It Was Bound to Happen Sooner or Later...

[Jason Dunn]

There's something I have to admit: I've given up trying to read every message that's posted on the site. I haven't clicked New Posts button in about two weeks. :oops: This is a natural evolution for the site: it means we've "grown up" to the point where it's a challenge to keep up with the messages you're all posting. That's cool! 8)<br /><br />We're averaging 184 posts per day, 20 topics per day, and 20 new registered users per day. And lest you think that the flurry New Years Day posts artificially upped that average, it was at around 175 as of January 2nd. Contests or no, we're growing!<br /><br />So, what this means is that you can no longer assume that I'm reading every message. If you need to contact me directly, please click the CONTACT button below the banner in the upper right corner and use the form (do not send me private messages). Remember that I can't answer tech support questions, so please use the awesome knowledge of your fellow Pocket PC Thoughts readers instead by posting to the community section of the site.<br /><br />Thanks for reading, and trust me, the best is yet to come (we're working on something BIG!)

[Pony99CA]

We're averaging 184 posts per day, 20 topics per day, and 20 new registered users per day.

Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D

Steve

[Andy Sjostrom]

We're averaging 184 posts per day, 20 topics per day, and 20 new registered users per day.

Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D

Steve

With short replies like this, that's no prob! :lol:

[Janak Parekh]

Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D
... and Jonno and I obviously average 0 per day. :lol:

What's scary is that you're the only one with a remotely legitimate excuse to average 92 posts a day. ;)

Oh, and that we've got nothing better to do on a Friday night than post here. (Well, Andy has a legitimate excuse for this one... except you're up too early :D)

Anyway, I can't wait for the BIG stuff to happen...

--janak

[ThomasC22]

There's something I have to admit: I've given up trying to read every message that's posted on the site. I haven't clicked New Posts button in about two weeks.

Slacker :roll: :wink:


Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D


Having just out of curiosity clicked on your "WWW" icon, you might want to cut your posting time a little and update that web site :P (althought this is probably just my underhanded way of getting rid of you so I can catch up)

... and Jonno and I obviously average 0 per day. :lol:


I don't know, looks like you've been pretty busy to me Ed...I mean Bdj (and belated congrats on your admin status btw)

[Janak Parekh]

Having just out of curiosity clicked on your "WWW" icon, you might want to cut your posting time a little and update that web site :P (althought this is probably just my underhanded way of getting rid of you so I can catch up)
Whoah, you're back... NOW life's going to get interesting. :D

I don't know, looks like you've been pretty busy to me Ed...I mean Bdj (and belated congrats on your admin status btw)
Hey! I take offense! :twisted: Oh, and thanks. ;)

--janak

[Pony99CA]

Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D

Having just out of curiosity clicked on your "WWW" icon, you might want to cut your posting time a little and update that web site :P (althought this is probably just my underhanded way of getting rid of you so I can catch up)

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis (er, Thomas)? My Pocket PC page was updated on 1/10/2003. If you have any specific points, my E-mail address is at the bottom of the page. :razzing:

Steve

[ricksfiona]

You folks run a great site. Certainly, you've raised the bar for many sites. How:

1) Excellent layout.
- Clean.
- Well organized.
- Reasonable, non-intrusive advertising.
- I've only run into a bug once.

2) Great community.
- No fanatics from what I can tell.
- Users are great about offering their usually well formed advice and opinions.

3) The best for last: awesome site admins!

[Green Dragon]

Thanks for reading, and trust me, the best is yet to come (we're working on something BIG!)

Something big :?: ... Another competition day! Woo-yay!

[TopDog]

I used to surf at least 6 or 7 different sites a day to get all the PocketPC information I wanted, but nowadays I almost only stay tuned with 'Toughts, PPCW.net and infosync.no.

Loving 'Toughts the most, thank you guys for lots of interesting news brought to us in an excelent way, and the best forums ever :-)

[Busdriver]

Thanks for reading, and trust me, the best is yet to come (we're working on something BIG!)

You're always saying that 8O

I go to other sites less and less as well. Great work and a great community.

[Kati Compton]

Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D


Hehehe. If I posted that much, I think I'd never graduate...

I could be posting a little more, but every week or so I self-censor myself to avoid posting something that's in really poor taste.

[ThomasC22]

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis (er, Thomas)? My Pocket PC page was updated on 1/10/2003. If you have any specific points, my E-mail address is at the bottom of the page. :razzing:


Come on Steve(egassem lanimilbus a si siht), don't you want to add all kinds of superfulous features like flash, maybe throw in a SQL back end, some fancy graphics, etc...(uoy naht stsop erom evah ot 22csamoht tnaw uoy)

I think that should take you a couple months and you should have NO time to post here (pu hctac nac eh os etisbew ruoy ot serutaef sselesu fo hcnub a dda ot tnaw uoy) :)

right? RIGHT? (!taht si ykaerf woh ,daeh ym fo pot eht ffo siht ekil epyt nac I))

[Kati Compton]

(!taht si ykaerf woh ,daeh ym fo pot eht ffo siht ekil epyt nac I))

VERY freaky. But funny.

[Ken Mattern]

There's something I have to admit: I've given up trying to read every message that's posted on the site.

Does this mean we can get away with going OT? :lol:

[ECOslin]

I dislike the feeling of coming online, looking at the message boards and seeing a topic I would have wanted to have commented on as being a couple of hours and a couple of hundred replys ago. Like the world turning and feeling the surface of it, knowing that you are not affecting it's rotation, as it slides under your fingertips. :cry:

.ti ot tsop uoy gnihtyna ta kool ylekil lliw eno-on dna ,enog si egassem taht rof kaep ciffart ehT

Edward

[Janak Parekh]

Does this mean we can get away with going OT? :lol:
No, that's what I'm here for ;) Except for this thread...

Hey guys, you're torturing me with your l33t kcab-speak. I'm terribly slow at reading the thing, let alone writing (for which I have to write it out the right way first, and then do the kcab-trick). Don't fry my brain please! :D

Oh, for those of you wondering what's BIG: it's not another day of giveaways, not just yet. The server is still recovering from the thrashing you gave it then.

--janak

[Paragon]

(we're working on something BIG!)

Just ecactly when do you sleep, Jason? You really are doing a great job here....even when you suggest doing things I don't agree with. :-) I think ricksfiona said it right when he said that you are raising the bar.

Dave

[Janak Parekh]

Just ecactly when do you sleep, Jason?
I've been wondering about that for a while now. I've managed to stay awake later, but it's not easy. :D

--janak

[Paragon]

I've managed to stay awake later

--janak

Apparently so. Your post count seems to be going up rather rapidly lately.:)

Dave

[Janak Parekh]

Apparently so. Your post count seems to be going up rather rapidly lately.:)
Well, isn't it obvious that my goal in life is to pass Jason in post count? Ain't gonna happen even at my rate, though. :lol:

--janak

[Jonathon Watkins]

I dislike the feeling of coming online, looking at the message boards and seeing a topic I would have wanted to have commented on as being a couple of hours and a couple of hundred replys ago. Like the world turning and feeling the surface of it, knowing that you are not affecting it's rotation, as it slides under your fingertips. :cry:

I know what you mean - sometimes I come to front page and I have to go the archives to see all the front page stuff - let alone the mesages! 8O I am getting rapidly behind. It's kind of a good problem to have. It shows the site is growing - but it sure is hard to keep up with all the good stuff. :?

[Janak Parekh]

I know what you mean - sometimes I come to front page and I have to go the archives to see all the front page stuff - let alone the mesages! 8O
If I remember correctly, Jason had a front-page poll about 6 months ago asking if people wanted a constrained number of posts (say, 5 per day) or as many as we could handle. The latter won overwhelmingly. I have to admit, I like always having fresh content to look at.

--janak

[ECOslin]

I'd still like to be able to post a pic from my computer every now and then. I know there are some free picture services I could upload and link to, offhand I can't remember the one I last used.

Edward

A website is nothing without content, Content can't exist without a website.

http://photos.msn.com/imageserver/image.aspx?Image=HcZNnT9kkUjEjoLtrZQnCag*vPCYqlRsXwJ8NPf9AejDGjz9DLymrbARpbaKqu8c6!N79rzGupMdWepotmi*qlySbn8671fjQFdTBd9pgscmRC9WKTykVsUxE9QHfbvoQROG8Yc7bRjIS4wS6C7sPA$$

[Jonathon Watkins]

2) Great community.
- No fanatics from what I can tell.
- Users are great about offering their usually well formed advice and opinions.

Well, we're actually all completely mad, but hide it pretty well. :wink: :lol!: :multi: :splat: :angel: :mrgreen: :way to go: :agrue:

[Wiggin]

...it means we've "grown up" to the point where it's a challenge to keep up with the messages you're all posting. That's cool! 8)
Jason, any chance of adding a feature that allows us to quick tab to the last post viewed on any thread? Brighthand offers this, and it saves a lot of time rejoining a thread that hasn't been viewed in a long time. Many of the threads are now growing to 10+ pages of posts, and I would love to quick-jump to the page I last viewed.
So, what do ya say?? Would it help if I said please?? :D

[Jonathon Watkins]

I'd still like to be able to post a pic from my computer every now and then. I know there are some free picture services I could upload and link to, offhand I can't remember the one I last used.

Agreed. I asked Jason about this a few days back and he said picture uploading was being worked on - other things to do first.

[Jonathon Watkins]

I know what you mean - sometimes I come to front page and I have to go the archives to see all the front page stuff - let alone the mesages! 8O
If I remember correctly, Jason had a front-page poll about 6 months ago asking if people wanted a constrained number of posts (say, 5 per day) or as many as we could handle. The latter won overwhelmingly. I have to admit, I like always having fresh content to look at.

--janak

I'm not complaining - please - I'm not complaining about getting LOTS. I still want all the news you guys can give. Perhaps make the front page longer? :D It's just that I don't have enough hours in the day. :?

[ECOslin]

Oh, I did find MSN Photo whatever, and that's where the above picture was put. I had two photos there already, but, they were gone and all that was there were the filenames.

Edward

[Janak Parekh]

I'm not complaining - please - I'm not complaining about getting LOTS. I still want all the news you guys can give. Perhaps make the front page longer? :D It's just that I don't have enough hours in the day. :?
The problem with this is that the bandwidth usage and server load goes up. Jason had a longer front page, but had to cut it down to prevent the server from crying "Mommy!" ;)

--janak

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

We're averaging 184 posts per day, 20 topics per day, and 20 new registered users per day.

Only 184 posts per day? I thought Kati and I did that many on our own. :-D
Steve, your posts are definitely everywhere but let's give credit where credit is due... Kati has 700+ posts now and she's been around for barely over two months!!

The real poster as of late as been Janak though... he was at around 550 posts like 5-6 weeks ago!!! 8O 8O 8O 8O

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Apparently so. Your post count seems to be going up rather rapidly lately.:)
Well, isn't it obvious that my goal in life is to pass Jason in post count? Ain't gonna happen even at my rate, though. :lol:
Uhhh... if my memory and my math are any good, you have around 900 posts in the last 5-6 weeks alone. :crazyeyes:

At this rate, you'll pass Jason ohhh.... sometime around midnight tonight!! :wink:

Hail Everyone! To the one-and-only carnival king of circus freaks... :werenotworthy:

[Pony99CA]

Steve, your posts are definitely everywhere but let's give credit where credit is due... Kati has 700+ posts now and she's been around for barely over two months!!

The real poster as of late as been Janak though... he was at around 550 posts like 5-6 weeks ago!!! 8O 8O 8O 8O
I think a lot of that came from his being "promoted" to a member of the Pocket PC staff. Most of the staff members tend to be top posters (look at Jason and Ed).

That said, Janak was already posting a lot. I remember when he and ThomasC22 hit 300, and I had hit 300 a few days earlier. That wasn't that long ago. :-)

I know that my posting frequency went way up when I stopped trying to follow most of the Pocket PC news sites. This is the only site I read almost every day, so it's also where I post the most (much to the chagrin of some :lol:). I just hope that most of them are useful and/or interesting....

Steve

[Janak Parekh]

Uhhh... if my memory and my math are any good, you have around 900 posts in the last 5-6 weeks alone. :crazyeyes:
Well, I was at 604 as of Andy's top 10 (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5614) snapshot...

At this rate, you'll pass Jason ohhh.... sometime around midnight tonight!! :wink:
Haha! Yeah, right. To pass him by midnight, I'd have to do about 2,500 posts in the next 111 minutes. That's about 22 posts per minute. :eek:

Hail Everyone! To the one-and-only carnival king of circus freaks... :werenotworthy:
Now I'm a carnival king? Whoah. :oops: :D

That said, Janak was already posting a lot. I remember when he and ThomasC22 hit 300, and I had hit 300 a few days earlier. That wasn't that long ago. :)
Yup, just checked: that was Nov. 13th (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4792&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=300th%20post&start=10). OK, now that's freaky. In roughly two months I posted 1,100 posts. That's an average of ~ 18 posts/day. 8O Not that you are that far behind...

--janak

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

That said, Janak was already posting a lot. I remember when he and ThomasC22 hit 300, and I had hit 300 a few days earlier. That wasn't that long ago. :-)
For perspective, Janak and I had a thread where we were discussing posting activity. That was RIGHT before he was promoted to an admin (just over a month ago) and he was around 550 posts over a 9 month span since first registering (I believe you were right around the same area at that time). His output since (he's nearing 1500 total now) would put him at a much higher activity pace than both Jason and Ed I *think*.

This is the only site I read almost every day, so it's also where I post the most (much to the chagrin of some :lol:). I just hope that most of them are useful and/or interesting....
Yeah, this is also the only site that I make time for on a daily basis. I still visit Brighthand once in a while, but it's definitely a different experience.

As for your posting, *cough*... let's leave that alone, shall we? :wink:

No seriously, I really enjoy posting with this community here. The most visible posters (which isn't complete without the "Pony-man") always seem to articulate well-thought out (and sometimes controversial) opinions.

I kid Janak about his activity all the time, but despite his increased quantity, he's maintained quality of posts which is commedable.

I think after my 10th post for a given day, I might start spitting out things like "You SUCK!!"... I'm already starting to get light-headed...

So to bring all of this right back into topic, I'm not at all surprised Jason made his announcement. Between his site posting, book-writing, VP'ing (for Spb), new site starting (Digital Media Thoughts), contest facilitating, etc.... you figure there's GOT to be a limit SOMEWHERE!?

[Janak Parekh]

So to bring all of this right back into topic, I'm not at all surprised Jason made his announcement. Between his site posting, book-writing, VP'ing (for Spb), new site starting (Digital Media Thoughts), contest facilitating, etc.... you figure there's GOT to be a limit SOMEWHERE!?
We're still waiting for that limit. You know he's been averaging ~ 12 posts/day since Feburary. Nearly one year! Can anyone keep up with that? :werenotworthy: And he keeps on coming up with new ideas... like the contest thing...

--janak

[Jason Dunn]

I'd still like to be able to post a pic from my computer every now and then. I know there are some free picture services I could upload and link to, offhand I can't remember the one I last used.

We installed a phpBB hack that allowed image uploading, but it was chewing up resources on the server (strangely enough). I'll see if we can give it another try...

[Jason Dunn]

...it means we've "grown up" to the point where it's a challenge to keep up with the messages you're all posting. That's cool! 8)
Jason, any chance of adding a feature that allows us to quick tab to the last post viewed on any thread? Brighthand offers this, and it saves a lot of time rejoining a thread that hasn't been viewed in a long time. Many of the threads are now growing to 10+ pages of posts, and I would love to quick-jump to the page I last viewed.
So, what do ya say?? Would it help if I said please?? :D

Sounds like it's a feature of vBulletin, and since we're using phpBB, the answer would be "not likely", unless the phpBB guys added that feature. I'll keep it in the back of my head though...

[Jason Dunn]

Perhaps make the front page longer? :D It's just that I don't have enough hours in the day. :?

We're working on something that will address this. We should have something in the next 30 days (don't hold me to that though - I'm not the one doing all the hard coding work).

One option will be for everyone and will work better than what we have not.
One option (with more flexibility) will be for subscribers, and it will rock. 8)

[Jason Dunn]

So to bring all of this right back into topic, I'm not at all surprised Jason made his announcement. Between his site posting, book-writing, VP'ing (for Spb), new site starting (Digital Media Thoughts), contest facilitating, etc.... you figure there's GOT to be a limit SOMEWHERE!?

Well, I've given my wife instructions on what I want to have happen to the site if I were to die, so that's the only limit that will stop me. ;-) Well, that, or having kids. 8O No worries, the wife and I both agree on 5-6 years down the road...I gotta' establish my media empire first. :robot:

[Janak Parekh]

I gotta' establish my media empire first. :robot:
You'll know who'll be behind you first. :werenotworthy:

Hey, make it a benevolent media empire when it's big, please? For all of us? :D

--janak

[Jonathon Watkins]

One option will be for everyone and will work better than what we have not.
One option (with more flexibility) will be for subscribers, and it will rock. 8)

Subscribers eh? :D I like the sound of that. :P - I like the sound of most of what you are up to Jason. :D

Well, I've given my wife instructions on what I want to have happen to the site if I were to die, so that's the only limit that will stop me. ;-) Well, that, or having kids. 8O No worries, the wife and I both agree on 5-6 years down the road...I gotta' establish my media empire first. :robot:

Being very open today aren't we? :wink: It won't be annnnnn EEEEVIlllllllll empire now will it? :wink: :D