Congratulations to Mr. Tan Le for leaving the 20,000th comment on Speak Up. Tan, you win not much; a drink on me, perhaps, next time we meet. And many thanks to all of you who have contributed to such a lofty milestone — I know you could have been working instead.
Thank you all, this is pretty cool.
Sniff, thank you..sniff.
I'm so happy and honored to have wasted so much time here. I'd like to share this miniscule moment of joy with all of my compadres whom I've argued, bantered, overgeneralized, insulted, laughed with, and admired. You know who you are dammit.
And to Armin — a big Godfather man-kiss. I luv ya man.
Ok, back to work.
On Jul.13.2004 at 01:21 PMCongratulations to Mr. Tan Le for leaving the 20,000th
Of course it was Tan. Like the kid who sat in the front row and always raised his hand way too enthusiastically.
Congratulations Armin.
On Jul.13.2004 at 01:29 PMWoohoo! Congrats guys! This site is a wonderful resource... I've learned much while coming here. Grassy ass.
I've always been proud to have Speak Up displayed on my browser window, but now with that loud banner... I hide it.
I know it won't be up forever, and I understand why it's there, but still... I can't wait until it's gone.
On Jul.13.2004 at 01:41 PM>Like the kid who sat in the front row and always raised his hand way too enthusiastically.
You're just jealous Weinberger because you didn't make Mr.20K.
No man-kiss for you.
On Jul.13.2004 at 01:44 PMhow much am I loving the little bouncing smiley faces?????
congratulations--what an extraordinary accomplishment!
On Jul.13.2004 at 01:51 PMarmin, you left out the part that mr. tan lee left 18,252 messages so far.
On Jul.13.2004 at 03:09 PMOk, for using "Lee" on purpose, I will now have to kick your ass next time I come down to LA Peter.
I'll just ignore the other comment. I'm not anywhere fucking close to that many postings.
And get a freaking haircut you hippie.
On Jul.13.2004 at 03:25 PMCongratulations to all. Tan, you were the one chosen by our destiny to be Mr. 20k, and I will have a private conversation with armin about at least pitching in a burger or something to with the drink we promises.
Thank you all for your bantering, your on-course/off-course/heated/slamming the table/cooling off in the shower/pulling the joker out of the box participation.
This, my friends, is a great day.
On Jul.13.2004 at 03:54 PMAnd get a freaking haircut you hippie.
i'll get a trim before christmas.
hey, if i'd live in seattle i'd spend a lot of time on-line as well.
On Jul.13.2004 at 05:02 PMTan, first of all congrats on this great accomplishment, clearly a stellar point in your career. And to the man, Armin, who made it all happen, many thanks. Thanks for giving me a spot to spend countless work hours throwing out my virtual opinions, since no one where I work has yet to figure out that design matters.
On Jul.13.2004 at 05:35 PMTan, you da man.
so what's the next milestone? 25K? 40K? or 50K? How do we keep track so we can get a beer, too?
20,011 ... 20,012 ...
On Jul.13.2004 at 06:11 PMAll joking aside, I'm not the one that should be congratulated. I just happened to be the 20K customer to walk through the checkstand w/ a pack of gum.
The congrats should all go to Armin and the site. Its continued success and growth means good things for all of us.
On Jul.13.2004 at 06:22 PM> so what's the next milestone? 25K?
Probably 25K and then 50K… hopefully.
> armin, you left out the part that mr. tan lee left 18,252 messages so far.
Yes, let's do some counting, shall we?
In October of 2003 we reached 10,000 comments. Back then I did a quick tally on who had left the most messages. And it looked something like this:
Me: 1827
Tan: 781
Darrel: 640
Debbie: 121
So let's see how we are faring 10,000 comments later in July of 2004:
Me: 2,914
Tan: 1,308
Darrel: 931
Marian: 529
Debbie: 241
ps: 173
On Jul.13.2004 at 06:28 PMDesign Observer sends congratulations. 50,000 comments on Speak Up is in your future, and a lot of interesting reading in between! Best wishes from another blog across town.
On Jul.13.2004 at 07:11 PMcongrats Armin + Tan!
the only thing more frightening than those animated GIF's is hot pink on the Apple homepage :::shudders:::
I'm counting the days until we see the 1,000,000 comment on Speak Up.
On Jul.14.2004 at 12:45 AMI'd complain if I were you Tan. After all, the guy who bought the 100,000,000th song off iTMS got a powerbook and an iPod. What do you get? A beer and a manly hug.
Feh.
P.S. Congrats, Armin. I got my copy of Sheepy this morning too. We're all winners!
On Jul.14.2004 at 07:21 AM20k? Is that all?
Maybe you could trade Maven to Typophile for Papazian.
On Jul.14.2004 at 11:40 AMArmin: Yes, let's do some counting, shall we?
In October of 2003 we reached 10,000 comments. Back then I did a quick tally on who had left the most messages. And it looked something like this:
Me: 1827
Tan: 781
Darrel: 640
Debbie: 121
So let's see how we are faring 10,000 comments later in July of 2004:
Me: 2,914
Tan: 1,308
Darrel: 931
Marian: 529
Debbie: 241
ps: 173
Remember I'm the mathematician in the family and that makes:
Dates Oct'03 Jul'04
Armin 18.3% 14.6%
Tan 7.8% 6.5%
Darrel 6.4% 4.6%
Marian ???? 2.7%
Debbie 1.2% 1.2%
Rest 66.3% 70.4%
So as you can see the usual commenters have decreased their participation (thank God?? just joking oc course) whereas other people have taken up a larger share of comments.
Congratulations on such a great crowd.
Maybe next milestone you can do something like Steve (Jobs) upon the buyer of the 100 million song!!
On Jul.15.2004 at 06:37 PMGreat going Armin.
Now how 'bout a locations (by city) breakdown to show the extent of your readership.
Berlin?
Sydney?
On Jul.15.2004 at 09:58 PMRemember I'm the mathematician in the family
hey, i thought you're the one mixing pharmaceuticals in the basement. i wonder what else the vits have up their sleeves...
On Jul.16.2004 at 12:32 AM> Now how 'bout a locations (by city) breakdown to show the extent of your
Yeah, that's a bit harder of a request. I can tell you that 88% of the readers are from the US and Canada. The next bigger percentage is 6% from Europe. And within the US, 40% is from the East Coast while only 21% is from the West Coast — go figure.
> hey, i thought you're the one mixing pharmaceuticals in the basement
He is also a hobbyist designer!
On Jul.16.2004 at 01:55 PMNot sure how old this is, but a big congrats to Armin for winning his Lightboxing bout.
http://www.veer.com/ideas/lightboxing/
On Jul.21.2004 at 11:34 AMOh yeah, that's kind of old Michael, from back in December — but still, thanks! I whoop'd Coudal's ass.
On Jul.21.2004 at 11:40 AMBetter late then never on my part then. Both entries were good, but your victory was well deserved Armin.
On Jul.21.2004 at 12:17 PMHmm, 20k, well as the PREVIOUS manager of the post driven, talented Mr.Leah, one relief is that I am no longer wondering why he is typing more than using his mouse(now I know!). Now it's Landor's puzzle to solve... Congrats Tan, your comments stir passion, interest, frustration and wonder, good work.
On Jul.24.2004 at 11:44 AMAhem, look who's talking Greg. Addicting, isn't it?
The trick is to ration your consumption of SU. "I'll visit SU when I've finished this task." And hop on for 15 minutes, stop, get back to working, and then visit again in another hour.
Course, it also helps to have your own office :-)
On Jul.24.2004 at 01:56 PM
Wow, congratulations, Armin.
And thanks for building an amazing resource.
On Jul.13.2004 at 01:18 PM