Yeah, Monokai started as a color scheme for Textmate which I just made for myself somewhere in 2006. I named it after my company name and put it on the Textmate

Yeah, Monokai started as a color scheme for Textmate which I just made for myself somewhere in 2006. I named it after my company name and put it on the Textmate wiki. It took off after that. I'll gladly accept a humble place in the HN Color Advisory Committee :)