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Wow, how time flies. Just a scant two years ago on April 5th, GlobalSpec rolled out a simple community website called CR4 hoping to create a space for engineers and technically minded folks to discuss issues of technology, develop peer relationships, and locate others with the expertise to help them find answers to burning questions. I fondly remember that time when eight posts a day was considered a lot and I knew the user name of everyone on the site. I less fondly remember trying to coax the original out-of-box software platform to do anything, even post daily stories; and wondering whether this site was actually meeting its mission.
Over time the site grew, slowly at first then finding its own gravity. CR4 really took off in September of 2006 when we relaunched the site using a platform of our own design. Today, the site is very robust with hundreds of posts going up every day. We've added an internal message system, industry blogs, user groups and a host of other tools; and there are a lot more to come (all we need is time).
I receive emails every day from users with functionality questions, suggesting challenge questions, asking what CR4 means, or who simply want to thank us for running the site. Of these emails, the thing I am most proud is the number of users who refer to CR4 as "our" site. This comment is not directed at the CR4 Admin, but to everyone who uses the site. That so may CR4 users have embraced this site as "our place" is a sure sign that we are on the right track.
Whether you've been with us from the beginning, joined after the redesign, or just found the site today; thank you for helping to make CR4 "The Engineer's Place for News & Discussion"!
Happy birthday to us all!
- Chris
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