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
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Norwegian Guy so no girl power. Working with webdesign - CSS, webstandards and graphic design.
Always hungry for more.
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Hello there,
I´m Göran, a Stockh
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I am a regular lurker, and truly enjoy your blog. Your tutorials are always helpful, and I have especially enjoyed your recent posts on the design of your new home. We’re planning a new home in Colorado and I’m always trolling for new ideas. We have a 2 person web design firm that focuses on the needs of small businesses, non-profits, and artists.
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Hi! I’ve just found your blog. LOVE IT. I am a graphic designer from Detroit, Michigan. I’m learning web design and development.
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Hello! I’m Hrvoje from Croatia, working as a web developer and reading your blog via rss feeds.
This site is a must read/visit type of site :)
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You talk about lurking like it’s a bad thing. ;) I do try to follow the conversation, but only feel like commenting when I actually have something valuable to add. Here’s wondering what new features you’ll roll-out soon. Could it be an iVeerle?
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Hello, I’m David and I work as the Web Manager at Bath Spa University.
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Well, I have been a reader for about 6 months now. I found your website because I agreed to design a brochure for a fine dining restaurant here in town. Keep in mind I am a pastry chef and only play around with Adobe software in my free time. I have always loved design and feel that a lot of what I do is related. Anyway, back to why I am here. I found your tutorials VERY helpful and loved reading all the other stories so much that I check it everyday!
So, thanks for the opportunity to say “Hey” and for the great tutorials! Keep up the great work!
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Heya, I’m Thomas, a Junior Webdesigner from Holland.
I’m allways lurking when there’s a new article afoot.
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Hey, I’m Jonathan and currently I’m currently in High School but I love web design and your blog is one of my favourite!
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No longer Lurking, also just wanted to thank you for your spring artwork last year, the dog in the illustration looked like my puppy so I kept it as my desktop for the whole year.
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I started reading your blog around this time last year. It’s time for me to de-lurk!
It may even inspire me to de-lurk on other blogs.
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Long time reader, first time commenter. I am a web designer working in the University setting. Though I do all things web, not just design.
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I’m Alnisa, based in the US, in Madison, WI. Don’t really consider myself a lurker, since I try to comment regularly. I’m in the nonprofit technology field—which includes website design, database design, system administration, technical support, etc.
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Hi, my name is Berit, I am de-lurking from Oslo, Norway. I work as a web developer and I also do some design. I have lurked around in your blog for about a year or two ;-) Thanks a lot for shearing your thoughts and your great tutorials!
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Greetings! I’m a database designer/web coder who recently started freelancing as a web front end designer.
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Hey Veerle! I’m excited about hearing you speak at Web Directions North. It’s going to be a great conference and it’s less that a month away! See you there!
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I love your blog and your designs. You are definitely one of my favorite designers.
I am the online marketing director for an international organization based in Memphis, TN, USA. I actually do all the graphic design, web design, and coding in various languages.
Thank you for sharing so much with us, I always look forward to your posts and pics.
P.S. - Your house looks amazing, congratulations!
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Hi, I´m a spanish guy who moved to the Neterlands to work as a flash and .NET programmer, and to live new experiences.
I love your blog. Each article is really worth it.
Cheers!
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My name is Wouter, i’m from Kortrijk (Belgium). I’m a student multimedia and communication technology.
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Been visible for quite some time now, but here’s a little bit about me.
My name is Blair. I’ve been a graphics professional for a couple of years now. Sites like Veerle’s turned me on to CSS and accessibility. I now use Textmate and CssEdit 2.0 almost exclusively.
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I think I’ve lived a comment or two sometime ago. So I’m not a real lurker… ;-)
Anyway, I’m a web designer and developer. And in the free time I take photographs.
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Keith here, de-lurking. I’m a freelance web developer from Dublin, Ireland.
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John W., web developer/designer and occasional movie reviewer (at http://www.anvilandsprocket.com/).
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A biochemistry student from Taiwan
It seems that I’m the only one who is not a designer or developer :(
Love and visit your blog everyday !
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*de-lurks*
I’m an Informatics student at the University of Washington as well as a web designer and developer.
Love the blog. Keep up the great work!
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Just let us Lurk! hehehe :-)
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Brendan from Cleveland, Ohio, USA de-lurking.
Fulltime web monkey, part time freelancer, all around good guy
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Luke Lanchester from Birmingham, UK.
Amateur web developer and full time student
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Hi Veerle, I’m a student (IA program in Malmö) and part-time freelance web developer in southern Sweden. Keep up the good work!
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Alright, alright, you convinced me. :) Total geek girl here. :) Been a designer for 6, going on 7 years. Wow time flies.
Love the blog - your point of view is always refreshing.
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Long time reader, first time comment.
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Brett Mitchell, 22, running my own web company. While I’m personally far more involved with coding PHP/HTML/CSS over design it’s still nice to read and keep up with the other major aspect of the industry.
Cheers,
Brett
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Greetings from Cincinnati, OH.
I used to be really into web design back in high school and now I’m trying to get back into it, web standards style. I finally learned how to use the pen tool thanks to those screencast videos you made! Thanks!
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Hi Veerle :)
My name is Deny from Jakarta, Indonesia.
I have been your RSS subscriber for a year or so and a big fans of yours for couple years :)
I’m doing web design, xhtml and css.
About your future posting,
I will like you to keep posting some tips and tricks about Photoshop and Illustrator.
Even, if I can’t follow the tut, I’m sure I will really enjoy your final result ;)
Mm, post about anything, Veerle.
I really enjoy most of my time being here :)
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Hi Veerle,
I couldn’t hold myself from leaving a little comment after such a nice invitation :D
I live in Montreal and am primary French spoken but improve my english by reading you :P
I read you for months now and got you in my bloglines list… also added your Flickr to my contact list !!
Thanks for all you bring to the web designer’s community.
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Hi, my name is Manu
—- (attendees : “Hi! Manu!”)
I have been lurking for months, and have de-lurked since 2 minutes, I’m proud and happy again.
—- (attendees applause)
Emotion…
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Delurking as we speak :-P thanks for a brief history lesson in de-lurking..
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Hey Veerle,
Long time subscriber to you RSS feed. I am a freelance web designer based in Fayetteville, AR. Keep up the good job. I enjoy reading your articles.
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Hi!
I’m a musician and teacher in Boston and I’ve been working on designing with standards for about a year. Currently, I’m working on implementing EE into my site. You’ve been a great help. Thanks!
Happy New Year
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...the road to recovery starts with recognizing the problem.
My name is Kevin. I’m a lurker. I’ve been a web developer/programmer/mediocre designer for 12 years.
Thank you Veerle.
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Hi Veerle,
I’m in atlanta and i’ve been lurking for about a year now. I’m a print designer and just started the web shtuff.
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Hello.
I’m the Web Supervisor for a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Canada.
I’m just getting into ExpressionEngine, and this site is one of my favourite resources.
Thanks for everything!
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Hi there, I’m Chosco a 22 years-old guy from Argentina
I started off with computers back in 1996 and since 1998 I’ve been lurking everywhere (local magazines, friends, profesional, occasionally web sites) :-)
This year, as I got to know this -somewhat new to me- web-philosophy-revolution (call it what you like or don’t call it at all, but it’s in the air) I came accros your wonderful website. It really is a source of inspiration and learning for all of us.
Currently, I’m setting up a web development business with a friend. It’s called emerge.
Will try to overcome my lurking posture ;-)
Love your work, keep it up!
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Still reading from Helena, MT, USA. I think the last time I commented was the last de-lurk day. I must say, though, that it’s not an issue of fear, it’s an issue of not having anything to say. One of my peeves is people who needlessly muck up comments on blogs when they have nothing to say but feel obligated to comment.
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UI/Backend Web Developer. Happy New Year, Veerle!
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Howdy, I’m Scott. I’m a 28-year-old CSS developer from Portland. I’ve got your RSS feed because I love your articles on design.
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Just discovered you site two days ago. Wish I found it years ago! I love it. I’m employed as a web designer for a few years now, but do some development as well. I can’t tell you how your site has rejuvenated my outlook on web design/dev after feeling burnt out from work. Your CSS tutorials made me realize how I neglected the progression to CSS standards far to long now. My goal is to have my portfolio site as XHTML 1.0 compliant by summer. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and passion with us.
George
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I’m a 24 year old hypermedia students hailing from Tampere, Finland. Thanks for the great tutorials.
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Photographer/part time web developer from Massachusetts. Just found your site a few weeks ago. Keep up the great content!
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As always….a fantastic site. Here is to a great 2007!
I’m in Arizona.
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Great site! Thanks for providing great content for us to peruse (and use! a rhyme!).
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29 (since Friday!), self-employed html/css monkey
Thanks!
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Hi! holly a web developer in the USA. I mostly do back-end stuff, so enjoy the design elements of your site to keep me motivated on my personal goals in that area.
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I’m 34, I became interested in CSS a few years ago and I first land on your blog after your first CSS template tutorial. I never could stop reading you from this moment on. I always wonder if you speak french.
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I’m Scott, a web developer from the USA.
Veerle, I am always impressed with your tutorials in Photoshop and Illustrator. Thanks for writing this blog.
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I am a web developer/student that focuses more on programming, but wants to do more graphics wise.
You do a great job with your blog!
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Hi, my name is Petr (Peter in english), I’m from Czech Republic. I study at university - 20 years old. I am webdesigner and photoshop “freak” :D I like this blog a lot because of great design and articles ;)
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Hello everyone, my name is Tomas and I mess around with Photoshop from time to time but only as a hobby. My full-time job is being a cubicle dweller and budding closet entrepreneur. :)
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Hi I’m Daniel. I recently graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and my education focused on print. I have been learning Web on the side since high school at the age of 14 and that’s how I got into Graphic Design. I use to code when there was no such thing as CSS or if there was no one really did it. I’m now 23 and am always trying to keep up to date! My university didn’t offer much Web background so I have kept learning to supplement my work.
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Student Communications and Multimedia design.
Designing for a while allready though.
I actualy dont remember when I started reading your blog.
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fan since 02/03/2004. daily food….
webdesign, flash development
I liked the previous design better (better reading, better contrast….)
cheers :-)
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Jump in, says boo and goes back in the cupboard with the other monsters.
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Veerle, you finally got me. Even the last de-lurking didn’t work, but this one did for some reason. I’m a graphic designer in the USA, and a part-time lurker.
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Hello, newish reader. I’m not a graphic designer or anything, I just like reading about it.
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Howdy! This is Max, from Woodstock NY, in the States. I really like the design of your site… It’s quite an inspiration to me. Been following your blog for about a year now, but I didn’t de-lurk last time, so I thought I would this time around. Cheers, and happy new year!
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Greetings from Switzerland. I’m 23 and I study history at the University of Berne. I do some webdesign in my spare time.
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“Hello…my name is Dave and I’m a lurker…”
I did it! whew…
Thanks Veerle for your insights. I am a UX designer. I appreciate your tutorials—always simple to digest and easy to learn, and your insights on design.
I sometimes find it challening to push UX initiatives forward in a ‘big company’ setting, so I’m always looking for new ways to influence others and increase the awareness, importance and value of good design.
Thanks!
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Hi! I’m Mikkel, a freelance webdeveloper from Denmark. Just a bit north of you, you know.
I love every single post on your blog, and everytime I see, there’s a new one, I can’t wait to read it.
A thousand times thanks!
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Hello Veerle! I subscribe to your RSS feed, and originally found you while looking up clever ways to style good old data tables with CSS.
I’m a web designer from sunny and warm Los Angeles, California.
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Long time reader, first time poster :)
I’m a web designer in the lovely Great Plains of Canada.
Although I’m not a geek girl…I am married to beautiful geek girl who is my right hand woman when it comes to design.
I’ve recently been inspired to jump head first into the freelance market.
Here goes nothing…
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Hi Veerle and all others,
to be honest i have watched the lurking titles close lately, but they were dated 2005 and 2006… so now i have nowhere to go but the commentform.
Like all the others stated before me, i really enjoy your weblog. The jury still can’t deside whether looks or content get the prize, but it sure is going to a neck-and-neckrace (^_^)
About me: i dropped out of art school, got a job at this webdevelopment company for doing xhtml/css/design, have about 40 co-workers, and am privileged AND honored to fly all the way from Schiphol, NL over to Toronto, CAN next week to work at filemobile.com!
i therefore hereby promise, after i’ve moved i will register and not lurk.
Siep
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Whaa! It works Veerle. I’m reading your blog for a few months now, because a friend of mine (i-marco) linked to you.
I’m a 19-year old student in psychology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and just started a website, to put my photo’s on it, and blog about things like photography and psychology. I’m really interested in webdesign, made my first website which you can see on the link (I’m proud of it, because it’s the first one, but it’s really nothing compared to yours), and would really like to learn more about it. Reading blogs like yours is a good step, I think ;)
So, that’s me, delurking ;) Think it’s difficult to leave comments while I can’t really have a good opinion. Maybe that comes, some time later.
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Hi Veerle,
I’m a web designer and homeowner in Minnesota. Not only do I love your web design posts, but I’ve enjoyed your interior design posts as well…keep’m coming :)
-Rett
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Hi Veerle, Hi all,
fulltime space traveller, geek and nerd in sparetime.
Movin’ with the next timewarp again, so I’m off.
Cu.
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Jesper - journalist, communications professional & second rate webdesigner. Proud lurker since 6 months.
Keep coming back for the combination of webdesign & graphic design. Loved the grunge bruches too :-)
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Hi, I’m Rich. I’m a physicist turned software developer, and I’m acquiring an ever increasing respect for design and designers.
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Hi,
I’m Maciej, I’m webdeveloper (wannabe?).
greets for poland ;)
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Hi, I’m Victoria, a lurker from Ukraine. I am web designer and I’ve been reading you since the redesign of Berea Street.
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Hi!
My name is Stefan, I am a backend web developer living in Vancouver. I do some frontend design in my spare time. I love your site, beautiful design, and your tutorials are very easy to follow.
I really hope to attend your talk at WDN, however still need to find funding for the conference.
All the best in the new year!
Stefan
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With the fear of this comment getting lost, I am Aditya, and I’ve been reading this blog for about 3 months now. The look was what initially drew me in, as I like to design as a hobby.
I’m a Computer Science student, 1st year, and I think it’s an amazing place you got here :)
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I’m a web designer/developer from US. I’ve been following your blog since late 2005.
Your tutorials (especially on Illustrator) are excellent!
All the best for 2007!
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Another girl geek here. Always stopping by to check in on the latest and greatest. Love the tutorials!
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Lurking sucks ass
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Hi everyone ! (Veerle and the other lurkers)
I am Thierry, a French student who have a passion for web standards. I am trying to find my way to become a great Web Designer. ;-)
And you, Veerle, are one of my few sources which help me to improve my knowledge on Design and Illustrator.
Keep on writing this inspiring posts. :-)
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Hello, I’m Julie, a lurker and web/print designer and editor. Thanks for all your tips and tutorials! :)
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Hey Veerle (and all my other peeps out there).
I’m Rich…in name only unfortunately. I only discovered this site about a month or so ago and have been waiting anxiously for “De-Lurking Day 2007” for my first post/comment.
I am a software developer in Macon, Georgia and I have just begun to get an interest in CSS based design (as opposed to the table driven stuff I do everyday at my job). Perhaps a career in web design in my future? We shall see.
De-Lurking…done.
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Hi. I found your site through smashingmagazine.com. Congrats on making it to one of “The Top 7 Freshest Designs of 2006”. I really like the site by the way!
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Dag Veerle,
I’ve already wrote in a comment or two on your blog. I am only a beginning amateur, never aspiring to become a professional. Professionally, I am in the translation business.
Anyway, I like reading your posts even though they seem mostly written for the professional rather than the beginning webdesigner.
Keep up the good work!
Vlaamse groetjes.
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Hi Veerle! I’m a communications/creative director for a medium-sized church. I’m pretty sure I ended up here some time ago following a link from Cameron Moll’s blog, although I couldn’t say for sure.
I especially love the tutorials—they’re perfect for sharing with my team members (who unfortunately do not see the value in reading design blogs of any kind, alas :) Your step-by-steps are so clear that I don’t have to spend hours showing them what to do either. So thanks much!
On a personal note, I’m loving all the new home/design info. It’s one of my personal hobbies and my second-largest cash drain, right after books!
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I’m a web designer and coder. I work at (and founded) http://eight6.com and I blog at http://noeljackson.com (when I can.)
I love your blog, veerle.
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Hello…My name is Chris and I’m an aspiring freelance designer.
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Hi Veerle,
Looks like I’m the first (geek girl) to post from chilly Alaska (currently -18 F).
I really enjoy your illustrations and tutorials. I visit weekly (if not more) and appreciate all the info you post. I’ve been trying to convince my company to send me to Web Directions North - keep your fingers crossed for me!
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hi veerle!
ok, i admit it. ive been lurking for a year now! i am an in-house web designer. thank you for great tutorials and inspiring posts!
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Hi, stepping out of the shadows is Jussi, a freelance writer from Finland, with art design more as a hobby than anything else. Thanks for a great blog!
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Interesting article
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Love your site. I really enjoy your Illustrator tutorials. Keep them coming!
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Hi Veerle. I am a drummer from Mexico having to build web sites for a living. Now I am falling in love more and more about web design but there is a lot to learn, so I just read and try to be better than yesterday.
You are a great inspiration for me and my girlfriend (grafic designer), We both thank you for this excellent blog. bye bye.
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Hi, I’m Geoffrey, a 14 year old lurker from Scotland.
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I am one of those everday lurkers! I love your site and visit generally everyday. I have learned alot from your tutorials.
I am a 53 year old woman who absolutely loves computers. I am totally self taught and I am into design now.
Thanks so much for a great web resource!
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Hey… This is David the lurker, from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. I’m just a student right now, but I like web design and coding. Your blog is pretty cool, and I started reading it a couple months ago.
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I absolutely adore your blog and your hints, helps and artwork. I hope to one day be a proficient web designer, coder person of all trades!
I will also be traveling europe within the year and hope to meet belgium-ers as nice as you seem to be.
I will comment more, I super-duper promise.
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Howdy! I’m Nate Logan from the northwestern US and have commented here before. I’m not exactly sure what I am - a front-end or backend guy - but my current job at a local newspaper involves both. I’m definitely a coder, but even do the occasional “design”, although I use that term loosely. ;)
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Hi,
I’m Wolf Berwouts from Puurs, Belgium. I do read your blog frequently. This is my 3th message on this blog, the 3th de-lurking thread too :p.
GL
Grtz,
Wolf
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Hello, I’m Keven a student in Miami, Fl.
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I’ve been reading your blog for almost a year, so it’s high time I de-lurked! I’m a graphic designer/blogger/entrepreneur/mom from Portland, OR.
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I’m Matthias and I work as IT network professional. Also I love sites that uses W3C Web Standards.
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Wonderful site! Been coming here off and on for a year or so now. My compliments on the work you did at Berea Street as well.
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I am Arjan, an 18 years old student and webdeveloper from The Netherlands.
Keep on going like you do right now :)
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Ani, an Eastern European FEMALE, living and working as a web designer in Chicago.
I visit this website a little too often because I have it right in front on my Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar. I’m in love with this website—both beauty and content.
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Hi I’m Jamie from the Netherlands, I’m 17 years old and a amateur webdesigner and I’m pretty good at css and (x)html.
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Ahoy-hoy. I’m Tim and I’m a java developer from Poole in the UK.
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I am a web hobbyist (sometimes freelance web designer). Love the site!
<back into lurk mode>
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Hi Veerle! I’m Luca, lurking from lovely London, where I work in product development for a CMS.
Love your site, been reading it for about six months now via a feed aggregator, but every now and then I simply have to click through to the site because it is so beautiful and cleverly realised. Thank you.
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Hi Veerle, I’ve just added you to my feeds so I will be reading diligently from now on!
K
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hi hi
i only discovered your blog recently. i’m a web developer who also does his own graphics and stuff… i’d love to become a better designer, that’s for sure!
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I’m David Joyce. I’m currently a freelance standards compliant web designer who’s eager to make it his full time profession. Currently I’m programming my own blog.
I’d love to see some articles on what it took for you to start your own business the way you have. Sort of the History of duoh! That’d be fun!
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Hi I’m Matt.
I am a freelance designer / photographer.
I am now de-lurked ;)
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Hey Veerle! I’m reading your Blog for more than a year, but had never made comment…
I’m a Brazilian Graphic and Product Designer (Still Studing!), from São Paulo…
I’m also starting a blog, Dudu Figueireo’s
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Hi! I’m reading you regulary via RSS, looking forward to new great posts :)
Greetings from Croatia ;)
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Didn’t officially de-lurk last year, but I do leave opinions here and there. Figured I’d use this opportunity to say I’m a new graphic designer (FEMALE) in the small but growing (state capitol) city of Harrisburg, PA. I find all the information on this blog very inspiring and look forward to each post and the opinions of others! Thanks!
rock on…
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Hi! I’m Jennifer. I’m a Director of Product Design for a company that makes online advocacy easy. I do a lot of user experience design and some graphic design and xhtml/css. I visit your site to read the tutorials and get some awesome wallpaper to beautify my screen. Thank you for being such a breath of fresh design air. :)
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hi
i’m guilherme machiavelli, a brazilian lurker for several months now. i study journalism, but work mostly with webdesign (and a little with graphic design and photography).
really like your blog and admire your work. u r an inspiration for a professional designer wannabe like me =)
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Hello, my name is Paul and I am from Scotland. And now I have De-Lurked. It really was not as terrifying as I had first imagined.
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Alex, front-end developer from Bruges, Belgium.
Been visiting your site for quite some time. There’s always something interesting to read.
I think you’re going to break your previous de-lurking record.
Gook luck in Canada and be careful when you go skiing.
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My name is Melissa from Boston, Massachusetts and I really enjoy coming and reading your blog. I especially am fond of your tutorials. You are definately a source of inspiration!
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Hey there. My name is Ben and I am an amateur graphic designer, hopefully in a couple of years going to study at University and later in life (hopefully not too much later :P )become a freelance graphic designer.
Your site is truly an inspiration and a great help when it comes to designing for my own website!
Over and out ;)
-Lurking capabilities back up-
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Hi, I’m Maj, I’m a big lurker from Argentina.
I’ve been reading you blog for more than a year now. I missed the last de-lurking day, sorry, but I’m not a big commenter :P
However I Love you blog, I follow all your tutorials and love your designs.
I’m a web designer wannabe for now…
Enchantée!
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I just remembered that the reason I have never commented is that I have nothing to say.
Keep up the good work though!!!
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I’m a graphic designer (and freelance web designer) working in Sydney Australia on a couple of children’s magazines amongst other things. Moving the Christchurch NZ in a few months for a change of scenery.
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I’ve got your feed in newsgator. I love your tutorials. They are pretty easy to follow, and I’ve learnt a few things from them.
Keep up the good work. :D
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Hi, I’m Marsha. My husband is in the Air Force which is why I am in Japan. We will be in Mississippi in April. I am a college student and stay at home mom, I enjoy web design and coding, leaning toward coding. I take classes and practice on my own in between traveling around the world and taking care of my kids. Love your site.
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Göran, Gothenburg, Sweden: swim-coach and webmaster for the team site….
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Hi
My name is Victoria and I’m a MultiMedia Engineer from Sweden.
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Has it already been a year? Man, time flies.
I am a PHP hobbiest and am currently in Florida. Like Marsha, I am an Air Force spouse and a stay at home dad.
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Love your tutorials and would love to see more this year. I also fell in love with your blog redesign when it was introduced. (Yeah, I’m probably a little late to the party on that one, but better late than never.)
I’m a 2nd year medical student in Washington, DC who has dabbled in web design, programming, etc.
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yo, it’s Kuba de-lurking from Sopot, Poland, web designer, xhtml/css/php coder, music producer. I really like this blog and appreciate your skills, I hope you’ll add some new ps tutorials. I’m often silent when it comes to commenting because I really think that it’s good to say some smart and new stuff rather than just saying sh*t. don’t give up you have many readers here. peace!
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hi, im nico i just start to work as freelance webdesigner in berlin.
love your site style and tutorials!
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I’m Ben: a freelance (emphasis on free) musician and graphic designer who works by day (for pay) as an office manager for Union College’s (a liberal arts college in Lincoln, NE) disability services office, will soon be entering grad school to pursue a MA in creative writing.
But enough about me. On to the next lurker.
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I’m Alex, web developer and implementer in Brisbane Australia -love your (incredible) work! :-D
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Hi, Pamela here, a web designer from Melbourne, Australia. I started reading this site over a year ago when living in Amsterdam but I guess I missed the last de-lurking day. I love reading about your new house (I also love Belgium) and enjoy the Illustrator tutorials.
This is the first time I’ve had anything to say :D
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Hi sweetly. In fact I call you that for the designs you make. I love them, I wanna eat them :) At the moment my desktop is with the Merry Christmas of yours :)
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Hi, I’m William. Ameteur designer.
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Austin, 13 year old web designer in training. I’m also trying to learn how to use Illustrator. Thanks for the great content.
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I’m a PhD student and mac fan living in Leuven. Wound up here by accident and found an interesting mix of articles, art and style. Grabbed your RSS feed, and here we are!
groetjes
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Hi, this is Mike checking in from Yogyakarta Indonesia. Web designer and college student. I’m a big fan of your Illustrator tutorials. :D
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Wow, I had no idea there was an actual term for bloggers who simply peruse but don’t comment. I’ve been guilty of that in some instances. My name is Jorge, I’m a Print Designer and avid photographer residing in New York.
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Filip, Leuven (Belgium), PHP-developer en webdesigner, internet-freak, following your blog since the last 3 years somewhat.
Got some delurking last year and did a comment of two/three I guess.
Greetz, keep up the blogging
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Hi, I’m Ezekiel Bruni. I’m a 17 yr old Canadain web designer living in Mexico.
Found your blog via Paul Haine’s site a while ago.
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Veerle, your blog has been such a great resource. Thanks for all the time you devote to it. (I’m a tech writer for Sonic/Roxio.)
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Cheerios!
I’m Henry, designer / illustrator from Singapore. Been coming here for all the great tutorials and articles.
Enjoy the new year!
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Ben, high school student happily on his way to a career in computer science :)
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Jared, Senior Engineer living in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Your blog has great things!
I am Louise, I have been doing web design since 1996, and at the moment I work for a large government department doing assorted web design and graphic design tasks.
I also design and make jewellery (goldsmithing) and design and sew clothes and accessories, play lots of musical instruments, and like to do lots of creative things all the time!
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Hey, I’m Scott. I’m still in high school, but I’ve been graphic designing for about 6 years. I stumbled upon this site when it got digged. It was really slow at the time, but your site looked interesting so I bookmarked it for later. Big fan of your tutorials. Nice work!
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Hi there,
Occaisionally swing by.. really love the design of the site.
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Hi Veerle—
Guilty as charged…lurking on here for the last month or so. Found your blog over the holiday season while I had some time at home. I’m a VP / Associate Creative Director for a design and marketing studio in San Antonio, Texas. Love the blog and especially the tutorials you offer from time to time. Also REALLY enjoyed your take on speculative work and why it’s complete CRAP. :)
Best regards!
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Hi I’m Sam, a university student, also a freelance web developer. Residing in Calgary, AB Canada.
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I am Binny V A - Web Developer on the LAMP Platform.
I see some great content on this site - the only complaint I have is about the frequency - please write more frequently :-).
Thanks.
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Hi I’m Steph,
Love the blog. Keep it up, you’ve almost convinced me to start me own, but I can’t write enough content to deserve a blog let alone deLurk more than once a year. Actually I’ll try and write more often.
Prod.Artist/Designer/StudioGeek/ in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Photoshop is my brain/life.
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Hi Veerle, love your site. OK, I resisted the urge to de-lurk last year but the peer pressure is too much. I am a graphic designer living in NC. Wow, that feels better. Hope it was good for you.
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Hi Veerle, I actually just left a comment on a recent article. I am a web developer, at a small web development company in Canada. I wish I could come see you and all the other talented speakers at Web Directions North, but am unable to. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us all!
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I de-lurked last year, and I’m happy to repeat.
I loved your redesign and your articles (Photoshop & Ilustrator tips are my faves). I’m a Basque developer and bit of a designer, currently working in Australia.
Keep up the great work!
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Hi my name is Jen and I’m a geek girl. I’m also a freelance web designer.
You can see your recent Illustrator tutorial in action at my website.
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Hi Veerle, I love how inspirational and informative your blog is.
I’m Verna. I’m a digital scrapbooker and just now getting my feet wet into the world of graphic design.
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Howdy there.
I’m Adrian. I’m kinda a web developer / designer in my free time - I go to school full time in Pennsylvania.
I enjoy rock climbing and the outdoors.
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Hi, just passing by this weblog every now and then.
I’m not a webdeveloper or a designer, actually work in urban development. And I wonder what your Flemmish accent sounds like :)
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Hi Veerle,
I am Mahesh “Vyoma”. I am an amature designer/amature artist/amature guitarist. (I do not know when I will get that amature tag off one of them. :P)
Just came across your blog when I was looking out for things on Vector Art. Been dabbling with Inkscape for about a month now.
-Vyoma
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Hey,
I’m a web designer/developer. I discovered your site about a year ago and pop in from time to time. Your work is great a good source of inspiration. Thanks for feeding my eyes.
Kind regards from NZ
Jon
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Hey, I’m Chad from the States, web designer. I’ve learned so much more about Illustrator from you and for that I am very grateful. :)
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Hi, Veerle!...
My name is Lucian Lature, I’m from Romania, web developer and sometimes designer. I’m reading your posts regularly from more than a year, but I’m also very shy…:) Your articles are great and I’m still learning from you, so keep on posting, because I really love my job.
Cheers,
Lucian
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Not that I’m a real pureblood lurker (I’ve posted like two comments) but I thought to say Hi anyway.
I’m Bart from the Netherlands, a very big and important country in the world of today. You almost can’t miss it, it covers half of Europe :-P Currently eighteen years old, hobbyist webdesigner (and a little developing too) and a student in real life. (Have you read my e-mail by the way?)
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Hi I’m Daniel.
Webdeveloper(-designer) and Student.
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hi, this is nick from bulgaria :)
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I don’t know if I delurked last year but i did it two years ago, and I’m still lurking from France.
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Michael, former web designer, and former graphic artist.
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Hi.
Leif. Web Designer. Currently living (& lurking) on Vancouver Island. Building web sites for the Real Estate Industry.
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Hello, I really like your site—the design, the varied content—it really shows how dedicated a designer you are. Me, I’m sort of a “design drifter”, dabbling in different projects from time to time. I wish I was more driven, like you, to pursue this full-time.
I actually enjoy your digital illustration entries most; they inspire me. There’s always so much to learn when it comes to design (and life, in general). The piece you did where you took a picture of your workstation almost drove me to splurge on a Dell 24” flat-panel. It’d be nice to have, but I don’t really need it.
So, here’s to wishing you all the best and a 2007 full of true happiness, inner peace, and being surrounded by love at every waking moment—after all, isn’t that what success is (or should be) based on?
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Hi, Veerle!
I’m just came from Roger’s de-lurking post and just wanted to… well, de-lurk.
I’ve been reading your blog since your v2-relaunch and really like your way of styling (particularly your choice of colors - I wish I could do that…).
And that would be the end of my comment, since I have nothing more to add but this: all the best for 2007!
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Christina, professionell Webdesigner from Germany.
Hi Veerle, thank you for all your good tipps and tricks. ^_^
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Hi,
I’m Sebbe and I’m a student corporate communications. I’ve been reading your blog for only a couple of weeks now, but I’m a loyal fan now!
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Officially De-Lurked.
I’m a GUI designer (Graphic/Motion Designer in a past life) and have been visiting here regulary since about a year from here in Germany (Although I’m actually a Kiwi). Cheers for the topics and props for the inspiring design site here, lots of good ideas in a powerful visual design package. Nicely done Veerle.
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Wow, I am a bit late! My names Taahir and I’m a Designer from Cape Town, S.A. I definitely am not a Lurker and fully support de-lurking , now if there was only a way to promote it all the time!?
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Hi Veerle, professionally I’m a developer, but I have always loved the visual side of things. So I tend to love your tricks of the trade posts.
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Hi Veerle, I’m Tommaso, Web Designer from Florence, Italy.
I’m reading your articles since your last redesign ;)
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I’m a Singaporean Chinese and I’m a student. I’d love to be a web developer/designer or both, even though I know next to nothing. :D
Hope 2007 will be great for everyone.
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Hi—I’m an Information Architect / User Experience Designer in London.
Good idea, delurking—what an amazing mix of people you’ve got here.
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I’m a web designer / developer from the UK. Love your articles (especaiily the recent pieces on design in the home/kitchen etc…)
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Still regular lurker, but not too often feeling the urge to add to the already posted comments. Most times all my opinions have been expressed by others.
Nevertheless, this site is still a big inspiration for me, especially now with the artist profile, which led me to some very interesting graphics.
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Michel from germany. Student, blogger, webdesign fascinated ;)
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Hi, I study economics in Gent (Belgium), and I love your blog!
It gave me a lot of inspiration in making www.scoutseeklo.be
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
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Matthias, Germany, pioneering lurker!
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Hi! I’m back for the delurking day ! All the best from Salzburg, Austria
www.webdesignetc.de
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Hello I’m from the beautiful caribbean island of Trinidad. I’m a student in graphic design, lurker and admirer of your work.
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Hi, i’m Massimo from Bologna (Italy) and I love your art and your tutorials
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Hi, Gerry from the UK.
A new year and time to de-lurk! Sure I did this last year??!!
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31 Year old developer in Lahti, Finland.
Thanks!
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Hi, I’m Hanske from the Netherlands.
I’m deaf woman and at this moment I’m amateur webdesigner. This year I want to become a professional webdesigner. And I ‘m student of communication & multimediadesign.
Greetings
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I’m Stu, Web guy from England. Hello.
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Hi Veerle, my name is Johan and I live and work in Malmö, Sweden.
Keep up the good work! :)
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What - another delurking post? If I must (just to jump on the bandwagon).
I’m Si, web developer, DJ and fellow Hed Kandi lover. I’m sure I’ve delurked in the past on your blog but what the hey!
I love to keep tabs on your blog as its great to see someone who focuses on the core methods of design as well as Web-based. It makes a refreshing change to see a female point of view too - blokes are too stuck in their ways when it comes to design and what they think looks good.
Just keep up the regular good posts (and include some cute little character graphics where possible - that’s what made me post here in the first place!)
Do I win anything for that? ;)
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Hey Veerle!
I am Kisan, designer from India…
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Fabio from Italy. Rock on!
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Well, I’ve posted here before once or twice, but I guess it can’t hurt to contribute. :) I’m Sander, a professional web developer (mostly backend, although the frontend holds my real interest, especially in web apps and the interaction with) living in the Netherlands again, after having travelled through Australia and New Zealand for over two years. (Being one of the rare lucky people who managed to break even while backpacking - sometimes it’s good having marketable skills.) :) Besides travelling (any opportunity: will be at web directions north as much for the learning as for the being in a city I haven’t explored yet), I like photography (still marvelling at being actually quite okay at a creative endeavour like that), reading (intelligent science fiction, mostly), listening to good music and attending concerts (anything ecto), doing Mozilla QA (incurable, they say) ;) and just generally keeping up with the web.
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Hi, I’m Marcus, from Santa Maria, in the south of Brazil. I’m a graphic and web designer… and… that’s all… I like your blog very much, very nice job, congrats.
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Hello Veerle
I’m a web developer who is hopeless at design :(
I enjoy your writing style and you do some great articles, keep it up!
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Hi there
I’m a graphic designer from Hamburg / germany
and search for a new future..
i wish everyone a
happy delurky day
dan
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Hi Veerle
First time poster, long time fan/reader.
Keep up the good work and more on home furnishings/design please!
I checked out your article with Bruno and reckon you might like what we’re doing over at cosmicdisco.co.uk
All things Balearic.
:)
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Hi, I’m Steven and started designing websites for our clients about three years ago.
I’ve stumbled upon your blog about a year ago and have been following it ever since.
Great tutorials and a lot of insigths in webdesign.
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Hi there,
I am not a lurker, I am just a Dutch girl reading your blog :) I only recently discovered your blog and I am glad I did, because I am trying to understand webdesign and stuff. Thanks for all the great info and inspiration. Keep up the good work!
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Hai, I am kanika working as a Visual designer.
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Hi, my name is Maurice Svay and I’m webdesigner.
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Hi Veerle, I must admit I am a chronic lurker and often feel I do not have much to add to most posts. I do join in from time to time though. I am a head of creative and UI designer based in the UK and love reading your ever interesting blog. Thanks for taking the time and effort to inform and inspire the rest of us!
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Hey there I am Jennifer and a coder/web designer!
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Hello,
I’m Lurker Number 350 and a really big fan of this site. Thanks for all the fun/inspiration/information. Veerle, you are the savior in my toast. Sorry, I don’t comment much…just shy I guess ;)
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Hi there,
my Name is Marco Philipeit and I’m a german pupil who is very interested in design, webstandards and coding.
As I’m already writing here, I want to say “thanks” for your great posts and blog. Keep it up!
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*waves*
I’m a programmer. I’m loathe to label myself any more specifically than that; much of the code I write just happens to have to do with the web in one way or another. I’m not visually creative enough to really do any graphic design, to my occasional chagrin, but I do have a strong interest in typography some sense for it. I have a keen sense for interface mechanics, but more in the classical desktop app sense; in-browser interfaces are comparatively quite limited and limiting, and I find my lack of designer skills to be a serious impediment in this area.
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Hi there,
I’m a ‘Design Engineer’ in the UK, just started designing mobile phone interfaces but originally a web designer.
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Hi,
I am Shahrier. I am from Bangladesh but I study in Finland in Media Engineering. I have been following your blog from much earlier than the Re-Design (to be precise, since ‘Template from beginning to end’ series was published).
I am on my way to become a web developer. I consider myself as 75% coder, 15% designer and the rest, Web Standard enthusiast.
Your blog have been a good source for my inspiration.
Thankyou for that.
I wish you all the best.
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Hi I’m Chris, a 28 year old Web Designer from Scotland.
Hi to all here de-lurking
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Ahem, so I must take off my invisible cloak and introduce myself then? Well, my identity is a little confused right now… I am a web designer + coder based in London, and a non-practising fine artist. I give you my personal blog link which, if you dig around long enough, throws up my company website and my artist portfolio!
I keep tripping over your blog one way or another and now i’m back again because i’ve just started a) working with Expression Engine and b) trying to get my head around RSS feeds(publishing). Your blog is very stylish and and inspiration to me.
Happy new year.
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Another Peter
Dutch,earning his bread in Logistics,thinking of an career change as webdesigner/developer,but that could also be a developing midlife-crisis…
Thanks Veerle,you’re an inspiration.You “sold” me Expression Engine,and your tuts are a great help.
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Hola, I’m Nick, a 23 year old freelance (web)designer / Media Design student from The Netherlands.
Somehow got here reading CSS articles a while back i think.. Bookmarked right away! :)
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Hi Veerle!
I’m an Interaction Designer out of NYC working for an awesome company called R/GA (rga.com). Love your site, your tutorials/articles and YOU. haha jk
I’m also COMMENT #358. WoOT WoOT!
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Hi Veerle,
I’m a software architect working for a small company called BoxTone (http://www.boxtone.com). I love your tutorials, they are great! Keep them coming!!!!
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hi veerle!
I’m Lorenz, an Interaction Designer, from Austria.
Yup, right…hehe…posting comments to your posts is definitely not my strength ;-) but I’ll try to change that!
PS: I love your blog, it’s visually and content-wise so appealing!!!
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Wow, that’s a lot of comments. :)
Name as seen above, and I’ve been coming to your site for a while now. Don’t remember where I found it, but now I come here regularly to see what else you find it in your heart to help us lower standing beings with. ;)
Oh, and I’m using and loving one of your desktop backgrounds. I even love it so much I had to de-clutter my deskop so I can see all of it. :D
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Hey there!
It’s awesome how many de-lurking there is so it would be a shame if I didn’t de-lurk too. I’m Eric, 18 years and living in the middle of Sweden. Currently I’m a student and a web designer on my spare time. I really like your blog, keep it up!!
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That what all the others have said :P
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Hi Veerle,
Hope I’m not to late to stop lurking ;-)
Your work is a great source of inspiration! I especially love the emphasis on colors & standards ...
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I’m a graphic/web designer & teacher in webdesign, motion graphics and video and I live in Ghent, Belgium.
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You are so right :-) I am one of those people, but in most cases I just look for answers to questions. When I find them I don’t comment that, but maybe I should.
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Stumbled across your site whilst learning about CSS/XHTML/PHP/MYSQL etc etc.
Great resource, great design and interesting articles!
Regards
Chris
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Okay, okay, I’ve been here countless times to this pretty site and have never said a word.
Hello! I’m a web application developer from the States. I was going to wait until I had a site up but so be it.
De-lurked!
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Hey Veerle,
I’m Martin, a 31 year old freelance web/designer from Brno, Czech republic.
I really love your blog & enjoy all your articles :)
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Hello Veerle,
From Hawaii I come here to find graphical inspiration.
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Garrett Dimon. Dallas, TX. Loyally visiting for a couple of years now.
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Not necessarily a lurker, but don’t comment all that often (on any blog)...
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So I am de-lurking ;) and I am a Newbie. Im in the process of taking classes for graphic/web design. Im in the process of sketching out ideas for my own blog..I love the look here its awesome and the CSS links are so useful…I’ll try not to be such a lurker in the future ;)
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Hi
People from Fiji Islands or Indonesia make my shy away;-)
I’m living in South-West of France (Albi). I’m a designer and newly graphic software trainer.
Thank you Veerle for all your online work.
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here I am :)
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Software developer during the day, amateur photograph at night. New to your blog and liking it. Happy new year!
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Hi, I’m an off-and-on visitor to your site. I live in Switzerland. I’m female and a physicist, so check on geek grrl! :=) I love good design, and sometimes I wonder if I should have chosen differently for my career.
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Wow there sure are alot of us! :) Love the blog, I’ve learned alot of great tips and tricks that have helped me in the designing process! Thanks for sharing!
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I am a Maths teacher living in Manchester, UK and enjoy web design as a hobby.
Learning to program Ruby at the moment and also playing with Ruby on Rails (both great fun!)
I have been lurking on your blog for about a year and a half now, so thought it was about time to ‘come out’.
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Hi, I’m a 23 yr old student in my last year in Computer Engineering. Been lurking around for a little over a year (think I delurked last year also). Always have to support the fellow geek girls!
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Hi, im a developer/designer in canada, who has now be de-lurked. been in industry for about 6 years now (yeeesshh). i love this site!
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<waves hi>
We’ve had blistering cold winter winds this season. Normally Vancouver is very mild, but this winter, ... who knows! :) Better check the weather a few days before you fly out here.
I’m a geek gal (yay!) newbie web developer/designer. I never learned how to use tables as when I first started to learn all this I went straight to xhtml/css. I’m about 1 year old. :)
Thanks for your inspiring website and Happy New Year!
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Hi. I’m Becky. Full-time mom. When-I-have-the-time graphic designer. Hope to have a blog by the end of the year.
Like your sense of style. My creative juices are temporarily stalled. Screaming kids might have something to do with it. I’m hoping if I view the site enough, yours will permeate my brain.
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My name is Ruairi. I’m a compulsive lurker.
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Hi, I keep up with your bloglines. I’m an architecture student and enjoy reading about multiple aspects of design. Your recent articles on your new home design has been interesting, but most of all I like your graphics tips. Thanks!
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I didn’t de-lurk last year, so I thought I better do it this year. Call it a New Year resolution. I’m a Webgal from Oregon.
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Hey, I’m Rachel (yea girl power!). I’m a new media student in San Francisco, CA :)
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I have been privledged to see not only online de-lurking today, but de-lurking in the offline world as well. People complementing strangers, out of the blue, in public, in broad daylight! I even struck up a conversation with a gentleman in the middle of the Granville Street Bridge. What fun!
Congratulations to all you de-lurked individuals. You made this de-lurking day a smashing success.
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Hi there! I’m Jon, and I’ve been a Web Developer for 10+ years (pre-bubble worker and still going strong!). I also play in the design and marketing worlds when not up to my eyeballs in PHP or CSS.
Let’s see… I’m an Aries who married a Taurus, the father of 3 boys (5, 2, and 7mo.), I live about an hour (via ferry) West of Seattle, and in my spare time (LOL) I play guitar and World of Warcraft, though not necessarily together. I also enjoy the use of parentheses when detailing my life to complete strangers (can you tell?).
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Really enjoy the blog. Your request got a comment out of me and it looks like a few others as well.
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i think we’re all lurkers sometimes.
my name’s sean duran and i’m a film student from southern california. i’ve always had some interest in graphic design. i’m also a photographer, so knowing all the tricks helps in the editing process.
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Posting after #390 is in place, we have a new record! Well done, de-lurkers :)
My email signature says I’m a Senior Web Systems Developer which means I work in a small web development team for the Australian division of a big insurance broker.
I always love your graphics tutorials although your unique perspective on the world is what keeps bringing me back.
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I’m Susan, a web designer in California. I’m redesigning my site and came to yours via digg.com. I appreciate your Illustrator tutorials, it’s an application I’ve been uisng for years but not enough to master. Very helpful for learning some essential tricks!
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Frequent visitor (via RSS), first time commenter.
I have business cards that say IT Manager, Project Manager, and Internet Development… and yet I still tell people I’m a Graphic Designer. Go figure.
I enjoy the content you provide. Thanks!
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Web designer in the education field and teacher of web design in central Illinois. You site is awesome resource for students.
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Woah, 396 already!
I don’t know if I count as a lurker, I’ve commented a couple of times.
I wish I was a designer ;) I’m actually a science student. I’ve been learning more by playing with The GIMP and Inkscape (can’t afford Adobe since it would only be for fun at this point). I love web design. I remake my own site every so often and help people with CSS when they ask.
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Paul from Tucson, Arizona, USA. I just stumbled onto your blog a couple days ago, been reading all your hints and tips. Great site!
I am a wannabe designer, both for print and web, and I have a small amount of web coding under my belt. I aim to combine these someday, possibly even start a full-fledged company.
Long winded! I usually lurk, but I’m trying not to be so shy.
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Hello Veerle, I’m Daynah and I’m a web programmer. And I think you have an amazing talent for web designing and art. Your knowledge and sense of style keeps bringing me back. :)
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Hello my name is Martin, I am de-lurking from Rotorua, New Zealand.
I read your blog because of the topics that you write about, mainly Expression Engine, Web Standards and CSS.
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Hi Veerle,
I have to tell you that this is one of my favourite web sites. Thanks for it.
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Hi, i am Sibran, form Belgium, working as multimedia developper for i-merge Leuven.
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I’m Tjarko and I have my own development company named Carlos Gallupa. I’ve been programming xhtml/css in combination with backend Coldfusion systems for over 10 years now.
This site is a great resource for css issues… thanks for that!!
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Hi,
this is Christian from Düsseldorf (Germany). I’m working for Sun as a presales guy (aka table dancer), focusing on portals and related stuff.
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Hi! Ruggero from Groningen, webmaster of the Wings-ESN site. I love your design style!
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Hi, Veerle.
I’m A.J., from Manassas, Virginia (about 23 miles west of Washington D.C.)
I’m a records clerk for a local airline; by night I’m a budding actor….and student of Multimedia/ Web Design.
Is your “Say Thanks” list of books from Amazon up to date? If I purchase something, can I be sure you don’t already have it?
Thanks for the news, instruction, and inspiration you provide here.
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I’m a web developer in West Springfield, MA USA. (And a girl…) I’m delurking for the first time.
I love that you added interior design to your site! Excellent content!
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Hi! Studying advertising and working as a freelance graphic/web designer. Found our blog few weeks ago. Great stuff!
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Been lurking on here for sometime now, always interesting to see what people have to say about your blog, both on here and throughout the net.
Been working with the net for over 10 years and run my own freelance company with some great clients in the UK.
Other than that its time i de-lurked!
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hi, i’m a web-designer/css-girl-geek and I’ve been following your blog for about a year. I love your design and illustration style. you are an inspiration - keep it up!
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Greetings from St. Paul, Minnesota, a chilly, quiet, little city on the eastern edge of the Northern Plains in the continental US. I’m a freelance writer and an ardent admirer of great graphic design. Your portfolio is lovely.
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Hi Veerle,
It’s Emanuel from Pula, Croatia.
This is one great blog and I really like to read the articles.
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Hey Veerle!
It’s Taz from Manchester, England.
I have been reading your blog for some time now and I think it’s great. I am a web designer with a huge interest in vector illustrations.
Keep up the good work!
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Hi,
My name is Shaun Kelly I’m a web designer working in Seattle Wa for PopCap Games. I’m not going to make it to Web Directions North :( but maybe I can catch you and your next event. Keep up the great work! Thanks!
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Hi,
I am a web designer working for a small shop in extreme Northern California.
I really enjoy your blog and your illustrator tips and tricks.
Thanks for blogging.
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Hi Veerle,
My name is Hannes, I’m From Zwevegem near Kortrijk (Belgium). I’m a web-designer for Nuance.
I’ve been lurking here about a year and a half now. Your blog is really amazing. Great design, interesting topics and very nice tutorials.
Thank you for the inspiration and ideas.
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Hi, I’m a webdeveloper and studying computer science in Belgium.
Great blog by the way!
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Hey, I’m Allison, and I definitely do not belong here seeing as I’m just a 14-year-old studying CSS and PHP for fun, completely clueless about design and all! I’ve been sneaking around here for a while, though, and I definitely enjoy it all and hope to move beyond fansites and the GIMP sometime. =)
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I think I de-lurked once before when you posted about CSSEdit (a great program). I usually drop by in hope to see another post about EE. :)
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Greetings from Seattle! I’m Sara. I’m a web designer that used to pride herself in her ability with complex tables. I guess that skill is obsolete now. I’ve been working in a group that doesn’t require me to build out my designs and everything has changed since I started with them. Your blog is helping me make the transition to CSS layout. I stumbled on your site when I was looking at a handsome color palette that you posted on another site. Thanks for all your great tips!
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Hi Veerle!
This is my first de-lurking ;)
I am a freelance web developer from Slovakia. I’ve been a regular reader of your blog since a year or so. Let me congratulate to your blog, it’s great ;).
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I’m a student @ grand valley state university) I’m also currently working @ a software consulting firm, also I take up the occasional freelance job.
I’ve been lurking for about 6 months now. I must say your tips and designing methods challenge my own limitations of my designing “comfort zone”
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Dag Veerle
Deze keer wél een teken van leven, vanuit het exotische Gent. Blijf maar brengen wat je al jaren brengt: good stuff. Merci.
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I’m a web designer/programmer in Sunny California.
I enjoy your design-related posts the most, thanks the work your put into your site!
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I came out last year, so here I am again, a year later.
I’m from Salt Lake City a web designer/developer.
I really enjoy your blog!
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Hi Veerle!
I’m Peter, a designer in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Hi!
Good stuff.
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I’ve been a reader of your blog for the past seven or so months. Probably never commented because your posts are well-rounded enough that don’t leave anything to say.
I’m not a designer per-se, but I do work with a few designers at my company; I just criticize.
Well, I guess here’s an attempt to de-lurk Veerle’s blog. Sorry for being this late.
Great job Veerle.
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Thanks for the encouragement to de-lurk.
You write a wonderful blog that’s been helpful to me on countless occassions. It can be awfully intimidating posting comments on such a quality site.
So thanks for the invite to comment and for all the help your blog has provided.
All the best in 2007!
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Hi Veerle,
I’m an IT student and I find your “Links” section very helpful and carefully put together. Wish you would update it sometimes. All the best with your projects!
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Hey! I’m Lena, and I’m just a young wannabe-web-designer. I’m not that great in coding and such, but i want to learn. I have already learned a lot of things just by visiting this site daily.
This is such a great idea. It really attracts those hidden visitors. I hope you’ll have fun here in Canada Veerle! Thank you for inspiring me, Veerle. <3
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Hi Veerle, my name is Carina and I have been reading your blog for a year. I love CSS.
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Hey there, fellow female designer here! I’m a web designer/photographer from dallas, texas. I found your site while doing a search for something and i liked what you had to say, plus i was excited to find another female designer in a world full of boys.
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Hi Verlee!
I am a webdesigner based in Mexico City.
I studied in the UK for 2 years, where I discovered web standards and CSS.
(hardly known in my country, by the way)
Great blog! You give us girls a great model to follow.
Once I finish my website, would like to have your opinion.
My best wishes and big hug from this side of the world.
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I have actually never before commented on a blog, though I have about 20 blogs marked in my favorites. This is a big step for me!
I am an aspiring web / graphic designer with a love for typography and web standards. Currently I am studying web and graphic design at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho.
Thanks for all your work. I particularly like your Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials.
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Hi, Veerle. I’ve not commented in a long while.
Happy 2007, and congratulations on your new home. I love the design. I’d expect nothing less from you.
:)
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Hi Veerle,
I’ve been waiting for this de-lurk day for almost a year now.
I can’t remember when or how I stumbled over your site, but I’m very glad that I did. I enjoy every bit of it, right from the tutorials to the graphics to the new stuff about home design! Its all great!
My name is Bron and I’m a web developer at a financial institution in Australia. I haven’t been in this role for a long time, but I find your sites/designs/graphics very inspiring.
Go girl power!!! :-)
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Hola Chica! Your site is a MUST SEE as far as I am concerned - I have turned other designers onto your site for tutorials and general good advice from Ms. Veerle herself! Was going to make it to Canada, but my truck needed work which took my $$$ for the trip. :( I was looking forward to taking a pic with you.
Keep up the good work!
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I love the site. Heck, we were inspired by you at a corporate site I work on.
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I’m Erlend - boing!
Belgian webdeveloper
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Hi Veerle,
I’m currently an SAP-consultant but soon-to-be college teacher & freelance webdesigner from Belgium.
Keep it up here en veel succes !
442
Hallo! Thank you for your blog Veerle.
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Hi, i’m webdesigner from czech republic ;)
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Oh lawd, de-lurking time again.
I’m Bruno, avid reader, freelance webdesigner and fan of your design.
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Thank you for your wonderful site.
I work in TV & Film Production
in Los Angeles Ca
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Hola. Yo visito tu weblog, ante todo, cuando hay esos pequeños tutoriales de Illustrator y Photoshop.
Trabajo como diseñador gráfico en una agencia de publicidad acá en Buenos Aires.
Saludos y buen año. =)
447
Officially de-lurking. Am a designer from England currently disappearing underwater.
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Hi, I’m a Norwegian (living in the USA) software developer/architect always on the lookout for good design.
449
Hello there,
I’m a student Communication & MultiMedia Design. Always looking for faster en better ways for design. Love to come here! Sometimes I’m wondering how you made things! I try and I try again till my time is up.
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Jens, Java developer / Software hacker out of Stockholm, Sweden saying Hi!!
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Web developer from Huddersfield, England. Here to say hi :)
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Hi there!
I’m a Photographer and Print Designer who’s recently been forced to make a couple of websites for clients… I like to take whatever I do seriously and so, discovered this wonderful world of CSS based designing…
I came over to your blog recently from a post on Jason Santa Maria’s blog, which I got to know about from Andy Clarke’s website which I came to know about from a friggin’ tutorial on CSS…
Well, finding this blog is an added pleasure to learning CSS… been here only a short while so i’m not officially a lurker though that’s probably where i’m headed…
;) Lots of eye candy here!
Warm Regards,
Susheel
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Hi Veerle, love your site, I visit often. I am trying to learn CSS as all my fave sites have it.
Was given a couple of books about it for Christmas, so I’m getting there…
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Hi! (to all of us) :)
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Hey, I’m still a student. I love drawing and everything related to design.
Keep up the good work,
B.
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Hey, it’s Raf here from Beirut, Lebanon. It’s my second time that I contribute to your de-lurking invitation, and I love DELURKING DAY :)... I’m a web developer, who volunteers in my spare time to update and maintain 2 websites. I’ve loved your tutorials on CSS and your Illustrator videos.
457
Hi Veerle
Justine here, ex kinda-Belgian, now living in New Zealand, running my own user experience consultancy.
I signed up to your feed because of the girl-geek-Belgian connection…
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Hi Veerle, I’m Angela, web designer, small business owner from Colorado, USA.
I really enjoy visiting your site for it’s immense beauty and wonderful tips. I especially liked your interview with Jan Van Boghout on CSSEdit which I use daily and your post on The new Adobe branding. Thanks for the great link resource too.
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Hi. I’m Jared from Reston, VA. I just started earning a paycheck as a web designer!
460
Hi Veerle, I’m a web designer and information architect from Boston, MA. Thanks for all of the excellent tips and tricks - the illustrator and photoshop howto’s are my favorite.
Please keep up the good work.
461
Hi! Love your blog’s design!
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Hi, I’m a guy from Czech Republic. Hello to all De-Lurking people.
463
Hi Veerle, I am a web and windows programmer living near Santa Cruz, California. I love all of your articles, technical and home stuff alike. I am still hoping that you are secretly writing a book - maybe in conjuction with CS3??? I wait with bated breath…
464
Salut! Geeky female power here :) Belgian like you, working in Washington DC. I do web/graphic design at my job and now I am slowly moving into freelance. Your blog is always very interesting, plus we share a taste for lounge music.
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my first comment. i’m a newbie designer and just looking around…
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Hey Veerle! Stumbled upon your site and its now become my main CSS resource! But glad to know another female geek exists out there, represent! I’m just a recent graduate, art degree, and now working in the VFX industry. Keep those tutorials and guides coming, they’re ever so helpful.
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Hi, better late than never right?
I really have to start commenting more! But anyways, nice to get a kick start to do so.
I’m a fresh graduate in arts and multimedia from Reykjavík, Iceland.
I love your blog, one of all times favorites
468
Hello Veerle,
I’m a n00b when it comes to designing for web standards, but I like looking at well-designed sites for inspiration. So from time to time I check your blog other designers’ blogs to see the trends of what’s new in the design world, again just to be inspired. Greetings from Toronto.
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Viva delurking! Love your site…it’s been in my list of must-read bookmarks for quite some time.
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I’m Ian Adams. I’m a software test engineer, artist and webmonkey from Seattle. I’m trying to immigrate to Canada and enter the film industry up there.
Love the blog! :)
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Okai, you got me too much pressure i am guild , i confess ...... i have been lurking for an year now :P Name is Zeeshan, from Pakistan and a web designer ....
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Well, I guess I’m supposed to de-lurk too…
I’m a student and work doing some web and print design, along with some freelance (although I’m not very good and I have no intention of staying in freelance work).
Your Illustrator articles are nice, but what’s really interesting is the new home talk. The kitchen article was particularly eyebrow-raising.
Now back to my shadowy corner, were I may lurk again…
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Yo
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Hi.
I’m Suhyun from Korea(south)
I’m working in a Web agency as an web designer. :-)
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Hi!
Found you through Carsonified. I can’t say I was lurking because this is the first post and when I see a call to action like this, I must oblige. So, thanks for the welcome.
D.
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Hi, I’m the webmaster of a large corporation, and I’ve been hooked on your site ever since the redesign. I’d like to say thanks for all the inspiration!
/John
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Hi Veerle !
I’m Gregoire from Paris. I am a webdesigner working for CNET (France). I like your writings about design and graphism. I read your blog from time to time and I never had the opportunity to left a comment. Since you want to know your readers this is a great occasion for me to intriduce myself !
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A designer/coder who really likes your use colour and style. I visit the site quite often, perhaps in the hope some of your style might rub off on me ;P
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Emilio from Rome, Italy.
Proud to be a professional gif slicer :)
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cheers!
mierla (female), from Maine,
fledgling web and graphic designer.
you’re an inspiration; thanks for all you do!
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Hey, I’m a student at NSCAD university taking design classes. It’s taking over my life.. gah!
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Like, hi n’ things!
I’m Fredo, web designer/producer from Washington, DC. Just stumbled upon the site today looking for tips on creating grunge effects for a project.
483
Thanks for your incredible work and insight!
I’m a freelance graphic and web designer in Iowa. I really like your tutorials on PS and Ill - there can never be too many!
484
Really great blog you have, Veerle. I’m a web designer by day. On my own time, I’m also a budding marketer and publisher. Keep up the cool work!
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Hi, I’m an informatics student and right now I work as a php programmer.
Still I’m hoping to become a designer/programmer kind of person one day.
I’ve been reading the blog for some time - maybe 7-9 months.
cheers
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I’m de-lurking, im de lurking! (Anakin Skywalker: its working, its working.)
487
Greetings Veerle!
I must say, I’ve throughly enjoyed lurking around your blog. I’m a musician, but I dabble in web design every now and then.
Your work is inspiring, insightful, and beautiful…
I thank you.
(officially de-lurked)
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I’m a watchmaker, who is totally in love with webdesign. Trying my best getting to grips with webstandards and such, in my spare time. designing small websites for my local church and some small companies.
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I do the photoshop for a photography studio. I also do web design on the side, soon to be doing the web design full time.
490
Hi Veerle!
Yes shame on me, I’ve been lurking your blog since several years even long before you changed your blog layout. I didn’t participate in “De-lurking time” last year, so I think now is the best time to start!
Hehe.. I always enjoy your writing, a lot of gems here.. Thank you! :)
Greet from Germany!
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Hi Veerle,
This is Johnny from Hawaii, and yep I have been lurking here for about a week, and his is my first comment:)
I am a ColdFusion guy you is trying very hard to learn design, which so far is going good, and its lots of fun:)
I love this site, truly an inspiration`-`
Johnny
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Well, to me it seems there are more de-lurkers around than last year.
I’m a german student and very interested in webdesign and webdevelopment — and I’m an Apple fanboy and want my iPhone as soon as possible ;-)
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Hi, I’m Pieter, student product development with a passion for web design. I’m just passing by from time to time.
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/me delurks
I’m a long-time admirer of your work Veerle. I know I’m not the only one, your work and this showcase site is considered one of the best examples of website design in 2006. And I can only agree, it is an excellent example of what design is all about, and what the web 1.0 is all about.
Happy new year, and best wishes from the noorderburen!
Herko
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Hi!
I’m web programmer from Finland.
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497!!!
Luke Dorny from Los Angeles chiming in! Web designer and sometime developer. Was a graphic designer for print in the 80s and 90s. Love the site, V!
Everytime someone comments i ++ get emailed (if they’re subscribed).
Wow, that’s alot of emails!
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A bit late, but still there… I’m a 20y old de-lurker from Prague, Czech rep. who reads your blog daily and likes especially the house-development part;-). In the meantime I’m a university student (still not decided and balancing between web development and software engineering). I love Linux and the like, so I’m not used to Photoshop and Illustrator but I draw inspiration from your tutorials. So that’s it!
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I was waiting for being the 500 but I let the chance to others now :)
Your blog rocks, your design too, are you already married ? :)
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Hi, I’m Keith in Toronto. I’m an amateur Photographer and Designer. I have enjoyed your site and all the tutorials for at least 2 or 3 years now. Thanks for everything Veerle!
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I’m Kate in Virginia coming out of lurkdom to say “hello” and thank you, Veerle, for all your wonderful tips and inspiration here! :-)
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Jeff Wheeler; love to program on Linux and Mac. Design is fun, too. :)
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I just found your blog and I’m sooo excited! I did a search on tutorials on page curls, and your blog came up…I’m sooo happy that I stumbled upon this wonderful site!!! You’ll see me here more often! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tutorials! I love your work and hope to get 1/10 as good as your talent!!!
Claudette
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OMG, I’m sooo glad I stumbled onto your wonderful site! Thanks so much for your tutorials!!! I love your work and hope to be 1/10 as good as you one day!!! Thanks agains for all the inspirations and tutorials!
Claudette
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Hi!
Im a 17 years old student from Sweden. I don’t know if i should call myself a coder or designer, but i must say i enjoy design more. I recently got myself a mac, and i LOVE it, it gives me so much more inspiration compare to Windows.. hehe
That was very short about me..
Oh i forgot to say that your tutorials are awesome, your site to btw.. ;)
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I’m Christop, IT student from Austria, doing some webdesign and coding.
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Hi Veerle - I thought I would grawl out from my hiding place to say hello!
I’m currently at college in the UK studying Graphic Design, Photography, Computing and Communication Studies. I enjoy reading all your blog posts, so please, keep them coming ^.^
Thanks
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Nice, useful and inspirational blog you got there…
Luka from Slovenia - multimedia and graphic design.
508
Just another silly designer, currently working away my days at a Manchester agency. De-lurking probably coinciding with the fact I always hated commenting on design blogs with only a holding page to my name!
A fair few comments it would seem ;)
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Hi my name is Massimo and I am an old lurker, because I have been reading you since ever, but never commented.
510
Hi, I’m a professional Web Developer and amateur designer from Perth, Western Australia ;)
511
Your articles are always inspiring. Thank you for your effort and sharing your knowledge.
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I’ll be the first to say something on Jan 14 2007. Have enjoyed your postings for a long time now… Thanks very much.
513
Hey!
I am Sofiya. From Israel.
I’m just a coder: (X)HTML, CSS, JS. Interesting in webdesign.
Right now i’m finish my 2 year in Israeli Army. My job in army connected to the official IDF site (idf.il).
Thank you for all! Good Luck!
sorry for my English :)
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Hi, I’m Benoît, a 21 year old student in computer science and amateur webdesigner from Belgium. I visit your blog on regularly basis.
Thank you for the great content!
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</lurk>
I’m a lurker for life and I like it that way. I’ll try to remember to de-lurk again next year at this time. What a wonderful idea it is for all of us lurkers to come out and say something! . . . although, in this case, it would appear that I have very little to say. Thanks anyway!
<lurk>
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he he. I was a lurker last time, and continue to lurk…
Web designer sucked into the corporate fold, but still find time to do freelance work and, of course, read this…
Keep up the good work!
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I’ve had my own web design business for over 6 years. Recently hired as Web System Administrator for local community college.
I love design, CSS and technology.
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Hi, I’m Nick, a designer and occasional blogger from Vancouver, Canada. Thanks.
519
Hello, I’m Jip, an PHP coder from the Netherlands. I like your beautiful website and your arts. I wanted to be as good as you are!
P.S. I’m a great Apple-fan.
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Hiya, I’m Janine, and I just started reading your blog a month ago. I’m in Marketing, and my company was looking for graphic/web designers at the time. So I took it upon myself to know what that really meant and started in on the internet research.
Your blog is a great fount of information, and I’ve continued reading it (both in order to keep up with our contract designer and in order to start putting together my own website—I knew a bit of HTML and Photoshop to start with, but not much else).
I’ve been continually impressed by your clear explanations of things and by your more-than-lip-service to accessibility issues.
</delurk>
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Hello,
“My name is Bill Novak… and I am Lurker”
I’ve been free from lurking for one minute now thanks to Lurker’s anonymous.
Thanks Veerle!
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Wow, 521 comments! I’ll add mine then as well…
Lurking here once and a while to pick up some css and design skills that I try to use on our little web app MTBGuru.
And there’s a Belgian connection.
Je site ziet er overigens fantastisch uit, doe zo voort!
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Veerle,
My official title at work is Manager of Business Development, which encompasses many different responsibilities, but this year, most of my work will be managing three major website projects. I also do some part-time website work with on the side my brother—he does the graphic work, and I do the coding.
Thanks for your site—I enjoy your style, your design information, and your articles.
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I work as the Webmaster (gotta love that title) and all around graphic and print designer for a local technical college in Warner Robins, GA. I really enjoy your Illustrator tutorials, they always seem to reveal at least one little tip or trick I didn’t know about.
525
Hi Veerle, I’m a Web developer from Fargo. Just reading my subscribed blogs via Google Reader today and thought I would de-lurk myself. Love your site, I tend to make an example of it once in a while on-the-job. ExpressionEngine rules!
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Hi, my name is Medina and I’m a freelance web designer/coder…I’m also a “girl geek”! :0)
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I’m Sara, a business student and web developer from Victoria, Canada. I’ve been lurking around your site for a few years now.
528
I’m Juanma (yes, that daily hit from Paraguay on your webalizer) and I’m a web developer / Interactive Director at SUM Agency, (formerly known as NOSbase.com)
Best to you and tons of luck on your new house.
529
I’m a programmer who envies designers that have an eye for anything aesthetic. Let me say, this site makes me jealous to the MAX!!
530
I’m a print/web designer in new orleans. always find something inspiring/interesting when i visit here. thanks.
531
Hi, thanks for all your work and posts here. Nice blog design! I am a designer based in Hamburg, Germany.
532
Hello,
I am a recent graduate of Colorado State University in Computer Science, and I currently work as a web developer at the campus health clinic. I really enjoy reading your posts, I especially enjoy the Photoshop/Illustrator tips. Thanks for all your hard work in keeping up this site.
533
Hi. I’m Josue and I live in Costa Rica. I read this website all the time. Oh and, holy shit, 500+ comments!.
534
I too am a lurker and freelance photographer, Nashville, Tennessee.
535
Hey, I’m Todd and I’m in NYC. I’ve become more and more drawn into the designed/production side of the web after being heavily involved in the editorial side for a while. I really enjoy your design sense and am hoping some of it will rub off on me.
536
Hi, Cute website. I’m a web designer and illustrator, my latest wonderlust is CCS based web design…there de-lurked.
537
I’m a Web Development Technology Instructor and use your awesome articles as demonstrations in class…
538
I am head of a small web design agency near Munich, Bavaria. I drop in here every now and then but now finally decided to subsribe to your feed.
539
Hi, I’m Fabian.Designer/Moderator over at designoutpost.Beauitful site Veerle. There you pulled my out of the shadows. Cheers.
540
not truly a lurker but just not visited much lately.
Currently working at DLKW in London as a css/xhtml/usuability/accessibility guy and painting/trying to get to grips with EE in my spare time
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Hi, I’m Aiste, a full-time coder and web designer from Vilnius, Lithuania. Oh, and I’m also a student of Vilnius University in Communication and Information Science.
542
Hi, I’m Doris (or Dorie—a lot of people prefer to call me that), a high school student who loves web design and digital art (your vector art is amazing!).
543
Hi Veerle! I’m Vasco, 24 from Portugal. I’m currently starting my architecture blog and portfolio at arqblog.com but it’s in the very begining.
I’ve been to your site a couple of times, starting this month. I like it very much! ‘ll be back again, for sure! Go Veerle! :)
544
I already was a fan and followed your internet exploits, recently I’ve discovered you’re a friend of SL too! Keep up the good work!
545
Hi, I’m Damien (aka miendo), 28, from Brussels.
I’m a full-time web developer at a small web agency in Brussels, a part-time DJ, and most of the time a lurker - until now.
I do PHP/mySQL coding, and besides that I’m a real CSS addict. My everyday fights are:
- trying to convince and teach my colleagues to use CSS
- trying to make our websites look the same on (almost) every browser… Yeah, you know what I mean!
I deeply regret that a lot of Belgian webdesigners (even sometimes big web agencies) still code the old-fashnioned way, without CSS - or at least not enough. This could become the topic for a future posting on your site ;)
Needless to say that I find your website to be a perfect example of what I love: beautiful design AND coding.
Thanks for being an inspiration to all of us!
546
Well, what can I say.
Webdesigner, Art student, Traveller, etc.
547
Hi, I’m Michael Biven from Frankfort, KY. About middle of last year I switched from a full time office bound job to working from home doing sys/net admin stuff for a couple of clients running Rails sites. Cool thing is this is giving me the time to learn and do more development work.
Thanks Veerle!
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