Here we stand on November 23, 2006. It was just two years ago that five Mac geeks welcomed a handful of people to Deep Thought. Two years later, Deep Thought sees around 1600-1700 visits (roughly 900-1000 unique IPs) and 6000-7000 page views on a typical day. Not bad for two years, eh?

Our second year was generally less turbulent than our first; it was our first full year at the dtgeeks.com domain (before we were a subdomain on Pilky’s software company’s site). We also made it through the year without any major server hiccups (unlike June 2005, when we killed two servers within four days and were hacked a couple weeks later). Join me as I venture down memory lane…

• 13 December 2005: I write a quick news item about Apple being featured on the game show Jeopardy! and somehow it ends up on Digg, TUAW, and Ars Technica. Yikes!
• 14 December: Because of the ridiculous amount of exposure, Deep Thought sees its biggest day ever: 8,830 visits and 44,521 page views. This record still stands.
• 10 Jan 2006: Macworld Expo rolls around. Arden and I cover the action on the show floor for three of the four days of the exhibit hall, cumulatively.
• Throughout January: I write my multi-part iLife 06 review, which rank among the most read articles in DT’s history.
• 31 January: DT wraps up its busiest month ever: over 74,000 visits (21,000 unique IP) and 327,000 page views.
• 14 February: Deep Thought publishes a comparison between the Gateway Profile and Core Duo iMac. MacDailyNews likes it and writes an article about it. Deep Thought sees 7,800 visits as a result.
• 16 February: Word breaks of a possible Mac OS X virus. I respond with a slightly over-the-top headline. I then regain my bearings enough to churn out an article to calm some rattled nerves.
• 23 February: Pilky asks, “Do we really need ‘Anti’ virus software?” I write about some photos of an alleged “true video iPod,” a mythical beast with a large 3.5” screen. In total, Deep Thought sees over 7,000 visits for the second time in the month thanks to the two articles. Also on this date, Sergio (AKA SogniX) joins the staff.
• 5 March: Bryan leaves his blogger post.
• 7 March: Another tag-team performance by Pilky and I: Five Reasons Why There WILL Be Macs in 2010 and Security Dos and Don’ts result in yet another day of over 7,000 visits, DT’s third in less than a single month.
• April: A relatively quiet month for Deep Thought.
• 1 April: Deep Thought “puts out a search” for Greek writers, ”breaks” the news that Avie Tevanian is moving on to MS, and ”reports” that Apple threw itself a big birthday bash.
• 21 April: Andrew Burke joins the DT team as Geek Toy writer.
• 23 April: Jay joins the staff as a blogger.
• 6 August: DT covers Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote; Apple previews Mac OS X Leopard and unleashes the Mac Pro.
• 19 August: Pilky’s price comparison between the Mac Pro and Dell Precision is featured on Daring Fireball’s Linked List. Cool!
• 12 September: Just in time to offer his two cents on the Apple Showtime event, UnnDunn returns from hiatus and rejoins the staff.
• 29 September: Jay writes 20 Reasons The World despises Norton Antivirus. In the coming days, it makes it to Digg’s front page (dugg at least 1,200 times), circulates around the blogosphere, and becomes the most read article on Deep Thought. It even was linked to by a major United States university’s network security website. Yowsa!
• 1 October: I assume the position of Editor-In-Chief. Pilky shifts to Features Editor. Arden remains Dictator Supreme.
• 3 October: James (AKA Shempzilla) joins the staff as a blogger.
• 15 October: Bryan returns to Deep Thought as Geek Toys/Geek Site feature writer.
• 23 November: Deep Thought turns two!

Thank you readers for two great years! Here’s to an awesome year three.