34 spot-on reader comments to “David Airey in the top 10 websites for designers, and a new look for HOW Design”

1. Rafie, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   Wow. This is amazing! I knew that you are to be highlighted very soon. Earn this with a great honour!

2. Brian, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   David, Congrats on the recognition.
   What you are looking for is the Way Back When Machine - http://www.archive.org/index.php.

   Its great for comparing revamped websites, I used it myself a few months ago when I was looking at apple’s online store.

   http://www.atrier.com/blog/2007/10/12/apple-website-design-through-the-years/

   Brian’s last blog post..Blog Quality Vs. Quantity

3. MakaniMike, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   David, congrats!

   The tool for the old webpages is the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:
   http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
   http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.howdesign.com/magazine/

   For some reason it is not working for me at the moment though…

4. Rich Cardiff, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   Good work David!

5. David Airey, on February 6th, 2008 said:
   Rafie, Rich,

   Thanks very much guys.

   Brian, Mike,

   That’s exactly the tool I was thinking of. Cheers for letting me know, even though it seems to be experiencing some issues at present. I’ll try again later, and hopefully be able to update this post with an old HOW Design screenshot.

6. Niyaz PK, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   Congrats.

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7. Lorissa, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   Congrats! That is fantastic news. I’m a huge HOW fan. I saw their redesign yesterday and have to agree with you on the ads. It is an improvement from their previous design, but still far from where I feel it could be. I was rather underwhelmed by it.

   Lorissa’s last blog post..there’s only make

8. Dustin Brewer, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   Congratulations David, that is quite the honor. There are some other great websites on that list I hadn’t heard about yet.

   Dustin Brewer’s last blog post..Presidential candidate web design review

9. AzAkers, on February 6th, 2008 said:

   Congrats!! This IS quite the honor indeed and may I say - well deserved!

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10. Brian, on February 6th, 2008 said:

    David,

    Congrats, and well done! I am sure a lot of time and hard work goes into your site, and now your new logo design love site, so fair play mate.

11. johno, on February 6th, 2008 said:

    Congratulations, David. I also read about you on one of my favourite sites, UnBeige.

    The old HOW web site design was an abomination; I’m no fan of the new site either, and agree with you re the Google Adsense and the alignment of the ads–looks like they’ve been thrown at the design from quite a distance. Hate the placement of that ‘Get a Free Issue of How’ banner too. Fortunately they have some good content–it’s their saving grace.

    johno’s last blog post..Sunday Type: Mel Gibson Type

12. Leslie Tane, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Well, I don’t have anything original to add, but I wanted to say congrats! That is high praise, indeed, and well deserved.

    Wait until HOW gets a load of Logo Design Love…

    Leslie Tane’s last blog post..Should you redesign your logo?

13. Jermayn Parker, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Congrats David!

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14. Jacob Cass, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Hi David,
    Congrats :) I was on this last month and it sent me about 1000 unique visitors over the month so embrace :) Another way to see old websites is to use google cache. I like their new redesign as well. The old one was pretty tame.

    Jacob Cass’s last blog post..Free Vector Swirls and Twirls Pack

15. inspirationbit, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Wow, this is so cool. I’m very happy for both you, David and John (iLT) for being included in HOW’s prestigious list. Congratulations! Needless to say - very well deserved!
    I love such lists, they allow us to discover many wonderful sites.
    This one led me to a wonderful blog by Vancouver illustrator Bambi Edlund - it’s amazing to see his illustrations of the streets I walk by every day.

    oh, and David, perhaps you can suggest HOW magazine’s editor to hire you to re-design their site with further improvements.

    inspirationbit’s last blog post..The Psychological Profile Of A Blogger

16. Mali, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Great Great Stuff, A great resource and congratulations on the award well deserved.

    Mali

17. BizGiftGuru, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Looks like the HOW magazine listened to you , there seems to be no adsense any more

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18. Tammy Lenski, on February 7th, 2008 said:

    Kudos, David…it’s a well-deserved honor!

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19. David Airey, on February 7th, 2008 said:
    Thanks a lot everyone! Some of the other sites on the list are inspiring, no doubt, and I’m more than happy to feature them here.
20. Stef, on February 8th, 2008 said:

    Very cool, congratulations!! You deserve it!

    Stef’s last blog post..A current project

21. Tom Krush, on February 8th, 2008 said:

    Congratulations on your achievements, I just started reading your blog about a week ago and became instantly hooked. Some of my favorite articles of yours are like this one. It is nice seeing a compilation of the top X blogs in design. I rarely get around to the design blogs and you do a great job finding the best.

22. Steve O, on February 9th, 2008 said:

    Congratulations David, must be good to know your ideas are appreciated in this way. Enjoying Randy Ludacer’s packaging blog now too!

23. bartholo, on February 10th, 2008 said:

    Hi David,
    Not sure congrats are in order, I looked at three of the other sites and wasn’t impressed….not sure showing a shiny cup logo on your website is an award or not….I like your site, an unselfish resource…so I thought these other sites merited at least a browse (the boast from HOW is that these are the top 10 websites for designers!!!….no they are not….I checked out the Connelley partners website….just too slow bye bye, the packaging website?? some persons subjective account of packaging with a title that ends with the word “stuff” and the David & Akachi Media site, looked at their portfolio, look at their one and only logo..really have a look!!….a custom fire shape from photoshop?? what they didn’t even disguise it…sorry David if you are serious about design which i believe you are decline the allure of that shiny new cup it has no merit or integrity, absolutley none.
    Hope you understand that if any of us are to take our lives seriously then we have to fight these little fights.

24. Dave Lilly, on February 11th, 2008 said:

    Well deserved! Congrats!

25. David Airey, on February 11th, 2008 said:
    Tom,

    That’s great you enjoy my articles here. Thanks for letting me know.

    Steve, Dave,

    Thanks for your comments.

    bartholo,

    Of course you’re fully entitled to your own opinion, and whilst some of the other sites on this list aren’t your cup of tea, I’m glad that you do like mine. I felt that HOW at least deserved a mention because of the excellent forum they run. Have you used it before? I’ve certainly received some hard but fair constructive criticism from other designers there.

26. Terra Andersen, on February 12th, 2008 said:

    Congrats on making their list! It is well deserved!

    Terra Andersen’s last blog post..How I am Making MORE Money in a Bad Economy

27. LaurenMarie - Creative Curio, on February 12th, 2008 said:

    YES!!! I submitted your site and John’s!! I’m so glad they chose you guys! Wow, they even copied what I wrote about why you two should be on the list! Ha! Have you received a lot of traffic from them?

    LaurenMarie - Creative Curio’s last blog post..You Know You’re a Graphic Designer When…

28. David Airey, on February 12th, 2008 said:
    Thanks Terra.

    Lauren,

    That’s great of you to suggest John and I! Thanks very much! You were also very kind in your words of description. I’ve not received too much traffic (not noticeable anyhow), but then I’ve not had much time of late to check on my stats. If I find out just how many visits I received I’ll let you know.

    Again, thank you. ;)

29. LaurenMarie - Creative Curio, on February 12th, 2008 said:

    You’re so welcome, David! Like I told John, you both totally deserve it with all the hard work you put into your sites. So thank you for sharing with us!

    LaurenMarie - Creative Curio’s last blog post..You Know You’re a Graphic Designer When…

30. Sean, on February 14th, 2008 said:

    Congrats David! That’s pretty awesome.

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31. viince, on February 15th, 2008 said:

    Congrats, good sir! And thank you for posting/sharing this. I’ll be sure to check out the other sites when I have the time.

    viince’s last blog post..Paris, Tokyo

32. David Airey, on February 15th, 2008 said:
    Sean, Viince,

    Thanks very much guys.

33. Dan, on February 17th, 2008 said:

    David,

    Thanks for the graphic and mention regarding the HOW top 10 sites. I built the Connelly Partners site and I’m making a point to go around and visit all the others on the top 10. Your site looks like a great read, so I’m a new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing more.

    To Bartholo, … Yep, I know it’s slow to load if you’re not on broadband, but you might go back and check it out sometime. At least we made the loading interesting with some of our broadcast work to watch while you wait. I am an avid HOW reader and was excited that they chose the site to kick off the new redesign. Can’t say I love all the sites they list, but we think ours deserves to be in there, slow load or not!

    d();

    -Connelly Partners

34. David Airey, on February 18th, 2008 said:
    Dan,

    You’re very welcome for the mention, and thanks for becoming my latest subscriber. Here’s hoping I can offer up some more info of interest.

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