http://imechanica.org/node/2897 Comments for "6000 registered users of iMechanica" en http://imechanica.org/node/2897 <p> Early this week the number of registered users passed 6000.&nbsp; Our growth rate remains nearly a constant, about 10 new users per day. In January Teng <a href="http://imechanica.org/node/2541">plotted some basic statistics of iMechanica</a>.&nbsp; </p> <p> iMechanica uses a content management system, <a href="http://drupal.org">Drupal</a>, an open source software.&nbsp; Thus, iMechanica has benefited from the labors of thousands of volunteering programmers.&nbsp; Their enthusiasm has positioned the software at the cutting edge in this space.&nbsp; Drupal has been used by many of the world&#39;s best organizations.&nbsp; See examples in the <a href="http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sites">blog of Dries Buytaert</a>, the founder of Drupal.&nbsp; We hope to upgrade iMechanica to Drupal 6 this summer. </p> <p> iMechanica is hosted at the <a href="http://www.seas.harvard.edu/">Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences</a>.&nbsp; We are grateful to <a href="http://imechanica.org/user/1">Lesley Lam</a> for technical support, and to&nbsp;<a href="http://imechanica.org/user/23">Joy Sircar</a> for guidence.&nbsp; </p> <p> The content of iMechanica is contributed by the registered users, and is maintained by a team of <a href="http://imechanica.org/profile/profile_10/Moderator">volunteers</a>. </p> <p> iMechanica has never received any funding, and has no&nbsp;employee. </p> <p> <strong>Tips for frequent users of iMechanica</strong>: </p> <ul> <li>If you read iMechanica often, and find your Internet connection slow, you may want to start using <a href="http://imechanica.org/node/106">Google Reader</a>.</li> <li>If you post in iMechanica often, you may want to write off-line by using <a href="http://imechanica.org/node/1427">Windows Live Writer</a>.</li> </ul> <br class="clear" /> http://imechanica.org/node/2897#comments iMech Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:40:20 -0400 Zhigang Suo 2897 at http://imechanica.org