Celebrating a Century of blogging

Posted 11 October 2007, by Aaron

Celebratory balloons

Something special has happened to miLienzo.com recently. Its voice has dropped, its shoulders have broadened and it’s started to develop a bit of stubble under the chin. It’s even started showing a keen interest in lady blogs! That’s right, miLienzo.com has come of age. We are officially 100 posts old, which in blogging terms is something of a milestone.

In fact, the big 100 passed the other week whilst I was away in Italy. My post on DJ Sara and DJ Ryusei was my centurion post, and rather aptly it had a bit of a party whilst I was away! In one day this article generated 1000 per cent more traffic than any other day in this blog’s history.

I’ve got johno from I Love Typography to thank for that, for Stumbling and Digging me. Cheers johno!

And thanking people is what this post is all about. I blog because I like interacting with you, my readers. I like reading your comments, I like discovering your blogs, I like getting in touch with you and I like getting to know you. So here goes…

  • Matt Ellsworth - Thanks for being the first person to ever leave a comment on this site. I don’t see you round here much any more, but you have a special place in miLienzo.com scriptures all the same.
  • Marc Rapp - Thanks for being the first person to join my MyBlogLog community. You’ve no idea how lonely it felt before you joined me - you made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
  • Lorelle - Everyone knows about Lorelle. Another commenter from the early days, I’ve learnt a hell of a lot from Lorelle about WordPress and blogging. Cheers!
  • David Airey - Ahhh, Mr Airey, cheers mate! Cheers for being a very regular reader and commenter here, cheers for writing your own excellent blog which has given me lots of inspiration over the months, and cheers for awarding me one of your Creative Design Awards.
  • Gregory Moulinet - Cheers for some great comments and inspiring discussions about the creative industry and working in the city.
  • Paul Enderson - I can always rely on Paul to leave the most sarcastic comment of the day, without fail. Thanks for putting a smile on my face.
  • Tara - Like David, Tara is another design blogger who has had a lot of success and I look up to. So thanks for regularly finding the time to pop over here and leave a comment.
  • Darren Rowse - Another inspirational blogger who I’ve learnt a lot from. But a special thanks for linking to my Technorati article.
  • Scott Smith - A funny one is Scott. He’s either here leaving comments like a man possessed, or he’s nowhere to be seen for months on end. He’s currently the latter, but I know he’ll be back. See you soon Scott!
  • Asgeir Hoem - Thanks for being a regular commenter and always having some nugget of knowledge to share.
  • Justin Kistner - Many thanks for all your comments over the months and a special thanks for your guest article the other week.
  • Stevie B - Thanks for breaking my meme-tagging cherry when you tagged me with the Productivity tips meme.
  • Sera Strawbridge - Thanks for making my world a richer place with the Make the Logo Bigger song.
  • Vivien - Thanks for continuing to write an excellent blog and, well, inspiring me.
  • DT - Thanks for continuing to write a great and hugely inspiring design blog.
  • Shantanu - Thanks for being a regular face and commenter recently.
  • Lauren, Charity, Randa - Thanks girls, for all the comments over the months and keep up the good work on your own blogs.

I’m sure I’ve missed loads, so apologies if I have. But I reserve one ultra-special thanks, for YOU, for reading this blog now. See you at 200!

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15 fantastic comments

Congratulations Aaron! I too recently hit my 100th post (about two weeks ago). I didn’t realize our blogs were so close to the same “age”. :p Nice going, and keep up the great work.

Congrats on reaching this milestone Aaron! I appreciate your interesting and thought-provoking content- looking forward to the next 100 posts!

Congratulations Aaron, and thanks for the mention!

I have been travelling New Zealand for two weeks, so I haven’t had much time to keep up with my fellow bloggers. I wonder how many posts Reader have for me.

I look forward to seeing your assignments as mentioned in your previous post, and good luck!

Congat’s Aaron.
I’ll be here for number 200 too. Always like your titles, btw. This is one of the few blogs I subscribe to via email, just so I can see the title pop up in my email notification thingy.

Congrats on the 100 posts, and thanks for mention too.

Looking forward to hearing more about your new college course and increasing technical knowledge (I look up to that too :) ) hopefully you can share a few tutorials on the things you learn.

Charity - I didn’t realise we were the same blog-age either. We’ll have to have a joint party.

Randa - Thanks for your kind words. Looking forward to reading your comments on my 200th ;)
Asgeir - How’s New Zealand going? My sister lives in NZ so I’d love to go sometime. Not quite the easiest place in the world to pop over and visit from here though.

Johno - Thanks for the headline love! You know I always worry about my headlines: trying to optimise them for search engines and keywords and Digg etc, I always end up just saying, “sod it!” and using a headline that just sounds right to me as a reader. I think that’s the best way to go about it.

Tara - OK, college-related posts and technical tutorial posts coming right up! :)

Your welcome for the comments, but more importantly, thanks for writing posts that are comment worthy. :)

My pleasure! =D Congrats on your milestone and thanks for the mention too. Here’s to many more future entries! ;)

Justin and Sera - Cheers guys! Roll on 200 :)

Congratulations, Aaron! I recently passed that landmark too (it took me a year to get there).

Feeling like a guest blog post? ;)

I may have joined but you keep me coming back for more. Congrats on the post. :)

Always a great read.

I’ll be back in just a few.
Still leveraging a new work load.

Marc - I’m waiting with baited breath for the next UtE update…

Aaron, congrats with the centurion milestone!!!!

Thanks for the mention. So sorry for the late acknowledgment, these last two months have been crazy busy for me.

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