The Singularity :-P

For a couple of months I have been racing my colleague and friend Alvin (@nivlong) to catch up with him with regards to the total number of views on our blogs. Alvin is the mastermind behind createandbreak.net

Today I managed to catch up with him and I even caught the 'singularity' :)), quickly capturing a couple of snaps:

It's a tie at 79419 views! This is Alvin's post about the famous moment: Flaming Sword of Sharing (10% Chance to Proc) -- but don't be too quick on clicking it; I still have a lead to maintain :-)

Comments

Nivlong said…

Congrats and thanks for the mention, Mihai!

I may not catch up for awhile (if ever!), but I'm quite proud and excited to see how we've contributed to the Tridion technical community this past year or so.

17 July, 2013 17:17

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