Merry Christmas & a very happy 2010 HN

[jacquesm]

Hello HNers,

Those that I've had personal contact with outside of the forum and everybody else too.

2009 has been a tumultuous year there has been lots of change both personal, business wise and in the world at large.

December 7th I was a HN member for exactly a year and when cleaning up my inbox the other day I suddenly realized that there is more out-of-band communication between other HN people and myself in my inbox than from any other group of people that I've ever been involved with.

What an amazing community this is.

Thank you all for a wonderful time in 2009, especially those that took the time out to educate me on subjects where I was as curious as the 3 year old from long ago asking 'why' all the time.

greetings, & all the best to you and yours!

   Jacques Mattheij

[Brimstone]

My lurking on HN is one of the best sources of information I have. Thanks to all of you for making me more rounded and better informed.

Cheers!

[yan]

New goal for 2010: Make more out-of-band relationships with HN members. So far, everyone I held contact with outside these soothing orange and tan pages has been nothing but fantastic.

Happy holidays and a happy 2010!

[j_baker → yan]

Heh... you guys would fit in with people here if you talk about "out-of-band" relationships.

[j_baker]

Interesting. Your date of membership is also my birthday. Coincidence? I think..... so. :-/

[wensing]

How about a twitter list for Hacker News members? @mattwensing here.

[tlrobinson → wensing]

Great idea. I've started one here but if someone wants to take over that's fine too:

http://twitter.com/tlrobinson/hackernews

I'm doing some Google-fu to find Twitter names in profiles but you should also ping me via Twitter or email (in profile) if you'd like to be added.

[jmonegro]

2010: Less spam, more hackers, more companies, more awesomeness!

ps: today is my 300th day on HN :D I have checked HN multiple times daily since my first sign-up. I estimate it amounts to over 7000 times. I definitely have to turn no-procasination on this next year ;D

[alanthonyc → jmonegro]

It's hopeless. I turned noprocrast on for a while, to actually force me away. Then I decided I would just use it as a reminder, so I set the minaway to 1 minute. Eventually I just turned it off.

Anyway, merry christmas everyone! Thanks for hanging out. I felt like the bumble bee kid from the Blind Melon video when I found this site.

[djcapelis]

I only regret it took me so long to make an account. Cheers everyone!

[Laurentvw → djcapelis]

And I can't believe it's been exactly 1000 days ago since I signed up on HN. Seems so long ago. Thanks to the great quality submissions and the smart community I've tagged along through the years :) Happy holidays everyone!

[RiderOfGiraffes]

Er, you mean "2009 has been ..."

Regardless, very best to all.

[jacquesm → RiderOfGiraffes]

Thank you :)

And not just for that correction.

j.

[RiderOfGiraffes → jacquesm]

You're welcome. I've enjoyed our exchanges and communications, and hope that in the coming year I have more time to pursue them.

As with several others here on HN. I, too, find this an amazing community. I hope that the attention PG has been giving to the questions of feedback, etc., help it to grow without exhibiting the downward spiral that has seen the death of high-quality contributions on so many other fora. I like the people I've met through HN.

Long may it continue.

Ref: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1006589

[ErrantX → RiderOfGiraffes]

Having chatted to both of you "out of band" (heh, awesome) consider all that seconded.

It's been a mixed year (but ultimately net-good); forward the troops I say :)

[patio11]

Merry Christmas guys!

[Concours]

Merry Christmas and Happy new year 2010 to all Hackers

[nickelplate]

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, homies.

[facuman]

Happy Xmas guys, you are the best!

[jacoblyles]

a little early:

http://isitchristmas.com/

[RiderOfGiraffes → jacoblyles]

Depends on where you are ...

[mariorz]

Karma whores!