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3rd International Day of the LumberJock

Blog entry by Martin Sojka posted 147 days ago 1119 reads 0 times favorited 25 comments Add to Favorites Watch

As Debbie mentioned in the latest eMag, we have declared June 12th as The International Day of the LumberJock. This happened in 2007 when we reached 1,000 members, just 2 years ago. Fast forward to today and we are more than 10,000 members strong. Unbelievable…

I had no time to post frequently in the last few weeks. I returned from Yemen two weeks ago and am still catching up. And as this site grows leaps and bounds I find myself spending much more time on the maintenance and support than on developing new features (the part that I enjoyed most). However that’s the best part of this long-term project – I’m getting experience in so many different areas.

The most important truth that I learnt to accept during these years is that you cannot please everybody ;)

I’d like to thank our team on this special day. Judie is doing excellent job on the advertising front and her efforts are starting to pay off, Michal is managing GardenTenders and HomeRefurbers with a dedication and always optimistic Debbie is the best motivator you can find – believe me ;)

I’m just glad that most of you decided to keep this going despite it’s obvious growing pains. I want to assure you that I’m reading all the feedback (suggestions, complaints, tips…) each day and am trying to stay on top of things. Most of the frequently discussed major feature requests (groups, attachments, ignore list) are already on my list and I’d like to deploy them one by one this year. However it seems like there are always more urgent updates that have to be done…

... like fighting the spammers right now ;) I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. I added another step into the registration process today. No account will be activated without an email verification anymore. Let’s see how this helps.

Dan posted an idea about the Addictive shirt design today. I liked it so much that I decided to design it and add these shirts to our apparel store. If you like it as well feel free to buy one for you ;)

Last but least, I want thank all of you for making this site what it is!

And you should really start designing a nice garden bench instead of reading my ramblings because Summer Awards are coming ;)

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka


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spaids

454 posts in 570 days


posted 147 days ago

OH my GOSH you have womens T-Shirts. I must FORCE my wife to wear one. :)

-- Wipe the blood stains from your blade before coming in.

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PurpLev

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posted 147 days ago

hold on there…. what do you mean “can’t please everyone” ? huh?

LOL.

good job to everyone – this site is great. and the community for coming up with ideas to make it even greater.

of course with growth you also have growth of issues and problems – which is part of the game. one step at a time, and we’ll get to that as well.

Thanks Martin! Judie, Michal (from Israel?) Ms. Debbie, and the Gang!

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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ellen35

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posted 147 days ago

Thanks to you all…especially you, Martin, for all your hard work in keeping this site neat and clean…and addictive!
Ellen

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

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Rustic

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posted 147 days ago

I’ll throw my 2 cents in as well. This site is the best woodworking website I have found. Everyone is very encouraging. Speaking of ecouraing … Hey Martin—Where are your projects? LOL

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

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mbulla

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posted 147 days ago

Great job Martin. I’m looking forward to 10 000 members on GT :).

PurpLev: I’m from the same city as Martin – Brezno, Slovakia.

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PurpLev

2673 posts in 526 days


posted 147 days ago

oh, Cool :) Nice to meet you

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

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Napaman

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posted 147 days ago

pretty crazy!!! clearly it is all because we love you…cant wait to meet you at the woodworking show next year…

BTW…where are the HATS???

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Napaman

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posted 147 days ago

BTW…this is a double WOOT for me…today is my first day off——FOR 60 DAYS!!! WOOT!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Kindlingmaker

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posted 147 days ago

Thank you Martin!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

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stefang

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posted 147 days ago

Have you considered making safety clothing with the LJ logo? I’m already so addicted to the site that I’m afraid my wife might try to kill me. Every time she wants me to do something guess what I am doing. I think you and whoever is helping you are doing a great job administering this site Martin, and it is a great site to be a part of it. Thank you for all your efforts.

-- Mike, American in Norway

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MsDebbieP

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posted 147 days ago

I, too, want to congratulate Martin on the success of his online communities.

Rustic—I’ve been asking Martin that for a year now! Maybe 2010 will be his year to show us some woodworking projects :)

Napaman – the hats can be purchased here. Rick and I both have LJ hats and we love them!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Loucarb

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posted 147 days ago

Fantastic job on the success of the site Martin. I am in the boat as Stefang, I am definitely addicted and am happy to be part of it. Thanks

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jockmike2

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posted 147 days ago

Thanks a ton Martin, for everything. I know this is your baby, but you have made it feel like it is all of our babies. For as much as this site has grown we have relatively few problems thanks to you and a bunch of good hearted people. God Bless You Buddy. Mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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ND2ELK

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posted 147 days ago

Great site Martin. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t give someone the E-mail address to someone.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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patron

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posted 147 days ago

martin : thank you for everything you do for all of us , my brother told me to look up woodworking blogs on google,
( i didn’t even know what a blog was ) and L . J . came up on top so i clicked it and don’t even know if or how many
others there might be , as i never looked further .
what a wonderfull family you have created , from someone who is used to working alone , it is really a pleasure
to be able to share so much with , and learn from .
so thank you and those that help make this site what it is !

P.S. i notice yoou don’t do much woodworking yourself , i would be happy to trade you lessons in w.w. ,
for lessons in how to use my computer !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

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cabinetmaster

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posted 147 days ago

Thanks for a wonderful site Martin and Thanks for all you do to make this site what it is. I appreciate that you have addressed the spammer thing so quickly. That should help for a while anyway. I got to get me one of those shirts and a hat.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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Gary

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posted 147 days ago

Like Mike, I love this site but, my wife thinks the shop was enough of an addiction. Now with this site, well, you know…. I’m sure glad it’s here. And I appreciate the chance to make so many new and great friends.

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

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a1Jim

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posted 147 days ago

Thanks Martin and company for this great site

Jim

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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scrappy

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posted 147 days ago

THank you Martin and all your helpers for giving us all a place to share.

There is soo much knowledge on this site it is unbelievable!

I have learned more in the last 160 days then I ever thought I could. You have even got me teaching my daughter!

I hope my posts and comments have helped others as much as others have helped me.

This site is what a community is all about. Freinds helping freinds. Even if they are from all over the world.

Thank you again for keeping this site going and growing.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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Grumpy

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posted 146 days ago

Welcome back Martin. As usual many thanks for your fine effort on keeping things up to date.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Splinterman

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posted 146 days ago

A well done salute to you and the LJ’s Team…......this site rocks.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

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JimF

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posted 145 days ago

Thanks for a great site. I am so addicted.

-- Insert clever tag line here

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Don Newton

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posted 140 days ago

Well Martin, I’m coming up on one year with Lumberjocks. Thank you for that. As a matter of fact, I must have been pretty stupid a year ago because I have learned so much since then.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

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GEORGE6149

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posted 139 days ago

Thanks Martin-I have learned a lot from people on this site

-- GEORGE

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patron

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posted 139 days ago

martin , how about a button we could push to red line any spamers we find to notify everyone as it comes up
on the pulse . that way we don’t have to bother you with all this stuff , we could just see that someone saw a spam and we can simply put a red line to that spam , and anyone can see it and ignore it ?

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

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