For me, 2014 was the year of the collaboration on Hubski. There's no doubt that I've collaborated with more people on Hubski to create more artwork etc than I ever have before. One of the first such collaborations was when kleinbl00 mixed a song of mine called Loose Ends, resulting in... well, a better version of that song. I really enjoyed that. Then there are all of the #hubskioriginalmusicclub submissions, with parts from bgood79, mrjasonetaylor, jonaswildman, ghostoffuffle, T-Dog, theholywombat, coffeesp00ns, rezzeJ, BLOB_CASTLE, ecib and humanodon has been providing us lyrics. I mean, listen to this song which was among the first we recorded -not too shabby. Speaking of that song, it's the track we use as the background music for the Hubski intro video. Yeah, that's right... we made an intro video. I wrote the copy with the help of mk, insomniasexx, b_b and forwardslash. steve made the video. -A great collaboration imo. Speaking of steve, the guy is amazing. He has like 20 children, mentors people at his church and somehow finds time to make the #tngpodcast videos for us. And they're kick ass. What an awesome collaboration that has been for me.

Then we have lil. What would this place be without lil? It would be a lot less interesting, that's for sure. Lil's writing prompts have continued to allow many of us to flex our creative chops around such topics as What Has Washed Up On Your Shore? and Every Key On My Ring Lost It's Purpose. Also, lil has started a new blog for her students which was inspired by the tag #writebetterdammit that caio came up with years ago. I count that as a collaboration and I would definitely suggest checking out her new endeavor.

This year brought us 'bl00's Reviews, and they're pretty amazing. I'd count them as a collaboration as kleinbl00 is taking book recommendations from this post and reviewing some of the reads, with typical kb amusement and insight.

This year mike published his poem The Last Crumb which he shared on Hubski, ThatsAFreeThinker brought us a new movieclub which has been great to participate in, and humanodon gave us the gift of the grubski. -Grubski may be my favorite thing to come out of 2014. It has been a fantastic way to share my Hubski experience with my family, plus I've learned some cooking chops from kleinbl00, ghostoffuffle, b_b, _refugee_ and others. Speaking of ref, she's had her poems published like a gazillion times this year, WELL DONE pal! Check out the Kenning Journal for more of her awesomeness.... but first, I give you b_b's Chicken in his fireplace from KB's grubski FYYYUUUR challenge:

-That happened.

There is so much collaboration on Hubski, so many wonderful personalities, discussions and continued debate. I love it. If only there were a place where we could all gather, a place where our collective powers could battle the darker forces in society. Oh wait, there is:

HUBSKINA -Given to us by our on again, off again creator eightbitsamurai, the Hubskina adventure has been amazing to read. If only it were in game format. Oh wait, it is:

Hubski, the Game.

I know I'm forgetting some MAJOR collaborations and some MAJOR hubski events from 2014, but that's what the comment section is for. Call me out.

Now for some Did you know's for the newbies:

1. Did you know that you can follow and filter domains? -I follow the economist

2. Did you know that we have a primer page that gives some guidance and specifics on how Hubski is different?

3. Did you know that rob05c has one of my favorite sections from any of the #tngpodcast's in the podcast on spirituality v religion?

4. Did you see how I just shouted-out to rob05c? It's a function we implemented 1188 days ago

5. Did you know that steve, mk, and mike are vikings axe throwers?

6. Did you know that veen gave us this image which I proudly wear on my favorite t-shirt?

7. Did you know that you can get a Hubski T-shirt here

8. Did you know that our mothers are "food factories?" Just ask wasoxygen

9. Did you know that ButterflyEffect has earned 22 badges from his peers? Did you know that you can too? Just post amazing content and comments, like he does.

10. Did you know we've been here for quite some time, as I'm writing this over 1478 days. That's a while. Some of us have been here the entire time, others have only just arrived. But do you know what is one of the best things about Hubski? It doesn't matter if you're a newbie or cgod -an old curmudgeon of the site, we're glad to have you and hope you help to make 2015 as great a year on the site as 2014 was.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, HAPPY HAPPY!

Here's to years and years of more collaborations on this site. I'll leave the talk of the future to mk, but trust me.... it's bright.