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SolidSmack Turns 1 Year Old: Still Cute, But a Bit Sassy

by Josh on May 9, 2008 · View Comments

Well everyone, look at that. We have completely plundered the riches of the web and have a big ol’ bag of incredibly useful tips and information. SolidSmack.com is officially one year old today. (See first post here.)

You all are completely incredible and make this so much fun, I can’t even explain it. I seriously can not believe all the people (and characters) I’ve meet the past year. So spin in a circle, pat your back and yell SolidSmack real loud to celebrate the joy.

Shouts out to the other bloggers, SolidWorks, and especially to the ones that throw down in the comments.

What’s coming up this year?
More wonderful posts, but I want to hear from you. What do you want to see more of? less of? What do you like the most? least?

As many have speculated, a new version of SolidSmack is launching soon and I want to make it as useful for you as possible with content you find interesting. So let me know!

Stats for the past year
Wondering how solidsmack did?

Posts: 420 posts
Comments: 1043 comments (3122 spam comments!)

Google PageRank: PR6
Feed Subscriptions: 600+
Unique Visitors: 100,106
PageViews: 284,838

{ 19 comments }

Rod Uding May 9, 2008 at 1:51 pm

WOW! Hard to believe that an entire year has passed since you started. I am glad to see how the interest in you site has grown. Just keep pounding the posts and it will keep going!

Rod Uding May 9, 2008 at 12:51 pm

WOW! Hard to believe that an entire year has passed since you started. I am glad to see how the interest in you site has grown. Just keep pounding the posts and it will keep going!

Charles May 9, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Lets see that new user interface! I want a shortcut toolbar!

Charles May 9, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Lets see that new user interface! I want a shortcut toolbar!

Rod Uding May 9, 2008 at 2:58 pm

I agree with Charges on the shortcuts. I would like to see more shortcuts at the top of the home page that are static and appear on all pages. I just like it that way because it makes it easier to navigate and most of the sites for vendors tend to do that I visit often.

Rod Uding May 9, 2008 at 1:58 pm

I agree with Charges on the shortcuts. I would like to see more shortcuts at the top of the home page that are static and appear on all pages. I just like it that way because it makes it easier to navigate and most of the sites for vendors tend to do that I visit often.

Gabi May 9, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Congratulations, Josh! Here’s to another year of great success and interesting articles!

Mike Puckett May 9, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Josh,

Congrats on the milestone. Isn’t it fun to do this stuff? Personaly I enjoy getting called a Solidworks Shil, and being told that I need to have a claw tub full of ice water dumped on me all in the span of a week! I’m still trying to figure what a claw tub is by the way! Anyhow, heres looking forward to another fun year, before you know it we’ll be in Orlando!

Mike

Josh May 9, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Thanks everyone! hmmm. a shortcut bar. that sounds interesting. :) a claw tub full of ice water sounds even more interesting. I’m lookin’ forward to seeing everyone in Orlando for sure.

Robin Capper May 10, 2008 at 2:13 am

Congrats, I really enjoy your blog and I don’t even use Solidworks* :)

Devon T. Sowell May 10, 2008 at 7:50 am

Hi Josh-

I read your blog everyday. Your skills are amazing.

Now, I’ll fire up my iTunes and listen to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by the Ramones.

What, me worry?
Devon

Koby May 12, 2008 at 3:10 am

Hey Josh,

I just wanted to tell you that I enjoy reading your blog and it’s probably the only website I’m checking regularly. I never put comments here so I thought that now is a good opportunity, since it’s the blog’s 1 year anniversary.

I’m enjoying reading articles about technology from the mechanical design POV. so please put more of those (like the PEAK-surgical thread).

I am Israeli by the way, and I would like to do something like solidsmack but in hebrew.

Keep up the good work and Thanks Josh.

Bruce Buck May 12, 2008 at 8:30 am

Wow, it’s been THAT long? Time sure flies when you have a fro and stars coming out of your head.

And the growth charts, WOW! Congratulations indeed, Josh. I only wish I could do the same. Looks like the hard work is paying off.

I say keep doing what you’re doing; you have a unique style and unique content. That’s what keeps me coming :)

Kyle Mason May 12, 2008 at 9:18 am

Congrats Josh, I’ll continue to spend work time reading your blog. Keep ‘em coming

Josh May 12, 2008 at 10:29 am

Hey everyone, thanks again! I can’t believe it’s been that long either. A small injection everyday and suddenly I’ve become obsessed with CAD related stuff! :)

Ivan May 12, 2008 at 11:36 am

Congrats… keep up the good work

Ivan May 12, 2008 at 10:36 am

Congrats… keep up the good work

Rod Uding May 12, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Josh,
Perhaps you have become a blogoholic. The intense need to get ideas out of your mind and out into the open for everyone else to read and comment on. It starts small with on or two posts every couple of days then it explodes into two or three a day. I look forward to the day's when you will pop off about 20 per day. :)

Rod Uding May 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Josh,
Perhaps you have become a blogoholic. The intense need to get ideas out of your mind and out into the open for everyone else to read and comment on. It starts small with on or two posts every couple of days then it explodes into two or three a day. I look forward to the day’s when you will pop off about 20 per day. :)

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