David Harrigan: Many thanks for your reply. If there's any help I can be for your Ivy 101 articles (not only am I a rank beginner, with a beginner's perspective, which can sometimes be useful; but I was also an editor in a publishing house for 5 years, so I know a little about writing as well), please make use of me.
My current job doesn't allow me to use IRC, so I'm afraid so much for freenode, but in any case I have been instructed to move on since my email (I got the latter out just in time). They're afraid I'm wasting my time. I don't think so - I think Ivy is just what we need. (But try telling that to an administrator.) :) However, I will continue to stay on this user forum, so please, please, let me know at the very least when your articles are up. They are much needed here. I still hope to integrate Ivy with what I am doing. Thanks again! David Sills