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AfterDawn's 14th birthday

Written by Petteri Pyyny @ 10 Jun 2013 3:22 User comments (26)

AfterDawn's 14th birthday

Yet another year has passed. Hobby-project-gone-mad has evolved to a company with 20+ employees, online presence in four different language areas.
Upcoming year - our 15th - will bring updated, modernized site layout, responsive design and bunch of other improvements to all of our global sites. And yes, forums will get major improvements during the next 12 months, too.

As always, on our birthday, I want to thank all of our employees, moderators and users for all these years. Great times -- and I expect more great years to follow. Thank you, without you guys, this site wouldn't exist.

-Petteri Pyyny
AfterDawn Oy


P.S. For the "this gets asked every year" question: here's the oldest screenshot of our site that we know of, from Summer of 1999:

AfterDawn v1

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26 user comments

110.6.2013 15:27

Time to crack the bottles all over again!

Happy Birthday!

210.6.2013 15:29

H.B.--> a.d.

310.6.2013 15:40

Cheers, I celebrate with a bag of vapor

410.6.2013 15:52

I keep forgetting that this coincides with my parents anniversary it's 35yrs for them today.
Congrats AD keep it going !!!

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 10 Jun 2013 @ 3:53

510.6.2013 16:19

14 and still kicken.congratulations afterdawn.

610.6.2013 17:04

Love me some Afterdawn!
I discovered AD back in the day when I was learning how to rip my own DVDs.
I've always loved the community. AD is more laid back than most tech communities and I enjoy that.
I hope you guys keep up the good work!

Thanks!

710.6.2013 19:19

Congrats all involved.

810.6.2013 19:21

its my 1st place i check in to after work, see whats new and any advice i can offer. happy BIRFY :)

910.6.2013 19:45

Thanks for the quality site. Happy Birthday!!!

1010.6.2013 19:57

hippy burfday!

1111.6.2013 03:40

love AD, please keep us the good work.

1211.6.2013 07:16

Cracking a cold one! Here's to another 15 yrs!!! Happy B'day Afterdawn!!!

1311.6.2013 07:16

Cracking a cold one! Here's to another 15 yrs!!! Happy B'day Afterdawn!!!

1411.6.2013 07:18

Sorry 4 the double-post

1511.6.2013 08:43

Happy Birthday AD!

1611.6.2013 20:16

Too many news in little lapse of time caused me to miss this important article when it got published. But, late as I know I am, I'm forced to wish you the happiest birthday anyway!

1712.6.2013 15:05

Happy birthday from me too.

1813.6.2013 17:33

Hyvää syntymäpäivää!

Hard to believe I've been coming here daily already for almost 12 years :)

1920.6.2013 08:33

Member since 2/26/05, but I know I started subscribing to the RSS feed sometime in 2004. Congrats and keep up the great work!

2020.6.2013 09:56

Member since January 06. I'm not a very prolific poster but I do like to focus on the hardware forum and post there daily. I have made(and lost) some very good friends on this site.

2120.6.2013 10:13

i am not a computer expect but afterdawn has made know a few things and am grateful. Happy Birthday

2220.6.2013 11:48

Member since 2-12-2008. Though it seems like much longer, since I've been aware of the site since roughly 2004. Glad to see Afterdawn still kicking!
Happy B-day Afterdawn, and I wish all involved with the wellness of the site a wonderful day ;)

2320.6.2013 15:23

Happy Birthday A.D. Been around here 5yrs or so, and have learned a lot from the members here.

2420.6.2013 21:28

Originally posted by ThePastor:
Love me some Afterdawn!
I discovered AD back in the day when I was learning how to rip my own DVDs.
I've always loved the community. AD is more laid back than most tech communities and I enjoy that.
I hope you guys keep up the good work!

Thanks!
Ditto! Everyone, give yourself a pat on the back!

2525.6.2013 06:39
calin5
Inactive

Manny happy returns of the day! Thanks for all!

2625.8.2013 16:26

Happy Belated BD After Dawn I was offline, just yesterday you were 6yrs old. Keep up the great work.

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