Jan 08
No more lurking! It’s De-Lurking time again :)
2007 at 10.33 am posted by Veerle Pieters
I know that you are there so don’t try to deny it. I’ve seen you hiding all this time but no more :) It’s De-Lurking time again, that time of the year to leave that safe place and come say hi to all of us.
What exactly is De-Lurking?
The term is used for people that read blogs or join chat rooms or newsgroups and don't participate in commenting. The readers that just look around because they don't have anything to add to the discussion or because it's already been said. Does this sounds like someone you know? It's something that got orginally started by Sheryl from Papernapkin.
You can do it...
Last year 370 brave souls overcame their fear and left a comment, so that should be the target :) A lot can change in a year and I'm sure many newbies have arrived since then. This is your opportunity to let me know who you are (newbie or not, it doesn't matter), what you do and where you are from. I always wonder if all of you are graphic designers, web designers or coders etc. Crossing my fingers that there are some geek girls out there too, female power you know :D It's also the perfect opportunity to pitch some ideas for future postings. I always listen and try to incorporate some of the ideas.
2007 will be an interesting year for this blog too because I have some exciting things planned that will be revealed soon. I'm still working out a few things but it looks very promising so far. If all goes through I'll be able to give away a few things on a regular basis :) I also can't believe that I will be in Canada arround this time next month for Web Directions North. If you've not signed up already please hury because the extended deadline is January 14th for the $895 early price.
So don't be shy and hit that keyboard NOW!
569served
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Hi, I’m Matt and I’m an amateur web designer and student.
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Bonjour! Lurking devices disengaged. Part time web developer trying to get to grips with what little design talent I may have. Your work is certainly an inspiration - keep it up!
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Peter, freelance webdesigner.
I’m reading you regularly after redesign (I think Roger posted sth about new design), but I stumbled upon this blog earlier.
Also, you featured two of my JS tools, thanks :-)
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Hi, I’m Yann, de-lurking from Saint-Etienne, France.
Nice to see the De-Lurking Time again !
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It’s not so normal to say something if you do not have anything to add. That’s why there are lots of blogs with an imense balast of comments. It’s better just to lay back and watch the discussion until you have something to say. Posts like “lol” and “:)“ don’t have any value, not to me at least.
Adrian, Developer, Romania.
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Peter, web developer.
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Hello theeere :)
I’am working as IS consultant (DB analyst etc.), Perl/Java programer, CSS coder… And I’am also finishing my studies.
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Hi, I’m Stephen.
We’ve spoken briefly before over the email and I always read your blog via Google Reader.
Although I read my blogs, I don’t have my own. I hope this year to release my own blog and to actively join the blogging community :D
Anyway, Thats my De-Lurking done.
Cheers
Stephen
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Hi I´m Ray, I make movies for a living. And I´ve been lurking here for a little while now, enjoying your sense of style :D
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Hi, I’m Oli. Started subscribing after seeing you at @Media 2006. I’m a software developer learning about design, based in London.
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Hey,
I’m Pat from Switzerland working in the user experience field (information visualization and user interfaces). I wrote several comments some months (well, maybe more) ago but I didn’t find time recently… that’s why I was just lurking! So, this de-lurking day is the perfect occasion to say “Hi” again! ;-)
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I’m Michael Heilemann, I hail from Copenhagen, Denmark where I do games and open source blogging stuff :)
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Hello, stumbled upon your site after seeing it on Digg a few times and have since added you to my RSS feed.
I’m a web developer from (currently) rainy England.
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Efendi from Jakarta, Indonesia
I’m a flash programmer, and a designer wannabe :P
your site have been a great resource for me on learning designz :)
^^ cheers
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Hey hey,
Working as a web designer/developer for an advertising agency here in Finland.
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Hi, I’m Paul - Junior Web Developer
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Hey, I’m some webdeveloper from Belgium. My “public” comments are the worst EVER so I’ll just stop here ;)
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Hi. I’m Sergey Storchay, newspaper-designer from Ukraine
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Guillaume, webdesigner - Paris.
I’ve been lurking for a year or so; I think I haven’t post her since the last de-lurking session, but I follow your blog with the greatest interest.
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Hi, I’m Kim!
Currently a student from cold Sweden.
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Hi, I’m James Gregory, a standards web-developer cum backend developer. I enjoy your blog from a “the grass is greener on the other side” point of view .
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Damn, you spotted me even in full cloaking. Gotta get that fixed.
I stumbled across the blog after a chance comment by a friend.
Favourite bits… grunge brushes, creating a ribbon and “Design is just owning a clip art gallery”. Absolutely priceless.
Mainly read the RSS feed.
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Bula (Hello) from Fiji Islands. I’m just a junior web developer and sometimes feel minute among geeks, so hardly drop a comment but I’m one of your regular readers. Just saying Hi at delurking time.
Hi!!!
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Hello, I’m a design interested or rather addict (everything design), currently part time web-designer.
Cheers
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I’m an amateur web developer, but hope to get more professional soon…
Thx for your great blog.
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Hi, I’m Ján, freelance webdesigner.
Finally I know what is that delurking time. I am your reader, but you write articles that normally I have nothing to add, so I ma just not commenting. Thanks for this chance.
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Hey there! Thanks for the prompt to de-lurk! Love reading your tips and tricks:)
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Anna, from Belgium, researcher with a master in architectural engineering, amateur webdesigner, started a bachelor in arts this year. Have been lurking for a year, think I found your site through google.
Like the tutorials a lot!
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Hi Veerle!
I de-lurked last year, and will gladly do so again. I don’t think I have commented since, but I read everything you write and I always find it inspiring and interesting. You do a great job. I will try to work on my commenting-skills in 2007.
;-)
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Hello, I’m Brice, a french Web developer. And I don’t miss anything from this site. ;)
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Hi,
im Tobias, Apple Fanboy and Webdesigner from Munich, Germany. Great Blog :-)
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i can’t remember if i de-lurked last time.. but i don’t think i did. so here it is.
matt. web designer from england.
long time reader, first time poster.
:-)
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Hi, I’m a web developer based in London, but moving to Belgium at the end of February. I started following this blog and others to see what the Belgian web community is like.
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Hello there. I’m not a (professional) web/graphic designer or coder; just thirsty-for-web-knowledge student from the Philippines. Cheers!
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Hi, I’m Jack, a freelance web developer/student (mostly student at the moment) from the UK.
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Hi…
Hani here from London. I’m a visual effects artist. I mainly do commercials but have a history in film as well.
PS: Love the design!
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Hello, I am John. UK-based web developer who dresses up as a girl at the weekends (does that count).
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Rogier, communication & multimedia design student and web developer.
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Greets “szia” from Hungary. Im a freelance graphic designer and dla student in my spare time. Keep writing! :)
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Hi, my name is Mike. I`m media designer and Yerba Mate fan :D If you dind`t drink it, try Yerba now.
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Hi Veerle! I’m Anders, a webdesigner/developer from Sweden. Thanks for great tutorials and a great blog.
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Hi, I’m Peter. I’m a freelance web developer/designer from Australia.
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Ben Matasar, with whom I work on Dabble sent me to your blog. Greetings from Nottingham!
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Micha, TV/Web/Media-Tinkerer from Germany… Greetings to all de-lurkers. ;)
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I’m Gerry, a web developer who is also a wanna-be “designer”. Still trying to figure out whether I should make the leap into graphic design and illustration—and I must say, blogs like Veerle’s are very inspiring :)
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Hello. My name is Owen and I am not working in web design at the moment, but am quite passionate about it. Dabble in a little photography as well :)
Oh, and I’m based in Wicklow, Ireland.
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Hi Veerle, I’m Owen, a fellow EE-using Web designer in the UK. I enjoyed the presentation you gave with Jon Hicks and Roger Johansson for @media last year. I’ve been following your feed, so don’t visit the site often. I took this chance to say hello. Keep up the good work!
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Hello, I’m Stephen and I’ve been lurking since your talk at @media 2006. I’m a full time web producer working in Belfast. Great weblog! :)
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I’m an amateur… ;-) (photographer, web/designer, ... brr)
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Hi, I’m Anthony, I’m 25 and from London.
I started designing websites back in 1998. Lots of tables, lots of messed-up code & lots of baffled evenings in front of dreamweaver.
I gave up designing in 2002 when I really did not have the time to carry it on, but recently, the last 6 months or so, I have really got back into web-design, CSS, XHTML & proper code.
That’s when I come across this website, and I do enjoy the read :)
Thanks!
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*delurks*
I’m Han currently a student studying multimedia technology and design :P
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I reseted the last de-Lurking but have been following for a couple of years at least. I’m a web developer based in South Cave just outside Hull, England
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I didn’t know that this even had a name.
Anyway, it does exist and for a couple of weeks I’ve been doing this to your weblog. :)
I am a graphic designer and webdesigner.
Congratulations for your work.
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Hi, I am Kev.
I like to design and colour things in for a living.
How about another theme, where people post the work they’ve created after doing one of your excellant tutorials?
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Bram Van Damme, Web Developer, Deinze (working in Ghent though), Belgium.
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Hi there,
another fellow Belgian here, reading the blog for a while now since it’s (until now) the only English written Belgian related blog I came across.
I’m a (web/win32) developer, hobbyist musician and fulltime geek.
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Hi! I’m Roberta typing from Torino, Italy.
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Oh… all right, if you insist… :)
I’m Randa and am a freelance web designer, among other things. Your blog inspires me- I love the design and especially love the Illustrator tips you have from time to time. Keep ‘em coming!
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‘lo, my name is scott and I am one of the original co-founders of deviantART though now a blogger. I live in Tokyo, Japan, where I have been for the past 17 years. During the day I am an information security consultant on various American military bases throughout Japan.
Been a faithful reader for as long as I can remember. Maybe 2 years; not sure exactly, but definitely for quite some time.
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Veerle - geek girl greetings to you :)
> freelance webdesigner, also teaching webstandards based design.
Love you site - great inspiration and useful tips :)
all teh best for 2007!
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Hi, Tanja a graphic designer from the Netherlands, getting some grip on css and totally inspired by your blog.
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Hi Ya’ll. Sheree here from South Carolina, USA. I have emailed you in the past to comment on your inspiring talent, but never hit the keyboard to comment. Wait, I just did!
I was a research analyst, but I’m now pursuing my dreams to become a web and graphics designer. So at 51, I’m starting over. I’d bet most of the comments come from readers my children’s age. I may be an oldie to most, but I’m young at heart. It’s not the years, it’s the mileage. Thank you for all the great tutorials.
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Hi Veerle, I’m Adski a rockclimbing instructor in Sydney. I make sure to visit *outside* of a feed reader to appreciate all the fine details. :-)
I think this might be my first tug of the two-ply, thanks for the invitation!
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I’m afraid that I’m not a geek girl, but I am a geek and I do dress up as a girl sometimes—or rather my friends dress me up as a girl when the mood strikes them. Does that count for anything? I suppose not.
In any case, I’m a young wannabe web developer/designer/artist/filmmaker/poet/playwright/jack-of-all-trades-sort-of-guy who comes from Berkeley, California, but attends college in Oberlin, Ohio. I’ve been lurking for a few months now, and been thoroughly enjoying it.
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Hi, I’m Stefan,
I really enjoy your work, your illustrations and websites are gorgeous and they really inspire me to improve my own design skills. I’m a part time web developer and a student.
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Hey Veerle !
Time to de-lurking for a french webdesigner :)
cheers, keep up the good work !
Your site is amazing, as well as ur your advices and tips which are always worth it.
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I found your blog last month sometime and am following your lead and asking my readers to come out and say hi.
I am a web developer and programmer and just moved to Belgium from the US
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Ok, ok, you coaxed me from the safety of my RSS reader. I’m Dave, a geek, web designer, developer, etc from Brighton, UK.
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Delurking here! I’m Sasha, a 25-year-old web designer and photographer. I’m originally from The Netherlands, but currently living in Ireland on my own and loving it.
I’ve been reading your blog for what seems like years now, and always really enjoy your tutorials as well as the more personal entries! :)
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25 Year old Junior Art Director.
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Hi I’m Phil a IT Manager based in Ascot, UK.
I first came across your blog when looking for CSS Tutorials which were a great help. Thanks!
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Delurkers Anonymous
I managed to de-lurk last month *wohoo* Well,i’m just a student studying Multimedia Technology & Design…(idea’s for a 3rd year final project that is exciting is greatly appreciated) :-)! Read the blog often ever since i came across it.Great articles,great tutorials :D
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I’ve commented once or twice over the last year, so I kind of de-lurked already! But a proper introduction might as well still be appropriate!
I’m Leon, a web coder hailing from a beautiful small village in Zeeland, The Netherlands.
Love your blog Veerle! Keep up the good work.
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Another pome ex-pat down-under in Sydney, Aus.
:-D
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Hey Veerle, I’m a developer and the director of Lylo, a software and web design consultancy based in London. Love your work, a real inspiration :-)
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I am the Man with No Blog.
I’m coming out of the shadows of lurking on your blog for a long long time… Web Designer, Perth, Australia
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Hi Veerle - de-lurking for 2007 ... I always check out your blog for news/inspiration and so on but have recently been too busy to comment (which is good, of course!)
Hope you are well!
Regards;
Steve
lazymouse
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Philipp, Germany. Freelance web developer and part-time student of political science (somewhat weird combo as I’m told). Commenting on every blog I read would significantly shorten my day so this comment will most likely remain the only one. Really like it around here, though.
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Hey, i’m Ben and i come from Luxembourg. I’m currently studiing “Infographie” at the Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard in Namur.
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hiya!
sort of delurking for 2007 - I’ve been keeping an eye on your site via RSS
always love the CSS and font-type discussion.
greetings from NL,
Leonieke
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*hit*
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Hi!
I’m Vladimir, a front-end web developer and web standards evangelist from Kiev. I work for Sonopia Corporation, and I’m also a member of the glorious XHTMLized team. :)
Your website is simply wonderful not only because of the great tutorials and inspirational design-related thoughts, but also because you are a really great person, Veerle. :)
Subscribed just a little while ago but I’m here to stay for sure. :)
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I began reading your blog shortly after I was cruelly forced (by Adobe) to switch from Freehand to Illustrator and desperately needed some tips for working with the beast.
Your tutorials are great and your artwork is refreshingly unique. Thank for everything.
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Hi from Brazil!
Read you via rss :) I’m a webdesigner for 3 and a half years, recently married!
(and my portfolio is a WIP right now if anyone dare to visit it :) )
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Vladislav, an Entrepreneur, UI designer and Rails coder from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
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I’m Jeroen, a CSS-fetisjist, SEO’er and student from Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
I’ve been following your blog for about a year now, and I’m always amused by your way of writing, but mainly just intimidated by your talent.
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Hello! I’m Ollie, a Physics student (Nottingham, UK) and web-design hobbyist. I enjoy writing php and love all things semantic and standards-based, but I’m currently trying to improve my graphic design skills, which is where this blog comes in!
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Hi, Veerle. Delurking it is. My site is EEHowTo for all my braindumps for ExpressionEngine. I’m more of a coder than a designer, and an avid photographer.
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Your site is one of many ‘technical’ feeds in my ‘Web’ NetNewsWire folder. Most of them are just about HTML, CSS and JavaScript, yours is a strange duck in the bite. Most strange ducks are deleted after a while, your strange duck is here a long time and it’s here to stay.
Don’t expect too many comments. I’ll just keep lurking.
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Let’s de-lurk!
I’m Alberto, from Spain. I’m a web designer and web developer.
I really like your site, hope to see you “in action” someday at a conference, like in Web Directions North.
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I’m an IT manager working in Newcastle, UK, but originally from South Africa.
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Hi there.
I am a student of web design. I have descovered your site about a year ago from then I keep comming at least once a week. This blog is excelent source of information! Thank you for that.
Do you plan to redesign? It is hard to image that it can look better :o)
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Hello, I’m Mike Vitoroulis, and I’m a lurker. *waves to all*
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Hi,
I am already registered on your site but I’ll comment anyway. Last December I had 8,000 hits, with a third unique, yet the comments were fairly sparce. So its either a major case of lurking, or the posts are just not that interesting.
Probably the latter, something I’m looking to remedy in 2007.
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hi Veerle, i’m Fredrik…amateur designer and photographer.
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Hello, this is the only comment I am planning to leave. I’ve noticed that internet is full of static anyway so it’s better to be quiet. Also, it would be boring to be a yes man. I agree everything you write and love your work.
Oh yeah: I’m a mediocre web professional from Finland.
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Hi Veerle
I’m 21, live in Belgium.
I graduated last year with a Multimedia and Communication Technology degree where I specialized in web technology in my final year.
This year I started a new curriculum which is about game development.
But I still have a great passion about client side web development.
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Hi wouldn’t class myself as a lurker as I’ve only found your blog today. But I am a lurker from this day on : )
I’m more of a web hobbyist.
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Sebastian, information architect & web developer
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I’m an architecture student and sometime graphic designer.
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Hi! I’m Simone, a student and a newbie web designer from Italy!
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I’m a photographer and videographer in Los Angeles, with a little bit of web design and programming to boot.
Keep up the great work.
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Hi Veerle!
I’m Fred aka RoK, 34years old web designer/developer from Charleroi, Belgium.
Thanks for your interesting blog ;)
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Jesper, project manager
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Hi Veerle,
I’m Tim from Belgium (East-Flanders) and I’m 26 years old. At the beginning of 2006 I quitted my job to study web design on my own.
I’m now finalizing my cms system for small companies and I plan to start up my company in february 2007.
I’m very excited about it and I hope it all goes well :)
Like so many other (incl dave shea, mark boulton, andy clarke, molly, Roger Johansson, ...) you’ve been a great inspiration for me and I wish you all the best for 2007.
Greetz to everybody.
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Hi! I am Justin from Columbus, OH. I am a Systems Analyst and amateur web designer. Love your site!
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Bonjour Veerle ! I’m just a CSSurious from Nantes in France.
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I’m a coder just north of Dallas, Texas.
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Hi,
My name is Jaffer. I got to know about Veerle’s blog on SitePoint two years ago.
I am a Mechanical Engineering student at McMaster University.
I am not a regular but I use Veerle’s blog to get tips about CSS and get to know some neat graphic-design tricks - which I try on Fireworks.
Veerle, it’s is the warmest winter in Canada - so don’t pack too much !
This year, for the first time ever, we had a green christmas - atleast in this part of Ontario !
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Hello everybody, I’m Jason. No, not that Jason…one of the other ones. I’m from Florida originally but live in South Carolina now where I design websites and try not to pick up a southern accent.
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You got me… I’m Tom. I a programmer and general IT cog from NYC.
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Caught me too. I’m working in IT and trying to launch a web development business in the States. Glad to be here and I must confess I’ve been lurking for about a year. Sorry =)
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Webdesigner in the UK reporting for Delurking and Veerle’s informative blog posts!
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Although I’ve posted before, it won’t hurt to introduce myself.
I’m Mark, becoming a webdesigner (currently in training), and I hope to start my own company within the year, probably in Breda where I live.
Ciao!
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Hey Veerle,
the name’s remy, saying hi from the south of France.
I’m actually doing a lot of different things, project management, coding, interaction design, ...
Hopefully i do some of them at least little bit right :)
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Erik here. I’ve never been a great visual designer, but that’s why I started coming here - to get better.
But this site has lots more then great tutorials!
Thanks for all the great stuff.
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Hi Jon Here
Delurking from Braunschweig in Germany, I’m a marketer and web designer and love this site, gives me great inspiration and is a fascinating place.
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Hi there, I’m Dawn. I’m a web designer from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. I’ve been lurking since the re-design. Love the tutorials.
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Hey-
I did not delurk last year so I figured I’d join in this year.
I am a graphic design student in my senior year of school. I am expecting my first css book in the mail soon so i can start expanding my website design knowledge.
love your blog.
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Ah, you caught me lurking! Here’s what I’d love to see you do.
I’m a web designer and educator and my efforts lean toward helping the people teaching web design move forward. One aspect of this is helping people understand how to move away from creating a “look and feel” in Photoshop or Fireworks, then exporting that as HTML feeling that they’ve created a web site.
I think people need help understanding how to use Photoshop and Firewords to enhance and embellish a page of well-structured HTML. Topics like: working with a large background image, creating and placing small design elements, or making seamless repeating background images would help in that effort.
Thanks for asking what we want!
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Hi, I’m Meera. I’ve been lurking for quite some time. I’m a programmer working in biomedical research and an amateur web designer.
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Hello Veerle,
I’m Salvatore, a programmer from Sicily. I like to play with inkscape as I’m (together with my friend Fabio) the author of two web2.0 services in Italy (segnalo.alice.it and oknotizie.alice.it) and we have fun trying to do ourself the graphic for the sites when possible, even if we should focus into writing the actual code ;)
Btw your blog is beautiful and is among the very few I read.
Ciao from Sicily,
Salvatore
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I’m Dave and I’m a graphic designer/web developer for a church in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.
I really like your tutorials on Illustrator, so I’d be glad to see more of those in ‘07. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
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Gilles | Belgium | 27 years old | internetfreak
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Jon Andrew Hughes, web standards advocate and web developer.
I have always found this blog informative and inspiring, thank you Veerle.
FYI, I’ll be seeing you in Feb. at Web Directions North
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I’m David, 26 year old and I’m a web developer/screen designer from Germany. I really like your designs and your well-written tutorials!
Greetings from Germany!
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Hello people.
My name is Germán, I’m 29 years old graphic designer from Argentina with a great interest in typography.
And I’ve been lurking for 2 years or so, wow!!!
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Hi Veerle! I’ve been a lurker for sooo long (i actually kept lurking on the previous de-lurking days :P). Your site and tutorials inspire me to be creative. It has also made me dabble in web designing.
I’m a web developer from the Philippines, btw.
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Hi Veerle,
I’m a freelance webdesigner from Wales, currently living in Sweden. I really love the way that you are not afraid of admitting things you don’t know, or needed to learn, and you don’t mind starting with the basics…
Thanks for a very informative blog!
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Sure why not?
Hi Veerle. I’m Ronan Quirke, web developer from a wet and windy Dublin. I came across your blog when trying to improve my design skills.
I’m still trying :)
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Happy New Year to you, Veerle. I love your site and visit frequently. It’s lovely.
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I suppose I should certainly post something! I spend a lot of time at your page digging around. Its strikingly beautiful and a great inspiration. Perhaps I’ll post more regularly!
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Great site. An inspiration.
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Hello from New Jersey, USA. I’m a web developer trying to be a better designer. Thanks for the great blog!
-Eric