He's a guy who contributed greatly to the HN community. His blog posts have consistently been featured on HN, but even more so lately since he "retired" from HN and isn't doing nearly as much posting here.

Further, there are other people who's every bog post makes front page here. It's how we roll. Stick around for a couple months, and you'll see it. There are also cycles and waves of people, topics, etc.

Maybe he's featured more lately because his break from HN gives him time and energy to write better? Just saying...

Or maybe just write more. All his writings have always been excellent, in my opinion (and also his comments here on HN).

Yes, that is what I meant by * but even more so lately since he "retired" from HN and isn't doing nearly as much posting here.

Jacques used to be a very prolific and popular contributor to HN, but left for reasons detailed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2161427

Many HNers follow his blog (which tends to be of consistently high quality) and/or twitter stream.

HN profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jacquesm

Exactly. I don't know why s00pcan is being downmodded, it seemed like an honest question to me.

He was a well respected member of the community who commented a ton (he's still 3rd in karma: http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders) but decided to step away. That's part of it. The other part is that his blog posts are often interesting, insightful, and useful.

sophacles and pmjordan had already given enough info on Jacques. One thing I can say about his posts (having recently posted a couple of them to HN myself) is that they are simple, clear and thoughtful and very much in line with the wavelength of people here at HN.