure) has been completely reduced. I know my designers of first name terms, could tell you ten personal things about them and as a result our business has benefitted as a result.

    I was never a bad marketer to begin with (others may disagree) but I can 100% guarantee that Smashing Magazine has made me better at my job.

    If you are ever in Southampton, UK let me know, i’ll buy you guys a beer!

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  17. 118

    Those posters look pretty nice! Thanks for all the interesting content published here. Though not all are of interest to me, a high quality standard is maintained, which i respect alot.

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  18. 119

    Love Smashing Mag and happy to see it is going strong. It has opened me up to so many new concepts and events I would have never otherwise heard of or gone to.

    Keep it going and i’ll keep visiting multiple times a day!

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  19. 120

    Please return the Smashing Network!!!!

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  20. 121

    I have been an amateur web front end designer/developer for a few years. It wasn’t until recently that I decided to make this industry my career choice. Your well written, easy-to-follow, and graphically pleasing articles have helped me catch up with the industry and find a endless buffet of new resources from where I can find inspiration, knowledge, and excitement. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I wish you the best as you help us cultivate a more beautiful, practical and useful Web.

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  21. 122

    Happy Birthday Smashing.

    I’m from Ohio & went to Bowling Green State University. Among us Visual Communication Technology students Smashing Magazine was very well known as an inspirational and educational resource.

    Even professors of our field would mention Smashing Mag as a useful tool.

    Now graduated and still working in Ohio, around the office everyone loves Smashing Magazine as much as me & everyone loves the useful articles from Smashing that teach, inspire, help & so much more.

    For me, this site is an at-least-once-daily stop.

    “What’s new? What can I learn today?”

    Congrats on 6 years and thanks, Smashing.

    +1
  22. 123

    Smashing Magazine has been such a great resource to me over the years; and it continues to grow! What I love about Smashing is the breadth of knowledge the writers possess; there’s such a huge variety of people with different perspectives and insights. This is crucial for any designer/developer/life-long learner. You guys foster an environment that speaks, “Never stop learning. Always keep bettering yourself.” This is also evident in the practical examples, as well as conceptual and theoretical studies of design, development, and all its meanings and applications.

    In short, Smashing has inspired me and made me a better designer and developer. I look forward to the many more years to come. Keep up the great work, everyone!

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  23. 124

    Happy Birthday, Smashing Magazine! Your site is one of the first I regularly visit when I’m searching for resources, answers, and inspiration. Thanks for the great work!

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  24. 125

    Smashing Magazine has been a huge inspiration and a great resource though out schooling and now, my career. Keep up the great work and Happy Anniversary!

    P.S. Smashing Cat was supposed to visit me in San Diego, but he never made it down. :(

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  25. 126

    Hi There.

    Maciej here, from beautiful city of Chicago. Reading SM for a few years, you guys are awesome, and I want to thank you for all that neat articles and books you provide to web professionals.

    Cheers.
    BTW. My birthday is in September too. ;)

    +1
  26. 127

    I missed the Anniversary deal! Still upset :( From the east side of the United States and all my designer friends subscribe to this so you’re doing well! Hope I get a poster to eliminate this pain of missing the deal yesterday … one can dream right? ^.^

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  27. 128

    What I want more than anything in the world is a poster.

    I don’t know what I’m planning to do with it.

    Probably just put it up somewhere, admire it a bit, show it off. You know. Poster stuff…

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  28. 129

    Happy Brithday! …and what a great giveaway!

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  29. 130

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine!

    A little about myself – I went to college in 2001 and graduated in 03 from the only web developer program at the time offered in Ontario, Canada. I’ve been a full time, self-employed web developer for the past 7 years and the biggest thing I’ve had to overcome has been breaking away from old tendencies (such as the table design model) and moving forward with the latest trends.

    It’s not an easy task for anyone to keep up with the latest design techniques, let alone someone who is a jack-of-all-trades. Not only am I responsible for the entire development of all projects but I also have to communicate with a couple of dozen clients each day through phone calls & emails. There’s simply not enough time in a day to shift through the hundreds of web articles, e-books or publications on a weekly basis to keep up to date and that’s where Smashing Magazine fills that void for me.

    I think I can speak for everyone by saying we very much appreciate all of your time & effort you do to give us the most relevant & necessary articles each day (which, not to mention are completely free!). I purchased the newest book for a nightly read and even though it took a couple months to ship here, those minor faults are easily overlooked when you have saved so much time for me in the long run.

    Reading through this site is part of my morning ritual, with my cup of coffee at 8:30AM and I know the same is true to several of my colleagues & friends. I wouldn’t want it any other way!

    Cheers from Canada

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    William Cunningham

    September 6th, 2012 5:30 pm

    I am located in Columbia Missouri and have recently made a career switch. I taught third grade for 12 years, during that time I taught myself web design. I now design for a company that builds sites exclusively for veterinarians.

    While I was teaching I would visit Smashing Magazine often to follow current trends in design and to get inspiration.

    Now that I am designing professionally, I visit Smashing whenever there is something new posted, I find inspiration and resources that teach me something new all the time.

    Just yesterday I was reading Progressive And Responsive Navigation, by Jeremy Hixon. I will be using this article as a guide to help me re-design my navigation to better meet the needs of my customers.

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    Mauricio Vargas

    September 6th, 2012 5:33 pm

    I want one of those posters and i am so in love with the smashing books. <3

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  32. 133

    Happy birthday … your books … your tutorials … your articles and, obviously, your free wallpapers are absolutly awesome.
    You rock !!!!

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  33. 134

    Love Smashing Magazine more and more. And would love to get one of the posters!

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  34. 135

    Already congrats you yesterday :p so i guess I’m in for the giveaway!

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  35. 136

    Happy Birthday Smashing! Great site.

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  36. 137

    Smashing is my the most favourite magazine ever!
    Keep movin’ forward, guys! :)

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  37. 138

    YAY!! .. :) happy bithday guys! :)

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  38. 139

    This posters rocks! :)

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  39. 140

    May your birthday be smashing!! Gratuliere!!!

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  40. 141

    First thing to do every morning is to check out smashingmagazine.com. Hey, today could turn out to be even better if I could win some posters. Thanks in advance.

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  41. 142

    A couple of weeks ago a friend showed me smashingmag and, suddenly, top favorite :) Happy birthday, and keep on posting these rly interesting material!

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  42. 143

    Happy Birthday, SM! I read your site daily. Pretty slick Posters. I own a bunch of your books already and think these would greatly enhance my home and work offices! I would love to win!

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  43. 144

    I’m a designer and web developer, and Smashing Magazine was the first design website I started visiting daily.
    I read your articles and visit the site for inspiration. If I google ‘best __ websites’ (sports, games, restaurants, whatever!), smashing magazine always shows the best results. I’m almost always using one of the monthly wallpapers.

    I do very much miss the smashing network; I really hope that will be a part of smashing magazine again soon.

    Anyway, keep up the great work. Lots of hugs from the Netherlands & hartelijk gefeliciteerd, Smashing Magazine!

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  44. 145

    The posters looking great.. maybe i can get one. Happy birthday.. and good luck for the future.

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  45. 146

    also from Ohio. I have been involved for years in large content managements systems.. I am trying to re engage or re energize my creative side and am converting some community web sites to html5 and CSS3. Smashing is an essential part of my efforts to re engineer a) my web sites and b) my thought process. Thank you for the inspirations you provide

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  46. 147

    I’d like to win a poster. I’d looking in buying some Books tomorrow. I’d done it today if there where a discount already ;)

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  47. 148

    HBD Smashing

    I am a web/graphic designer working in San Diego. Every day when I wake up my computer at work, I check Smashing to see whats new. I’ve been depending on you guys to keep me informed on whats relevant, and what the future holds in our industry.

    I know Im not alone on this; I work all day, then moonlight as a web designer also.. so I dont have much time to mingle with other people in the design community. Smashing allows me that opportunity.

    Oh yeah and the monthly wallpapers, are my favorite way to start the month… Keep them coming!!

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  48. 149

    I love the posts on WordPress, Usability, and Design. I also really enjoy the wallpapers and other freebies! Thanks for everything you do!

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  49. 150

    Amazing Smashing Magazine!
    Kudos to the Vector Pro at Smashing Magazine!!
    Let me please have a beautiful Poster before The Smashing Cat finishing Birthday Cake!!

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    Jeff Schwerdtfeger

    September 6th, 2012 6:11 pm

    Happy Birthday Smashing!

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    Moldován Eduárd

    September 6th, 2012 6:12 pm

    Happy Birthday, #SM! Hope you keep bringing us the things that you now set the standard for.

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  52. 153

    The posters are great looking! I remember that competition fondly – too bad I failed on the deadline. Ha.

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    Andrew Richardson

    September 6th, 2012 6:14 pm

    Hey Smashing,

    I’m a front end web designer working both a full time job for a software company and freelancing on the side.

    I love the consistency of your updates. It’s nice to hear a voice from the industry every day even if it’s not always relevant to me. I’m really interested in case studies of how other designers are working. Being the only web designer at my company I don’t get a lot of collaboration between other designers so it’s very refreshing when I get to see it on here. It helps me fill in the gaps of inefficiency, lets me know what tools and practices are being used and how other designers communicate.

    Thanks!

    +1
  54. 155

    Happy Birthday SM! I loved reading your post and subcribed to your feed.

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  55. 156

    Very inspirational!great posters too,love to have one

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  56. 157

    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

    I seriously can’t thank you enough. Being a post-graduate of a small town community college, I need all the inspiration to design I can get my hands on. You guys give me what I come here for. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

    +2
  57. 158

    Smashing is great and I read daily!

    I was suprised a few years ago when seemingly every creative office I went in knew about Smashing and almost everyone in each office read daily too. Seems it never took much time for SM to make its presence known!

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  58. 159

    Smashing has helped me a TON! I am a web developer in Utah and I work for one company but I am constantly taking freelance jobs.

    My creativity and graphic design work is not the best, but Smashing magazine always gives me the inspiration I need! I love all the articles on current technologies and I especially love the mobile articles.

    However, my favorite thing are the contests! I absolutely love looking at the contests and their winners.

    Happy Birthday Smashing! You are very well followed in our marketing department! Keep the creative juices flowing.

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  59. 160

    Hey there, Smashing Magazine!

    I’m a part-time, freelance web designer from Roseburg, Oregon. Sadly, I can count the number of quality web designers in this town with one hand.

    I really enjoy articles that give tutorials for CSS / html5 / Javascript / etc. I recently used the Pure CSS3 Slideshow tutorial and rolled my own. Fantastic! I also enjoy the posts where the author gets deep into a particular topic and really digs into the nuts and bolts of a technique or concept.

    Thanks for everything!!

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  60. 161

    I like ‘em

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  61. 162

    since I started coding, SM has been with me. I’ve learned a lot from this website and its one of my favs. Im very happy you keep growing. Happy b-day SM!

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  62. 163

    My ex boss recommended reading you every day…
    Lots of things have changed in the meantime (…) but I still read you every day.

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  63. 164

    Well, for one more year you are the best. Happy Birthday ! and to many more. Keep inspiring us.

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  64. 165

    Happy Birthday, Smashing!
    I discovered your site 4 years ago when I was just a web design puppy. I’ve never stopped coming back. Your content continues to inspire and help me grow. I’m the web content manager at a university in the Greater Philadelphia area. I find myself drinking from your vast knowledge ponds on a regular basis as I try my best to push the site further along the road towards a prettier Interwebs. Thanks for the refreshments! Keep on keeping on!

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  65. 166

    A cup of coffee and Smashing Magazine mark the beginning of everyday at work. Here’s to a happy sixth, and hopefully many more to come!

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  66. 167

    Hello from Bangkok and Happy Birthday to you!

    I’m a Visual Designer at a news agency. Couldn’t describe in words how much you mean to me :)

    Thank you for being you.

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  67. 168

    Smashing Magazine makes me look like I’m super fancy and in the know when I read it in front of my friends. Thanks for all you do! :) Would LOVE to win a poster :)

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  68. 169

    Congrats on your 6th Anniversary! I just recently got into the field and I have learned quite a bit from Smashing. Your site is filled with great tips, tricks and advice that are relevant to even beginners like me. It’s an inspiration to see how far you’ve all come and I hope that someday I will be right up there with your guys.

    Cheers!

    -Tim

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  69. 170

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine! Thank you so much for providing such an amazing resource for all of us. You’re one of my top sites to visit for inspiration and articles.

    Winning a set of those beautiful posters would just be the icing on the cake! Not to mention how amazing they would look in my office. :)

    Keep up all the good work! Cheers!

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  70. 171

    Boy, giveaways sure do bring out the commenters, huh?

    I have been reading Smashing for about 6 months now. Through my formal studies, I was bred into a business and numbers guy, but Smashing has really taught me the value of solid design. So much so, that I’ve now completely back-tracked and immersed myself into the world of design and development, picking up as much as I can along the way. Enough to possibly warrant a completely different career path in the foreseeable future.

    Smashing, the magazine, the people behind it, and the fantastic discussions by many of the people here commenting, have all greatly contributed to my new found passion and been a huge inspiration for where I’m headed.

    Thank you.

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  71. 172

    I started reading your pages sometime during your third year, aka my first year of web designing/coding! Smashing has been and remains a powerful tool to keep me learning, thinking and making a better web.

    Many thanks to you all.

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  72. 173

    I would love to have one of this beautiful posters ;)

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  73. 174

    Hey Smashing!

    Your site/books are my go-to sources of information about 80% of the time. Some articles regarding design and pixel-pushing gave me information about issues that I never really considered, which in turn helped me make less mistakes and made me more efficient. Thanks to you, I now have a solid foundation in web-based typography, wireframing, responsive design and more! I keep up to date with your articles and continue learning about time-saving practices.

    Thanks for being awesome!

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  74. 175

    I have tip for you guys!

    I read your articles by Google Reader, and some time ago there where those awesome logo’s & graphics as advertisement above the articles. By time they got changed to some more ugly graphics/pictures. And due that change I was less interested in reading the articles. So maybe that’s a good idea to put it back, when I saw those stunning graphics I automatically clicked the article! :P

    By the way congratulations with the sixth anniversary, and I would love to get a poster!

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  75. 176

    Jej!

    I’m Finnish web designer and I’ve been reading SmashingMagazine.com for a year. I really enjoy the articles about HTML/CSS/JS. User interface and design articles have also been close to my heart. It’s really nice to hear thoughts from professionals around the world and get inspired by all the things people do.

    Thanks SM, keep up the kood work!

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  76. 177

    Happy Birthday Smashing! A few years ago I was introduced to your magazine and have been reading ever since. I love the wide range of articles, the inspiration, the wallpapers… it’s all good. Thank you!

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  77. 178

    Happy Smashing Birthday! Keep on keepin’ on!

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  78. 179

    I have been a nerd my entire life. I am now looking to strike out on my own in the world of free lance web design. Smashing Magazine is my go to resource to for….everything. It the starting point for all the web development/design research I do. Thank you guys.

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    Cristian Rivera

    September 6th, 2012 8:21 pm

    Congrats Smashing Magazine!

    And thank you all for your tremendous work, and for helping understand good design principles which I have integrated in my daily work.

    Keep it up.!

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  80. 181

    Well I have only recently stumbled apon Smashing Magazine, what a find!

    An artical every morning is now a staple part of my working life. I enjoy it while I have a cup of tea pondering the upcoming day.

    Happy Birthday and I look forward to being inspired and entertained by Smashing for many more birthdays to come.

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  81. 182

    Whenever I or my friends are working on a website and are stuck or need help, I can always find or quote a Smashing article on the problems that everyone is having. Smashing has been so useful over the years, and I don’t know if I would be where I am today without it.

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  82. 183

    All your work is beautiful and inspirational.

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  83. 184

    Fantastic posters!

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  84. 185

    PArticulularly, I don’t think you reply to every Tweet. I know I have sent multiple tweets to you guys, never a response.

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  85. 186

    Definitely on my list of ‘must visit’ sites. Would like to see articles and tutorials categorized along the lines of ‘intro’ or ‘advanced’.

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  86. 187

    I’d love to see more articles about interaction design and UX design!

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  87. 188

    Happy B!

    Smashing is my number one reference site for design/webdesign/coding! Just love the clean site and the straight forward approach. I’m happy to see the site growing and becoming more and more popular.

    Congrats from Brasil!

    Edo

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  88. 189

    Happy B-day Smashing Magazine!

    I have been a web designer for 2 years now and i’ve been reading your articles for 3 years now. I have learned a lot and progressed so much as a designer just by reading your articles and books. I really appreciate what you guys are doing, and i really believe you guys make the web a better (and more beautiful) place!

    Thanks, and keep doing what you do!

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  89. 190

    Regarding information and techniques that help me succeed in the “real world”, I can honestly say I have learned more from Smashing Magazine than from my college education. My graphics program in school was under the impression that 1 semester of photoshop, and 1 semester split between Illustrator and InDesign in a self-taught from a book would be ample instruction to be a modern designer…..

    I work in marketing in startup tech now and have thus learned how to wear many hats at once, including web page design, vector illustration, and photo editing. Your site is an invaluable resource, even if all I am looking for is inspiration. Your articles consistently show me better and more efficient ways to think about and solve at design problems.

    Thanks for being awesome! Seriously!

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  90. 191

    This contest is awesome!

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  91. 192

    I’ll be waiting my posters in Perú!! ;)

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  92. 193

    hi .. it feels a little coincidence that I saw your related tweet, because I will soon have my birthday ;) it feels a bit impressive too, inside, because I started working in 2006, in a web developers company, a small business, in an attractive team, young enthusiasts, the site was a cozy home while surrounded by the atmosphere of a college town and everyone had a headset :D for concentration to the limit ;) and we had a crazy soft friend, who at one time, with a camera in his beak, jumped with a homemade parachute from our balcony.. it was our plush green frog! ;) (so a frog as a teddy bear, don’t know the english word for it :s) so .. I was touched by your story, because it was / is for me, a good time, a good memory, worth celebrating, and the enthusiasts of that time, were some of your early readers : ) it’s great that you keep that atmosphere going, cherish it!

    +1
  93. 194

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine!

    I’m from Brasil and I used to live in Canada when I first heard of Smashing Magazine back in 2009. This year I quit my job and today I have my own design company in Brasil and I would say that smashing magazine have a important role in this process, I always search for references and learn with articles from you guys.
    Thanks and congrats for the great job! You guys rocks!!

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  94. 195

    I love posters.

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  95. 196

    Smashing Mag is my #1 site to turn to for industry articles and ideas. I actually miss the Smashing Network, it used to be a great mash up of great industry articles, constantly updating and hugely pertinent to any ongoing project. Monthly Wallpapers are great but I also miss the regular industry trending fonts and freebies.

    Keep up the great work, and maybe post articles more frequently, still #1

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  96. 197

    Your site is a daily read for me, and I’m especially excited at the recent emphasis on Fireworks articles. The outlines I distribute to my Community College web certificate students are full of links to articles you have published…everything from working as a free-lancer and the related client issues and legal documents/contracts to the more technical CSS/HTML and coding articles to the philosophical…thanks for a great resource!

    Oh, and your books and e-books are recommended reads and fill a gap.

    Keep the great information coming! And Happy Anniversary!

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  97. 198

    They are just Smashing!

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    Happy B-day. Thoose posters would look great on my wall ;)

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    Happy birthday ! Your site is a great help and a great learning source for me, thank you !

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    I love the content on Smashing, though the one thing I wouldn’t mind more of is Adobe Fireworks tutorials.

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    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine!

    A little about myself – I went to college in 2001 and graduated in 03 from the only web developer program at the time offered in Ontario, Canada. I’ve been a full time, self-employed web developer for the past 7 years and the biggest thing I’ve had to overcome has been breaking away from old tendencies (such as the table design model) and moving forward with the latest trends.

    It’s not an easy task for anyone to keep up with the latest design techniques, let alone someone who is a jack-of-all-trades. Not only am I responsible for the entire development of all projects but I also have to communicate with a couple of dozen clients each day through phone calls & emails. There’s simply not enough time in a day to shift through the hundreds of web articles, e-books or publications on a weekly basis to keep up to date and that’s where Smashing Magazine fills that void for me.

    I think I can speak for everyone by saying we very much appreciate all of your time & effort you do to give us the most relevant & necessary articles each day (which, not to mention are completely free!). I purchased the newest book for a nightly read and even though it took a couple months to ship here, those minor faults are easily overlooked when you have saved so much time for me in the long run.

    Reading through this site is part of my morning ritual, with my cup of coffee at 8:30AM and I know the same is true to several of my colleagues & friends. I wouldn’t want it any other way!

    Cheers from Canada

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    ================~~===============
    | |
    | HAPPY BIRTHDAY SM |
    | |
    | ** YOU ** |
    | ** really ** |
    | ** changed ** |
    | ** MY ** |
    | ** life ** |
    | |
    | |
    ===============~~================

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    Oh dear! We already wished you a happy birthday yesterday on Twitter, but Smashing Magazine is such a muse and essential resource for our work that we have to wish you all the best one more time. Not just a year older, but a year better. Keep up great work! (Yeah, we want poster!)

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    Smashing Magazine has changed my life

    After leaving school in 1999 I was left with a choice. Apply for college or go out to work? As the economy was booming at the time and it was so easy to walk into a job i decided to start working and skip college. I got my first job in mechanics which I did not like, however I stayed at it for four years before moving on and joining the building trade. The next six years were spent working on building sites in the cold weather doing a job I also hated. Then the recession hit and things just couldn’t get any worse. No job, no skills and what seemed like no future. Then one day I found a site called smashingmagazine.com it felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders and a path had been set for me in my life. I suddenly started to think positive about my future and I am now half way through studying for a degree in computer science (distance learning) and working as a web developer.

    That is cutting a long story short of how the discovery of smashing magazine changed my life. I wake up happy, love going to work and love life. Find a job you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life. Never thought that was possible before, but now I know it is.

    If I had never stumbled across smashing magazine I would probably never have found the path I was supposed to take. Thank You.

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    Six years ago I was really happy when Smashing Magazine started. In our country there is not much opportunities to study web & design and Smashing Magazine is for a long time our no. one source of daily reading. We love your books and work! Happy birthday, may this day always be a special one to remember.

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    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

    I seriously can’t thank you enough. Being a post-graduate of a small town community college, I need all the inspiration to design I can get my hands on. You guys give me what I come here for. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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    GIVE ME A POSTER AHHHHHHHHHHH

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    Happy birthday!
    Thank you for all the great tutorials and of course for the great smashing books!

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    Happy Bday SmashMag! Every single details of Smashing Magazine inspiring me. When I need a bit of creativity boost and not in the mood in reading articles, I randomly picked any Smashing Magazine archive and start from there. The pictures, the colors, the hue, the font, the gradient, the curve, the lines…sort of offer me a starting creative point. In the future I hope Smashing Magazine feature more rich multimedia contents and more tutorials(short or lengthy doesnt matter-both graphic and web dev) for webdevNdesign newbie like me.

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    Veronica Cattaneo

    September 6th, 2012 11:05 am

    Hey happy birthday!

    I am writing form Italy and both me and my boyfriend are following you since long time!
    I am mostly interested in web design, social media and SEO ’cause it’s my business.
    Thank you for the giveaway BTW

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    Happy B’day SmashingMagazine. Would like to say thank you so much. You are GOOGLE in the web and mobile world. Cheers!! to it and keep posting the amazing stuff..

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    Smashing magazine was introduced to me during an internship while I was still at university. Since then it’s been my go-to for web tips, typography oggling and vectors. In my current job (an ecommerce graphic designer in London), there is a running joke between my old line manager and I – when I first started I had loads of interesting web design chat, and he would always ask me where I had read these things and how I knew all these random bits. I would reply “oh it was an article on a design blog – I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, it’s called smashing magazine”. After that introduction, he became an avid reader and would start telling me all of the interesting articles he had read, always finishing with “I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, it’s called smashing magazine”. Even now he’s left, he still emails me about articles he’s read here, asking if I’ve heard of the ‘little known’ blog called smashing magazine.

    Anyway – happy birthday! Thanks for all the tips, anf for keeping me in the loop.

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    Happy Birthday to you, the SmashingMag Team!

    I’ve been one of your passionate readers for 3 years now, adore everything – your books, website design, newsletter. I’ve been a content manager, a copywriter, and an advertising manager, so I do love your content style, and yes get inspired a lot by it!

    I’m from Minsk, Belarus, and can tell you that we have lots of Web and Digital companies, agencies, and studios, who keep an eye on everything you do. Hey, you are kind of trend-setters – so keep up the great work ;)

    That’s such a miracle I once found your website, googling for some content ideas. You are truly awesome, thanks for being with us all this time!

    Cheers
    Iness

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    Love those posters! I want one!!

    Happy birthday and keep the good work!

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    Happy Birthday!! Your books on wordpress and css have been a life saver. They also have been a great reference along with popping in here to learn little bits and follow tutorials to keep my skills polished and up to date! Yay Smashing! :)

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    Happy Birthday! you are one of the best websites on the Internet, I read your articles and find the inspiration for my works! thank you for everything SM and staff!

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    Happy B-day!

    I have enjoyed Smashing Magazine for several years. It helped me develop and refine my skills from college to my first job to my current transition to freelancing in the mult-media world.

    While the articles and tutorials are extremely helpful and will continue to read and enjoy them, I LOVE the free wallpapers. Every Month I check in and see what the wonderful designers have cooked up for my screen.

    You Rock!

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    Happy Birthday! Your site is awesome! Thanks for all the tutorials, showcases, articles and free wallpapers.

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    Happy Birthday Smashing.

    I’m from Ohio & went to Bowling Green State University. Among us Visual Communication Technology students Smashing Magazine was very well known as an inspirational and educational resource.

    Even professors of our field would mention Smashing Mag as a useful tool.

    Now graduated and still working in Ohio, around the office everyone loves Smashing Magazine as much as me & everyone loves the useful articles from Smashing that teach, inspire, help & so much more.

    For me, this site is an at-least-once-daily stop.

    “What’s new? What can I learn today?”

    Congrats on 6 years and thanks, Smashing.

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    Hi There.

    Maciej here, from beautiful city of Chicago. Reading SM for a few years, you guys are awesome, and I want to thank you for all that neat articles and books you provide to web professionals.

    Cheers.
    BTW. My birthday is in September too. ;)

    +1
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    Andrew Richardson

    September 6th, 2012 6:14 pm

    Hey Smashing,

    I’m a front end web designer working both a full time job for a software company and freelancing on the side.

    I love the consistency of your updates. It’s nice to hear a voice from the industry every day even if it’s not always relevant to me. I’m really interested in case studies of how other designers are working. Being the only web designer at my company I don’t get a lot of collaboration between other designers so it’s very refreshing when I get to see it on here. It helps me fill in the gaps of inefficiency, lets me know what tools and practices are being used and how other designers communicate.

    Thanks!

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    Happy Smashing BDay! I’ve recently graduated college and have only been following SM for almost exactly a year now, but you better believe I read AT LEAST one article a day.

    Graduating as a Web Application Development major, I enjoy the Coding section the most but have recently started gaining interest in WordPress as well.

    Like @TR, I am planning to start freelancing on the side within the upcoming year while continuing my wonderful job here in Chicago. Who knows where I’ll end up in the future!? Either way, I do know that Smashing Magazine has provided me with some unique inspiration every single day. You guys are the best!

    Everyone from my Web App Dev major at Illinois State University were avid followers of your online magazine! I would be proud to represent you all at my office with one of your beautiful posters :)

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    hi .. it feels a little coincidence that I saw your related tweet, because I will soon have my birthday ;) it feels a bit impressive too, inside, because I started working in 2006, in a web developers company, a small business, in an attractive team, young enthusiasts, the site was a cozy home while surrounded by the atmosphere of a college town and everyone had a headset :D for concentration to the limit ;) and we had a crazy soft friend, who at one time, with a camera in his beak, jumped with a homemade parachute from our balcony.. it was our plush green frog! ;) (so a frog as a teddy bear, don’t know the english word for it :s) so .. I was touched by your story, because it was / is for me, a good time, a good memory, worth celebrating, and the enthusiasts of that time, were some of your early readers : ) it’s great that you keep that atmosphere going, cherish it!

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    Happy Birthday SM!

    I live in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean – France), and SM seems well known for everyone interested in Web design or programming. The most memorable article for me was the article of Alma Hoffmann – “I draw pictures all day” (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/03/i-draw-pictures-all-day/).

    Keep rocking SM!

    +1
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    Good learning contents and inspirations found on Smashing Magazine and up to the latest. Thanks!

    +1
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    Smashing magazine was my first webdesign related site that I added to my bookmark. Introduced by the guy whose job I took over( he wasnt fired, he took a better job). He said if you want to do anything fancy to a website or learn stuff go to this website and that website was “smashingmagazine.com”. I learned a lot since then…Thank you.

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    Well, now that I know you pay author for the article, how do I submit an article?

    +1
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    Congrats on your continued success these past six years — up and to the right for the next six as well! –

    Coming to you from Seattle, WA — where I’m pretty sure there are more Smashing readers than Starbucks locations; a rare feat.

    Best wishes

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    I think the beautiful thing about Smashing Magazine is that it’s like a good girlfriend. It makes us laugh sometimes when we’re stressed, it looks great and gets better with age, and it supports us in our tireless efforts to innovate, work hard and grow as individuals.

    I’d propose but the Mrs. would never understand.

    Happy Birthday!

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    Happy birthday SM!

    I am from New Mexico , I used to be application developer in C# and due to the demands I had to learn webdevelopment and I have found SM to be a great Just-In-Time resource which lets you grasp things within minutes. I really learnt a lot of things be it CSS or HTML5/PHP. Hoping you celebrate similar success in future. You guys rock!! m/

    (I subscribe you guys in twitter, which is how I gotta know about your B’day! ;))

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