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 Team loves high-quality content and cares about little details. Through our online articles, books and ebooks and Smashing Conferences, we are committed to stimulating creativity and strengthening the Web design community’s creative forces.

  1. 201

    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!

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    Happy Birthday Smashing!

    I find the articles on Business Development and Organizational Practices to be the most useful. One of my personal favorites was “Taming the Wild Mind.”

    Here’s to several more happy years to come!

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    Since I opened my agency 3 years ago in Venezuela, Smashing Magazine is the way I keep up with the world. Many of your articles have given me an edge in all of my web-related knowledge, in a way that my agency can offer quality service that stands out from our competion. Thanks a lot, keep it up.

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    Those posters look great. I really should have contributed to the contest, but I had so much going on. I have the first Smashing Book, and it’s great. Definitely going to complete the collection sometime soon. I keep coming back for the great content, variety of articles, and overall level of quality and design-know-how.

    Thanks, keep it up.

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    GIVE ME A POSTER AHHHHHHHHHHH

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

    +1
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    Happy Birthday!

    I always find that Smashing has great articles and other free things that make my day when I stop to have a read. I really love that there are books that I can also read, since I am one of those people that prefer reading a physical book rather than on a screen! What I dislike about smashing is that for this contest I have to leave something to dislike, I really dislike that. Other than that keep it up :)

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    I think you need to make the website LESS responsive. ;)

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    Happy anniversary Smashing Mag! xoxo

    Your articles have always been inspirational and full of valuable information.
    Each time I open up your website I am left with a million tabs that I would love to read!

    Hope I get those scrumptious prints mm.

    Regards!

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    You complete me. A poster would complete my office. Keep on writing and inspiring.

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    Hey Happy Birthday guys! Thanks for your wonderful site full of inspiration. I almost read your useful posts every day!

    Aaaaand I want the posters! Please choose me!

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    I was brought on as the sole designer (print and web) and have transitioned into also doing most of the front end design/development as well. I wouldn’t have been able to make as smooth of a transition without your guys’ help every day. My favorite part is the articles are usually less about how to do something (tutorial-like), but instead bring up a discussion point about the web or design.

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    SM,

    I am pleased to congratulate you on your 6th birthday. Your posts never cease to inspire me, making me explore and delve deeper into the realm of possibilities on the web. Thank you for producing such insightful and valuable content that has helped me grow as a web developer.

    Thanks a bunch, and here’s to more years of solid content.
    Daniel Kao

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  14. 214

    Happy Birthday! I’m looking forward to Vitaly Friedman’s speech tomorrow in Zurich at the Frontend Conf :)

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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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    Happy Anniversary Smashing Magazine!

    Originally as a developer and now as director of software development, Smashing Magazine, the site and books, have greatly helped me improve or at least better understand “current” design principles. I also greatly appreciate your articles about the “business” part of being a designer/developer. It is always great to hear what has worked, and what hasn’t, to save the rest of us from making some of the same mistakes.

    Thanks, congratulations, and keep doing a great job!

    Joe

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  17. 217

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

    +1
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    I’m still new to the world of web creation, but I owe you a world of thanks.

    Of course, I benefited from all things web and tech throughout my whole life, yet it has only been since this past March when I was hired as a web content writer that I have had to dive headfirst into the world of web creation. Thanks to your your site being one of my most helpful resources I am creating a new career path for my self as both writer and designer for the web.

    It helps that you were highly recommended. My co-workers and networking friends learned from you and now I am doing the same. Naturally I gravitate toward your articles on content, but I also hungrily devoured all of your pieces and examples on infographics, which has fueled my drive to create one for my company.

    Cheers on your anniversary! May you continue to report on the future of technologies once we have evolved past Google glasses and simply have cell phones implanted in our brains at birth.

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    I’ve followed you guys for the majority of my web development career. I’ve used your resources many times when starting new projects. Thanks for all the hard work.

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    Happy birthday Smashing Magazine ..!

    I am a .NET developer from Turkey and I do not work on anything about, or even related to, design. And this is why I love Smashing Magazine so much.. Seriously, why do I follow a a site daily if it doesn’t cover anything about my job, work nor hobby? Trying to carry my aesthetic point of view to the next level, to follow trends or to maintain an opinion about UX and UI..? It doesn’t matter because curiosity kills the cat, but not this time!

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    Happy birthday!
    you are very popular between web designers here in Iran. I know many of my friends that love to have a smashing book (because of your wonderful job) but they can’t buy. Here we don’t have access to paypal or any online payment system. nice story is some of my friends buy your books by their friends who live outside of Iran. They try to see and touch your published work with all of this difficulties just because of your stunning job.

    keep up wonderful work.

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    I’ve got all Smashing Magazine books and I’m proud of having them.
    I learned so much thanks to you !
    If I had to choose a word to define what Smashing Magazine shares it would be : Quality !
    I’m in lack of words to tell you how thankful i am !

    I hope my english is not too bad :)

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  23. 223

    They told me I can be anyone, so I became a commenter!

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    Happy Birthday!

    I am in the DC area, government. Quality in this area tends to be secondary to quantity. Not only that, but the many Many Many people who sign off on work and who think they are designers or usability experts is ridiculous. It has made my career a challenge. Mostly a challenge to stay fresh and motivated. I find myself unsubscribing from things such as Smashing Magazine and filling my reader with cooking, sewing, or crafts with the kids to fill my creative needs.

    However, everytime I get a project I can really sink my teeth into and want to be inspired. Your the first site I always go back to. Your information is extremely current, relevant, and very well designed.

    I have to admit that my colleagues, even if they know your site, don’t take the time to keep up with where technology and the web is right now. So…no matter how many times I forward articles, they aren’t seeing them!

    I <3 you guys, and am subscribed now!

    (I just started a new job and this government agency is 0% like the 2 agencies I was describing above :)

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  25. 225

    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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    Happy birthday to my favorite design mag =) I’m not really a designer (am a web developer) but I’ve learned so much from SM that I can’t help but think about design even in every day life. Thank you!

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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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    Brandon Barringer

    September 7th, 2012 2:38 am

    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

    I live in Reno, Nv. Most people I talk to read your magazine. If I find someone who doesn’t, I promptly notify them of their mistake. Myself, I wake up to you everyday. My usual morning consists of coffee and Smashing Mag. I have you set to open in one of my tabs when I start my browser.
    Your Magazine has helped me to keep up on current technologies and techniques, therefore making me a better designer.
    I owe you guys my career. Have a happy birthday, and many more to come

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  29. 229

    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

    I have been an avid reader for years & I hope to be for many more. The articles you have published over the years have helped me along the way as I started freelancing & eventually started my own design studio.

    Thank you so much for all the resources & inspiration over the years & have a wonderful birthday celebration!

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  30. 230

    Happy B’day Lads and Gals of smashing Mag!

    LOVE! your site and use it daily! be lost without my morning cup of coffee and smashing article!
    Keep up the good work!

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    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine!

    I always look forward to reading your articles and your website is an excellent source of modern, relevant and interesting articles.

    Love the posters and would be awesome to win a set. Good luck everyone!

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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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    Wow, I’ve been visiting Smashing Mag for a long, long time. It has evolved to become quite the web resource for designers and developers. As a grad student in Minnesota, I’ve done my best to spread the word about this fine, fine publication. Keep up the wonderful work.

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    I became an avid Smashing reader through college. It’s articles greatly helped me with design projects. It still continues to teach me things now that I’m amidst the actual art & design world. I like to think it has made me a better designer.

    Happy Anniversary, Smashing!

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    nice online media, smashing magazine is the best of many resources in the world

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    It is great that the web allows access to anything in the world no matter where you are from.

    Coming from Honolulu, Hawaii, we don’t get many conferences out here and have to rely on webinars or websites to get the latest information on what is going on. What better place to go for information than Smashing Magazine? I am an instructor at a local community college and explain to my class there are experts that can define things that I sometimes can’t and the best place to start is with your website.

    I enjoy the monthly wallpapers the most as well. There is such a range of creativity and ideas displayed.

    Happy Birthday!
    - Chris

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    Chanaka S Irugal

    September 7th, 2012 5:51 am

    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

    your my favorite design mag =) I’ve learned so much from you guys that I can think about design even in every day life. Thank you Guys! Keep it up

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    I love browsing the monthly desktop background submissions. The pieces on proper technique especially on responsive design are quite practical.

    Hopefully Many more years of Smashing.

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    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

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    Abhilash Ramachandran

    September 7th, 2012 6:12 am

    Happy Birthday SM :)
    I’m living in Gods own country ( Kerala, India.). Seems this is the right moment i need to thank smashing magazine for your valuable and create posts. In my career starting time ( as a ux designer ) i was not aware about the scope of my job , and industry demands. Really proud to say due to your impact , your articles I’m aware about my job. I’m aware about different sections in design industry. I’m aware about new trends. Now my job is my passion.

    Indeed every day i will spent some time on SM. I had sent some wallpaper calendars (unfortunately thats calenders not published yet ).

    Dear SM like google you are a wonder. Keep growing , keep inspiring. You guys leading from the front.

    +1
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    Greetings from Barneveld, Netherlands,
    The mixture of design and programming, content and writing makes Smashing Mag. a perfect website for me. It is one of the few websites I daily check for new articles.
    Thanks!
    Leen

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    I read your site everyday. I like how you evolved so much in last 2 years as i was never a fan of your round-up posts. I’m more of a content lover type of guy. Thanks for providing some really useful articles in last one year.

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    Smashing magazine Team,

    First of all congratulations for your sixth anniversary :) .

    I am a very much avid follower of this in-depth informative site.This URL is very much added to my bookmark and I read the new articles daily also do keep track of the old articles as well.

    Off-lately I gained wonderful tips from the below article:
    http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/29/beyond-wireframing-real-life-ux-design-process/

    Keep pouring such wonderful articles! :)

    Rohit Yog

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    Happy Birthday my favorite design site!
    You are the great beginning of my day.

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    Nice Posters. Nice Work. Nice giveaways. AWESOMEEEEE !!!!

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  46. 246

    Yay, smashing party & happy birthday!

    I’m a web developer in Brisbane, Aus working for a creative media studio. Most of our web devs know your site. Unfortunately our designers are lazy so we have to send them links to your articles sometimes to keep them in the fold..

    There are so many little articles and tips that have helped or inspired me it’s hard to pick one. But I remember reading an article on Responsive Design you guys published about 18 months ago and remember thinking, wow, I couldn’t agree more with this ideal. I did some more research, put together a quick demo and gave a talk at one of our company’s knowledge sharing events. It’s taken a while to catch on but is now being implemented in all our major upcoming projects. So thank you for inspiring me to inspire my peers to make the web a better place for all devices.

    Cheers,
    Ben

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  47. 247

    Happy Birthday! I’m from Italy. I do not remember how I first found you but since then I always read you for inspiration. There is no favourite post but most of your post are useful to find solutions for me. Thanks!

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    In a web over-filled with informative websites (good or less-than-good), Smashing Magazine is growing into a one-stop place for me. Quality and efficiency!

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  49. 249

    Hola desde España, seguid así y felicidades por el aniversario.

    Happy Birthday.

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    I’ve been around since the beginning: crafted sites in tables, designed animated gifs in web safe colors, and created flash websites and animations. I now see repetition of old ideas in new ways. Remember dashboard navigation 3D buttons on websites? Just look at Yahoo’s page in December of 1996 (in the way back machine). It’s dejavu all over again!

    In just 16 years there has been so much change to keep up with.

    Thank you for making it easier for us to keep up and stay ahead. :D

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  51. 251

    Happy Birthday SmashingMagazine-Team!

    I love the website! wooohoooooo! :o)

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    Oh boy, I’d love to get one! :D

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    need 1 badly

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    I hope I win, thanks for the opportunity

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  55. 255

    Happy Birthday. I don’t know how I first found you but I always read your posts. Your post are really helpful. Thanks!

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  56. 256

    Haaaapppyyyy biiiirthdayyyy! :)

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    Poster !!!!

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  58. 258

    Happy birthday Smashing World!!!! :)

    I’m an italian Web Developer and since i started to use my first computer back in 2007 I grew up with you.
    From firsts html tag to the last css techniques, you are always able to satisfy my curiosity, training me gradually as developer.

    And now, every day before starting work, I read your beautiful posts for new ideas and inspirations.

    Grazie mille e buon compleanno!! :)

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  59. 259

    Happy birthday from France !!

    .LuD. @ SmashingMagazine powered.

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  60. 260

    Happy smashing Birthday!!!

    A friday without Smashing Magazine, is not a friday :-)

    Best wishes from Germany

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    Count me in, please.

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  62. 262

    Happy Birthday SM!

    The latest most incredible article for me was The MVC Jungle :)

    Keep up the great work and never lose your passion.

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    Love all the way from Johannesburg, South Africa!!

    What I love about Smashing Magazine is the fact that they in depth articles about industry specific issues and topics. Every day I have to put a different hat on while at work, whether it is design, UX or development and it’s great that smashing magazine gives me the resources to do those jobs to the best of my abilities by staying up to date what’s happening out there.

    The only critique might be that some of the articles get so long that I get tired just from reading them, but when I actually do get around reading them I do understand why they are so long.

    Thank you very much for all the hard work through all these years. We appreciate every little piece of effort.

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    i would like to win

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    nice posters! i would like to win :)

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  66. 266

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine!

    I’m Camille. A Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering graduate but I decided to take my career path into Web Designing field. I’m a Web Designer in Singapore and your website keeps me inspired. I love the freelance stories and tips for web designer articles. Lots of it!

    More powers to Smashing Magazine! Keep it up!

    I hope I can get a copy of your posters ♥

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  67. 267

    I learned a lot from smashing magazine, mostly how to create responsive design for my clients. Also my desktop looks good because of the monthly wallpapers.

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  68. 268

    Happy Birthday! Buon compleanno!!
    I always read your articles and your books inspired me a lot! Thanx!!

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    Happy Birthday SM from POLAND!
    Keep bringing that inspiration!

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  70. 270

    Happy Birthday SM!

    I started as a designer/developer in late 2009 and at that stage smashing had just started teasing us with the new possibilities presented by HTML5. I learnt more and more about HTML and discovered a whole ream of interesting design and styling ideas, all through SM.

    Even when I wasn’t working in the industry, the humourous and welcoming style of the newsletters kept me interested in my chosen field. It even helped me get the job I have now.

    No matter how many articles I read or tutorials I follow, I always come back to SM to verify what I’ve heard, just to make sure it’s right.

    Thanks for being a great resource, and may you keep on informing for many years to come :)

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    Smarajit Dasgupta

    September 7th, 2012 11:37 am

    Happy Birthday SM. I am a web designer from Kolkata, India. And reading SM has been one of my daily routines for the past six years. Thanks for enriching our profession.

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  72. 272

    I love smashing magazine! Here’s to six more years!

    Also I want a poster for my wall :p

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    6 years – Congratulations!!!

    I am a web designer in the east of the UK. Over the past 4 years smashing magazine has helped me progress in so many ways. My eyes have been opened up to new concepts, technologies and best practices. For me the site and books have been invaluable for keeping me on my toes, for opening the door to progress further. It is my first stop every morning in my browser.

    My favourite articles have been on the subject of UI and UX, to be totally honest as an inspiration site and for making you think about “design” on the whole no other site really makes you take notice of what’s happening and what different people are doing.

    Be interesting to see what people are saying in another 6 years from now.

    Much love to the smashing team

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  74. 274

    I’m a WordPress developer from Sydney, Australia. I particularly find the WordPress related articles of most use. Thanks for all the awesome articles you have published.

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  75. 275

    happy birthday smashing magazine!

    really great website and great articles.
    i always recommend reading smashing magazine to my frontend-team.

    thanks for inspiration and helpful input.

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  76. 276

    Happy Birthday!

    Smashingmag always updates me about the latest trends and inspiration in www and hope it will do so for a long time.

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    HBD !

    I’m a .NET and web developper from Belgium.
    I’m really interested in UX !
    Smashing Magazine is listed in the web section of my feed aggregator and I love it because it’s a great source of inspiration and sometimes a treat for the eyes !

    I often share your articles with my coworkers and some of them like that (the other don’t like the ui part of an app…)

    I hope you ‘ll post nice articles for a long time !

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    Happy Birthday! from UK!

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    Hi,

    I’m web developer from Poland and… I love Smashing Magazine. I have one of your books – great BTW. I read SM over 3 years now and I’m so happy that you are :).
    I use bunch of coding tutorials form your articles – it’s helping me a lot. I’m very gratefull for wp.smashingmagazine.com!

    Happy Birthday!

    my best regards

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  80. 280

    Happy Birthday Smashing Magazine!

    I am a front end/UX/Wordpress developer from Albania.
    I read your site on a daily basis, sometimes reading twice (or more) the same article. I’ve also read all of your SM printed books.
    I wanted to read more on the business side of web development or UX.

    Have a nice party and don’t drink too much :)

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    These posters look great. Would look even better on my wall. I have been reading Smashing Magazines for a while now just to keep up in the design world since it is rapidly changing all the time. You guys keep me up to date and always in the loop.

    Thanks Smashing and Happy Birthday

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  82. 282

    I discovered your site a year ago and return to it almost every day to read your articles. Good inspiration, great wallpapers and great responsive site! Thank you.

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  83. 283

    Happy Birthday! SM

    You are the always inspiring guys and i used to show the skills i learned from SM in front of my colleagues and they got surprised to see where i would have knew this thing. :) Now i am having a good team of 15 people in my office and we all regularly look for SM for all the things going in our web world. Now I am looking for these posters to paste on office walls :)

    My best Regards to Smashing Magazine. Keep on rocking guys…

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    Congrats to all the years of hard work, and wealth of knowledge you’ve provided to the design community! I am a front end developer in New York, NY, and share many of the posts with my coworkers. The hot trend for us now is mobile development, and Fireworks utilization. Plugins galore and responsive standards are making their way into our workflow. Thanks for everything.

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  85. 285

    Happy sixth birthday!

    I hope there’s many years and articles to come!

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  86. 286

    Yes Smashing Magazine! I brought the Anthology a couple weeks back, shame you’ve now but them on sale! But they are still worth every penny I paid. I’m quickly getting through them! My colleagues are a little frustrated I’m turning into a smart-arse!! HAHA!

    Anyway, lots of love from London.

    Steven.

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  87. 287

    SM helps me keep up with web trends & techs, inspires me for my graphic works and helps me communicate my work with the monthly competition. From Athens thank you SM!

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  88. 288

    Smashing magazine is my first daily design (and lately coding) inspiration source.

    Thanks and happy birthday, many more years of inspiration for such an inspired community!

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  89. 289

    Thanks for 6 years of awesomeness SM!

    I have my fingers crossed I’ll get a brand spankin new poster by my desk that my coworkers can fawn over. (I mean, who wouldn’t? They’re gorgeous)

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  90. 290

    Happy Birthday Smashing Mag!

    I’m happy to say that you guys were around when I started really digging into my freelancing career; and it couldn’t have been better timing! I love all the helpful tips and resources you provided. I’d like to see more specialized books in queue…. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

    Keep it up!

    Nicole

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    Bethany Davidson

    September 7th, 2012 5:50 pm

    Smashing Magazine is not only educational, it is also inspirational. Keep up the great work! Happy Anniversary, Smashing Magazine!

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    The most happiest birthday to Smashing Magazine crew!

    I am a Kazakhstan-based amateur graphic designer and web developer. I have often met references and translations of SM articles in IT blogs. I decided to finally visit your site while looking for nice free fonts for a typography contest.

    It has really changed my world. I fell in love with type and admired typography ever since. Nowadays working with typography is my biggest pleasure. It wouldn’t happen without your collections of awesome fonts and vintage typography!

    I also have a request. It would be really awesome if all that free typeface goodness was gathered in one place, like a huge article with examples. In other words, it’s easier to scan one 200-font post than 4 of 50-font posts.

    Best of the best wishes, hello from Kazakhstan! You people are truly awesome!

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    I like what Smashing Magazine offers now quite a bit. The only thing I would add are detailed tutorials of various web design/development techniques. The articles on those subjects are great, but a step by step tutorials section would be a great way for you to expand your reach and your audience.

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    Leon Rademacher

    September 7th, 2012 8:43 pm

    Smashing Magazine is the best Design Blog/Magazine for me! Thanks for 6 Years!

    Happy Birthday!

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    Happy birthday !!!!!!!!!!!
    Your articles have always inspired me in many ways and I have learnt a lot of great stuffs fom your articles. One thing that I really miss is the smashing network. It was so amazing to see all the amazing posts together under one section.
    I have all your 4 books and they are amazing :) . So , if i recieve the poster,it will b a great addition to my “Smashing” collection. Haha
    Lastly, I wish you all good luck for coming years and thanks for everything ur doing for the design and web community :)

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    Im not a designer myself, but you guys guys make me wish i were. The combination of business with design is perfect for anybody looking to actually create something practical. Articles featuring a mix of e-commerce with design are my favorites.

    Im from Canada, and your site is well know among my work buddies.

    Keep being awesome!

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    I’m from just outside of Toronto, Ontario. I am a giant fan of the Responsive Design articles that Smashing throws up. I also LOVE that your site puts its money where its mouth is and looks great on all devices.

    Happy Anniversary kids!

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    Smashing Magazine is always my first online stop for the best articles in web design, SEO, web project management, and everything else! I remember back in 2008, I was taking a college course in “Web Communications” and I had the chance to present the class with my favorite website online. SM was my first thought!

    Question: What are some good general tips for a web site freelancer who is building a website for a graduating High School Class, say, of 1967? This is an audience I have never really considered developing/designing for. It seems like the SEO would be a particularly unique challenge, depending on which classmates of ’67 already know about the site, and classmates who have not yet discovered it. Seems like a niche market…your thoughts?

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    Hailing from Kansas City, MO here. SM has been a wonderful resource for me as I have launched my career as a front-end web developer. At work, on Fridays, I usually make it a priority to scour the web and learn new things about my field. I always start at SM and continue onwards. The broad spectrum of issues covered is great, and the site itself is a joy to read and use.

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    Happy birthday! You guys have helped me grow as a designer in so many ways!! Also, my desktop would probably not be as cool without all the wallpapers I religiously download hehe. Now if only I had some posters to match it…

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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. ;)

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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!

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

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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?

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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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