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Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:10 PM EST
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By Luke Dorny

Luke Dorny

Luke and his boy Aidan on vacation

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Hello, everyone. I'm an Apple user.

My name is Luke Dorny and I started working at Newsvine last week as your new designer.

I spent most of my formative years in the Northwest in the eighties and am very happy that we're returning to the Seattle area. We love this area. We are currently making the transition from Long Beach, California and the 70ºF winter weather into the 40ºs and "humidity" that I remember so well. I've travelled some in my life and plan to do more, but I prefer the forest to the desert, so we're very happy to return here.

I've studied at University of California Los Angeles, and have been involved with design most of my life. It began in print and package design but has mostly been web technology for the last fifteen years.

Also, I love me some skateboarding, snowboarding, technology-related news, old mechanical items that predate the digital world, as well as travel and foreign culture. My wife's family is from Holland and my family is from Northern Europe, especially Denmark. We have three small children, one boy and twin girls, and no doubt there will be links to my flickr site with photos of them to follow.

I'm excited to get started on a few things but give me some time to coordinate with the team as I become more acquainted with the Vine and some of the many unique qualities here. You have all created a very interesting world of editorial and commentary and I intend to support you all with additions and revisions to the experience. With the group I'm in now at Newsvine Headquarters, I'm sure that many things will be possible. Please be patient with us. I appreciate your support.

I don't plan on being a stranger, so introduce yourself to me as well, and we'll see you around the 'Vine (probably not proper).

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tyler

Hello, everyone. I'm an Apple user.

Another one. Welcome Luke.

  • 14 votes
#1 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:31 PM EST
spiffie

You sell a million computers here, a million computers there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

  • 11 votes
#1.1 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:57 PM EST
Luke Dorny

"We" used to be rare, quirky, scoffed at, ignored, and belittled. Now we are legion.

Not that I need a sticker on my bumper…

  • 14 votes
#1.2 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:26 PM EST
Brian Ford

To be fair, we're often still scoffed at and belittled, even here. :)

I see they finally put you through whatever hazing ceremony it takes to get a green comment.

  • 11 votes
#1.3 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:02 PM EST
Luke Dorny

Actually, the hazing has yet to happen. That, or it was invisible and I'll find out later. :|

Also, smugness shirt for those that understand: http://store.dieselsweeties.com/products/i-was-a-mac-user-when-apple-was-doomed-shirt

  • 8 votes
#1.4 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:08 AM EST
hemphill

Don't worry, I still mock apple users. Mostly when I have to use my macbook though.

  • 5 votes
#1.5 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:59 AM EST
hemphill

Either way, welcome to the world.

  • 5 votes
#1.6 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:00 AM EST
tyler

luxuryluke's column is the truth. I need to step my CSS game up.

  • 8 votes
#1.7 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:28 PM EST
spiffie

Pretty sure being a designer counts as cheating.

Not really related, but *nudge*nudge* when's the rollout for us lesser mortals?

  • 8 votes
#1.8 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:58 PM EST
hemphill

No, it's a lie. The CSS is trying to look like borderless tables, don't believe it.

  • 5 votes
#1.9 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:54 PM EST
Paul William Tenny

luxuryluke's column is the truth. I need to step my CSS game up.

Very pretty. Too bad most of us can't customize our columns.

  • 3 votes
#1.10 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:03 PM EST
Ben Josephs

Very nice ... wish I good enough with CSS to customize my column like that.

  • 4 votes
#1.11 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:42 AM EST
tyler

Too bad most of us can't customize our columns.

Impending.

  • 4 votes
#1.12 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:01 PM EST
spiffie

Squee!

  • 5 votes
#1.13 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:04 PM EST
Brian Ford

<breath>Not held.</breath>

:P

  • 7 votes
#1.14 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:15 PM EST
spiffie

Oh I don't know. Second new hire in the last few months. Logjam seems to be clearing.

<hopeful> <!-- no closing tag -->

  • 7 votes
#1.15 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:19 PM EST
Sir Richard Owen

Impending.

From Merriam-Webster:

Definition of IMPEND
intransitive verb

1 a : to hover threateningly : menace

b : to be about to occur <the impending trial>

2 archaic : to hang suspended

Examples of IMPEND
<for confirmed pessimists some disaster always seems to be impending>

  • 6 votes
#1.16 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:22 PM EST
Brian Ford

I was mostly kidding. I have reason to believe that there really is some real progress being made on this front. :)

  • 7 votes
#1.17 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:24 PM EST
BAjunkie

<hopeful> <!-- no closing tag -->

Whoa there! What's this no closing tag nonsense? Just make sure you close your form tag. (Warning: This link will crash Internet Explorer)

  • 6 votes
#1.18 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:57 PM EST
CL1

Welcome Luke...

You have me thinking Star Wars. Not too much, tho, I'm not a huge fan. I'm just picturing you designing Newsvine with a light-sabre (or whatever it's called) and having a little robot side-kick. :)

Someday, maybe you'll come up with an easy way to design the columns for the techno-illiterati like me..I like Viki's style and yours without the lines.

Some of the issue of why I haven't customized is simply ...I just don't know what to display. I do like a simple look, so if there isn't a lot there - maybe that's Ok. ..Nice to meet you, and good luck!

  • 4 votes
#1.19 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:22 AM EST
Luke Dorny

Thank you, CL1.

Yes, arriving at something you like to represent yourself is infinitely difficult at times.

  • 6 votes
#1.20 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:50 PM EST
CL1

Thank you for your reply, Luke.

Your words are quite profound. So true. Finding what is exactly right in representing ourselves in 'every aspect of our lives' is not only "infinitely difficult at times," we often overlook it's importance. ..Just the 'little' expressions - that can make 'big' impressions.

  • 2 votes
#1.21 - Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:33 AM EST
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JJP

Hi Luke, welcome to Newsvine.

  • 7 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:41 PM EST
VerbalBarb

Hi, Luke. Welcome.

  • 8 votes
Reply#3 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:45 PM EST
BAjunkie

Hello, everyone. I'm an Apple user.

We'll try not to hold that against you. *dodges objects tossed by Brian Ford*

Welcome to the Vine.

  • 6 votes
Reply#4 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:59 PM EST
Soph0571

Hi Luke - Welcome:-)

  • 7 votes
Reply#5 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:14 PM EST
Dennis P McCann

Welcome to the Vine, Luke.

I saw a comment from you the other day, and sent a friend request. Always nice to meet a new green guy.

  • 8 votes
Reply#6 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:22 PM EST
Viki Babbles Gonia

Welcome to the Vine, and to the team, Luke!

  • 11 votes
Reply#7 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:44 PM EST
Scott (Scoop) Butki

welcome to our virtual home, luke

  • 8 votes
Reply#8 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:47 PM EST
Luke Dorny

Thank you all.

{!-- assembling furniture --}

  • 10 votes
Reply#9 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:51 PM EST
ThreeCents

Hi Luke,

Is it from IKEA? BTW: never take me seriously. Welcome.

  • 8 votes
#9.1 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:16 PM EST
Tedd Riggs

Hi Luke, Welcome to Newsvine ! Always nice to get another Apple user ☺ 

  • 4 votes
#9.2 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:15 AM EST
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Pat-#@!&!#@

Welcome Luke! What a great photo, a perfect shot! Aidan's got your eyes, I bet you hear that a lot.

NV is an interesting place.

Look forward to seeing your work.

  • 9 votes
Reply#10 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:40 PM EST
Pat N

(at the risk of being redundant...)

Hello, everyone. I'm an Apple user.

The first step to overcoming a defect is admitting you have one. ☺

Welcome, Luke.

  • 10 votes
Reply#11 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:33 PM EST
Decurion_505

... admitting you have one. ☺

lol, Pat, you are so bad. Howdy Luke! Pleased to meet you. I like old mechanical items, too. Fun to tinker with.

  • 8 votes
#11.1 - Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:05 PM EST
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G. H.

Hello Luke. Your son is a cutie! Hope to see your twinnos soon. Don't mess us up too much with your new stuff, I'm pretty computer *Illiterate*, and might not figure out how something works! lol

:-)

  • 6 votes
Reply#12 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:34 AM EST
Randilly

Hi Luke.

Welcome to the asylum. I do think the walls in our virtual padded cells are a little bland. I'm sure you'll do something about that. ☺

Then again, I could be totally confused about your job description.........

Randilly

  • 5 votes
Reply#13 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:41 AM EST
mon glas

Welcome Luke, and looking forward to your contributions here on Newsvine.

  • 4 votes
Reply#14 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:16 AM EST
NJ Gal

Welcome Luke! Those are SOME blue eyes in that photo! Beautiful son!

  • 4 votes
Reply#15 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:09 AM EST
Ben Josephs

Welcome, Luke.

  • 5 votes
Reply#16 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:08 PM EST
katrix

Welcome, Luke. I have a guy from Seattle visiting me at work this week and he was talking about the incredible snowboarding he used to do out in your (new) neck of the woods, so you should have a lot of fun up there!

  • 5 votes
Reply#17 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:21 PM EST
Spikegary

Welcome Luke! I use apples too. Generally, I have Apple juice in the morning. Apple fritters are really good too. Can't forget apple cider.

:-) Welcome!

  • 5 votes
Reply#18 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:11 PM EST
katrix

So now, Luke, you get to see the dark side of Newsvine. Spikegary - despite being my friend - has never made me any apple fritters. The pain is almost too much to bear. And no, a cool graphic design of an apple fritter isn't going to get me over it, unless you can make it scratch n sniff.

  • 5 votes
#18.1 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:13 PM EST
Spikegary

Aw, Katrix, my friend, I wish I had thought of this before hand....I'll be happy to make you Apple Fritters, but everyone else will be jealous....

  • 4 votes
#18.2 - Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:23 PM EST
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rottlady

Welcome to Newsvine Luke!

  • 6 votes
Reply#19 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:05 AM EST
PigeonReport

LukieLuke: Bienvenido, amigo!

So much for pleasantry, Luke. Now get off your ass and get to work! By the way, will you help re-design my page so that I look handsome - not scary?

Jonathan Livingston Pigeon
CEO & FOUNDER
Bird Droppings Institute
A Think Tank
4 Smart Alecs

  • 3 votes
Reply#20 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:20 AM EST
PigeonReportDeleted
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Sally

Yay! Welcome Luke. A fellow Biggie fan is always welcome.

  • 6 votes
Reply#23 - Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:13 PM EST
Luke Dorny

A t-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch's grape! I'm glad to be here, Sally. Thank you.

  • 4 votes
#23.1 - Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:19 AM EST
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Calvin Tang

Welcome, Luke. Your hiring is a huge compliment, given how long the search for another pair of design hands went on for. I'm looking forward to seeing your influence around the Vine.

  • 12 votes
#24 - Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:46 AM EST
katrix

It is so weird not to see you in green, even after all this time ...

  • 7 votes
#24.1 - Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:44 AM EST
dungbeetlemania

It is so weird not to see you in green, even after all this time ...

Agreed. You'd think they could give him some sort of honorary green. Like pink - is that an honorary green?

  • 8 votes
#24.2 - Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:17 PM EST
katrix

LMAO! Pink - the honorary green. The Big Fig Newtooonnn

  • 3 votes
#24.3 - Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:58 PM EST
Luke Dorny

Thank you, Calvin. Much thanks.

  • 5 votes
#24.4 - Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:14 AM EST
katrix

So have we given up on giving Calvin an honorary pink, even as we welcome Luke, our new designer?

  • 3 votes
#24.5 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:06 AM EST
dungbeetlemania

I haven't given up hoping...

  • 4 votes
#24.6 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:40 AM EST
Calvin Tang

How about an honorary royal blue? Luke, can you hook an old geezer up?

  • 7 votes
#24.7 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:04 PM EST
Brian Ford

Why not just go back to your black vineacity meter? :P

  • 4 votes
#24.8 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:15 PM EST
dungbeetlemania

Sorry, the community has spoken. Pink it is.

  • 5 votes
#24.9 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:07 AM EST
CL1

Well, I thought you [Calvin] looked lovely in that little 'burgundy' outfit in Walt D's avatar. ..burgundy is it.

  • 6 votes
#24.10 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:27 AM EST
Calvin Tang

I will go with the whims of the Community on this one. Mauve it is...

  • 8 votes
#24.11 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:30 PM EST
CL1

That works!

  • 2 votes
#24.12 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:45 PM EST
dungbeetlemania

Calvin "The Mauve Commenter" Tang. I like it!

  • 4 votes
#24.13 - Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:55 AM EST
CL1

Hmm, maybe that cute little top that Calvin is wearing isn't burgundy, but more of an auburgine [not sure if that's the right word] -- what do you all think? ..I think it's a great choice, personally.

  • 4 votes
#24.14 - Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:54 PM EST
katrix

I'm up for either pink or royal blue. Someone toss a die and decide.

  • 4 votes
#24.15 - Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:30 PM EST
Luke Dorny

You guys are hilarious.

Calvin, all I can do is mild alterations, but for the respectable likes of someone such as yourself, I'll see what I can do…

  • 2 votes
#24.16 - Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:51 AM EST
Brian Ford

I hope no one was holding their breath waiting for that response.

  • 2 votes
#24.17 - Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:43 AM EST
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lauhal

Welcome! You and your kid have beautiful eyes!!

  • 10 votes
Reply#25 - Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:13 AM EST
Luke Dorny

Gosh, thank you!

  • 5 votes
#25.1 - Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:12 AM EST
katrix

Lauhal, you are spot on. Luke, you'd better be ready for it. Those eyes that your kid has are going to cause you soooo many ... fun moments!

  • 3 votes
#25.2 - Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:08 AM EST
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hayuandme

well I am quite a bit older at least in years but I also moved from those perfict mountians and tres to Hesperia could not stand the barren land scape here so I used my landscape skills built ponds planted trees almost made home. if i did not drive truck and if I was not up at least driving through Or. and Wa every week every week I would also follow you and move back. Good lock and have fun at what ever you do. All my posts and blogs are ment to inspire and make people think my yours do the same

  • 4 votes
Reply#26 - Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:06 PM EST
backroads

Luke, would you mind designing a paintball button that I can push to splatter the unwashed, unvarnished and underwhelming?

  • 6 votes
Reply#27 - Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:59 PM EST
Luke Dorny

Excellent. It can be designed, but the developers would need to be looped in to make it function.

*adds to wishlist*

  • 4 votes
#27.1 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:52 PM EST
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