It's nice to see this essay being publicly exposed by a more mainstream news site.
I found YC and HN through your essays. I'm wondering if that's a more general phenomenon.
If I used Mixpanel (http://mixpanel.com) I could see stats in real time!
As much as I like the fact that ideas coming from this site are spreading, I would also like people to work at least as much as I did to find HN.
A direct link from the NYT would be way too easy.
Traffic spiked during applications and dipped at the beginning of summer, as it always does, but you can see there's secular growth mixed with the seasonal variation.
I come here to mingle with fellow makers when I need a break from manager types. That's all.