10 Mags

A tale of 10 11 magazines:

5 6 I want to/should subscribe to:

  • MIT’s Technology Review – General coverage of innovative new technology and its implications.
  • SEED – Tagline: “Science is Culture”. Looking at the confluence of science and society.
  • Make: – How to Make just about anything. I love the hacker spirit.
  • The Economist – A witty and reasoned voice on politics, economics, current affairs, etc.
  • 2600: The Hacker Quarterly – The other kind of hacker spirit, captured in an underground zine.
  • Infiltration – Speaking of underground zines, this one is literally about being underground as an urban explorer. No longer in production, but I’m tempted to buy the back issues.

2 I already subscribe to (and intend to continue):

  • Wired – Technology and culture are inseparable, and Wired finds some of the most interesting stories about this intertwinement.
  • IEEE Spectrum – I receive this by virtue of my IEEE membership, but a great magazine all the same. Sort of like Popular Science for electrical engineers.

3 that I’ll never subscribe to again:

  • Macworld – There are only so many times you can review a laser printer or Adobe Photoshop.
  • MacAddict – I first got into MA in 1996. Then they changed the editorial team, the style and sense of humor, now even the name (MacLife). It’s a dumbed-down Macworld. Hello inkjet printers and iPhoto.
  • Business 2.0 – I got a cheap deal on this one, but I’m really not interested in failing to become Google 2.0. Has since been 86′d by the publisher.

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2 Responses to “10 Mags”

  1. Michael Tyas Says:
    February 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    I like Details, though I don’t subscribe. I get it at the 7/11 whenever my look feels tired.

  2. Carson Jerema Says:
    February 23rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    I use to read the economist all the time, but there are a couple problems with it. 1) it is so long that most people can never finish the whole thing in a week, which leaves you feeling guity because it is expensive, and because it is full of stuff you think you should read. 2) The entire publication history can be summed up as follows: Free Trade is Awesome, Democracy is Awesome. There.