Popular Electronics Magazine - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: JohnS_AZ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 03:09:36 pm
content: Wow, Popular Electronics is working toward a comeback. I literally grew up reading that magazine.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599798763/the-return-of-popular-electronics-magazineA kickstart project I'll actually support.

author: Frangible
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 05:59:18 pm
content: That was one of my all-time favorite magazines. I lost interest when it tried to become yet another PC magazine. I guess I'll find out how good the relaunch is when I receive the inaugural issue!

author: JohnS_AZ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 06:34:30 pm
content: Reading between the lines, it seem like they will be mostly an on-line magazine, with occasional printed "special issues".I agree. If they just push out PC/Mac articles, I'm done.

author: Polossatik
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 06:49:41 pm
content: I wonder if the "desktop" edition (pdf I assume) will be DRM free...if it has DRM , no go

author: Frangible
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 08:04:48 pm
content: Obviously, the iPad version will be encumbered, but perhaps the desktop won't...

author: JohnS_AZ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 08:11:58 pm
content: I think I couldn't care less about DRM. How do Make and Circuit Cellar do it? I've never looked.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 10:34:33 pm
content: The first thing I would want to see is prove they indeed own the rights to the magazine title, in all areas they intend distribution, in all trademark categories that matter.The second thing is, I don't think $40000 is enough to get that off the ground in a professional way. $40000 to rent some office space, equip it, including a decent IT infrastructure, pay editors, a secretary, a beancounter, run a sales and billing organisation, run a few servers, pay authors. They won't survive for a month with that money.

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2011, 11:16:18 pm
content: Perhaps Dave and Chris might be interested in this issue!(Check out the first article)

author: JohnS_AZ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2011, 12:14:49 am
content: Quote from: BoredAtWork on January 19, 2011, 10:34:33 pmI don't know. It's a REALLY low number, but they may have other financing or or personal investment behind them.What's more, they're starting out bimonthly, so only 6 issues the first year, and the massive burden of pre-press, printing, and distribution is now non-existent. So, a few writers wiling to help start it by working cheaply and a tight staff of work-at-homers to begin with and it might all work.But you're right $40K would scare me a little bit. Still, I'll support them.

author: mitpatterson
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2011, 04:02:57 am
content: Ok, first off i backed it, now for the folks wondering about DRM, someone asked him, here is the reply:Quote

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 20, 2011, 04:52:10 am
content: Quote from: JohnS_AZ on January 19, 2011, 08:11:58 pmCircuit Cellar switched to an online reader some time back, but you can still download a standard PDF file. Nothing technically stopping you sharing with someone else.Dave.

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 20, 2011, 05:57:58 am
content: Quote from: JohnS_AZ on January 19, 2011, 08:11:58 pmMake: digital subscription lets you download a nice DRM-free .pdf file.I chipped in US$50 for the new Popular Electronics - good value for a five year subscription (if they get up).

author: Polossatik
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2011, 02:11:12 pm
content: asked the q's here raised and some more on the kickstart site.still wondering if im' going to backed them up with 50 or 100

author: Zyvek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2011, 07:17:47 pm
content: Awesome news, not sure if it could be as cool as it was back then, but I'm hoping they pull it back from the grave.