THANK YOU CRAVEN AND NICK!!!

It's something, ain't it?

Yes, thank you, Craven and Nick!

Although I bitch and moan a lot about features I miss, design decisions I don't like, and hickups that occur, I greatly appreciate what you're doing, and the money and effort you are putting into this. I had my doubts before the switch, but this went a lot smoother than I expected.

Great job!

yes.... and, by the way, digging your new getup, sistah.

I only wish dlowan could be here to see the new site. What do you think, would she like it?

be glad we are rid of that muthaflippin' hare.

Yeah, you're right. Deep down I never liked her either.

Yes, I do believe a grateful thank you is in order for Craven de Kere and Nick Ashley. Thank you. Your time, dedication, and money, have made a difference to me.

Hares have big ears.

Ears have big hairs.

I want to congratulate Nick especially. There are only a few examples of software this broad being written by essentially one programmer and this is the biggest application he's ever built and the biggest audience he's ever had for his work.

He's a very good programmer, and I told Nick in December when we started the project again from scratch that if he wasn't in I was going to give up on not just this new software but the whole company I founded to run this site. I meant that and the day I met Nick (I actually hired him for my last day job) was the day that a2k's growth became possible again.

Remember how it was 3 years ago? I wasn't building on the old platform anymore, it was often not even working? What changed was that Nick and I together could do something that neither of us could have done on our own. I am not a programmer, and had experience mainly with the architecture and design. So I was limited to largely hacking at other software that wasn't working for us. Nick is a great programmer who works well with a software architect and meeting Nick meant that we could actually do this.

It ended up being a much harder job than we thought, but I can absolutely guarantee that Nick's the only programmer I have ever heard of who could have done this particular project.

You haven't seen the last from him, and there are a few other guys (like Monger, who's writing a technical book right now) who we hope will join us soon.

Cool to get more background details. Thanks, Nick.

I see a lot of afuzz in this site.

I think it looks great, so clean and graphic.

I was offline for a couple of days so it was a real surpirse to see all of the changes but I'm learning my way around pretty quickly. I'm sure it will all make sense soon. In the meantime I'm having fun learning the new stuff.

Well done!

Very cool, very exciting. Good on both of you.
That was a good day, Craven, that Nick showed up.
And Monger, that's good.

quoting self,
Very cool, very exciting. Good on both of you.
That was a good day, Craven, that Nick showed up.
And Monger, that's good.

Too many goods in one post. Add preferred word.

It is a gorgeous thing, isn't it. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

it's cool to meet nick, it must be cathartic to finally launch the thing and have it out in the open. i appreciate you guys being around most of the day, patiently explaining every minute function over and over.

The good stuff happens when we stop manning the forums. I haven't done anything else since we launched but when things calm down a bit we'll get to a lot of tweaks and bugfixes.

I think a couple of them are going to make a big difference right away.

and i hope that soon enough you'll also get to take a week or two off and do nothing but enjoy some cervezas on the beach.