Julia's Blog (8)

Just wanted to say how thrilled I am that R2 is attracting members from around the globe now. I am very enthusiastic about the 'world-wide web' and have been making friends internationally elsewhere for years. It is lovely that we now have members from Norway, Croatia, and the US as well as England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. I have been making new friends on Myspace recently and hope to persuade some of them to join us here. Janice has arrived today *waves!* and there is a nice Aussie… Continue

As many of you will know, I am currently steeped, absorbed, obsessed..tick all that apply - in my undergraduate dissertation which is a detailed research project that I have to complete in order to graduate from Uni with my BSc degree in July. Woohoo!! Returning to education and learning when one is a little more mature *cough* than the average undergraduate sitting next to you in lectures, is a rather daunting prospect but is also an enormously challenging and rewarding experience. I was first… Continue

Just to let all new members know that we have a lot more groups than just the ones featured on the main page. Click on Groups on the main navigation bar to browse them all. You can join as many as you like and please feel free to start discussions in any of them. The more that members contribute to groups, the more interesting and/or informative they will become. If you would like to create a new group or have one created for you, j… Continue

Since I wrote the original blog post, activity has picked up, more members have joined us and some of you have added comments to the fact that you often pass through but don't always have the time to post. Therefore, a quick hello in the comments below serves as a roll-call thread and tells me that I am not completely alone in here..lol Please also feel free to leave your suggestions for improvements, new features, groups etc, if you have a spare few minutes. Continue

Update: A few of us have started to meet up in the Daily Chat Thread in the Coffee Bar now but it would be even better if more of you joined in. Around half of our members have joined the Coffee Bar Group so far and we need you all to join if poss so we can get some lively discussions going. Don't be shy now....if you have nothing to say, a simple 'hi how are you?' is perfectly acceptable and will get you started in chatting to to other members and meeting people.… Continue

I have now uploaded 4 albums worth of emoticons: large and small for you to use here or elsewhere as you wish.

• Emoticons 1
• Emoticons 2
• Emoticons 3
• Large

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New Features: Last week Ning upgraded their network and added new FAQ and Events sections. I spent the weekend working on these features and we now have an About Us/FAQ section with an intro page on who we are and what you can do onsite; leading to a list of FAQs which are, in effect mini-tutorials showing you how to do the basics...use smilies, change yo… Continue

t would be a good idea if we all had an avatar uploaded as many of us did in the ZaC forum and as we all do on myspace, as this network displays members by photo and so far we have a row of grey men! What you choose is up to you really....a pic of yourself is nice but if you are shy, something else will do fine. Remember that it will appear beside everything you do, so think carefully what you want to see. That is why I am using an initial rather than my own pic because I do not want to see my… Continue