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Hacker Monthly #2 is out
- Jun8 16y agoMinor quibble: I subscribed using the box at the top of the page but have not received any notice in my inbox about the new issue.
- phsr 16y agoI got mine, did you check your spam?
- bearwithclaws 16y agoMailChimp sent out the newsletter in batches.
- AdamGibbins 16y agoOnly got mine a few minutes ago, could be slightly delayed.
- Jun8 16y agoYep, it was the usual GMail delay. Thanks guys!
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- helwr 16y agodirect link to pdf: http://hackermonthly.com/hackermonthly-issue2.pdf http://hackermonthly.com/hackermonthly-issue2.pdf
- snissn 16y agohttp://www.scribd.com/vacuum?url=http://hackermonthly.com/hackermonthly-issue2.pdf http://www.scribd.com/vacuum?url=http://hackermonthly.com/ha...
- grep 16y agoSuch a good design...
- grep 16y agoNo Kindle version?
- bearwithclaws 16y agoComing up.
- jackowayed 16y agoThis is cool: Thinkcode's ad has a puzzle/code. First person to solve it gets their full catalog. http://skitch.com/jackowayed/dk1ws/thinkcode-puzzle http://skitch.com/jackowayed/dk1ws/thinkcode-puzzle
- johnswamps 16y agoAs plain text: # The fastest person to solve this will win our entire catalog bThvW3JKYz16bXpUWDIufkl2OllseC4maV1gMjtVYXNtb2RyZ3czbkQzQDtn ZnRdMVZuZkIqVTJpIGlxa2xubkAoaTRueGdQaGN0YyRjTGN1WGlUbzF5VU5q cz50KmRwZXlncGN0dA== I added whitespace as in the picture, you probably want to remove it. (I transcribed this by hand, let me know if I messed anything up)
- stereo 16y agoIn case the rows play a role, I have it (OCR'd and manually corrected) as : bThvW3JKYz16bXpUWDIufkl2OllseC4maV1gMjtVYXNtb2RyZ3czbkQzQDtn ZnRdMVZuZkIqVTJpIGlxa2xubkAoaTRueGdQaGN0YyRjTGN1WGlUbzF5VU5q cz50KmRwZXlncGN0dA== The == at the end make it look suspiciously like some kind of base64, but no luck. Edit: updated for s/0/O/ Edit 2: it isn't a simple rotation of a base64 string either. Maybe the == is a red herring.
- logic 16y agobase64 decoding of the text results in: m8o[rJc=zmzTX2.~Iv:Ylx.&i]`2;Uasmodrgw3nD3@;gft]1VnfB*U2i iqklnn@(i4nxgPhctc$cLcuXiTo1yUNjs>t*dpeygpctt That's all printable ASCII, which I don't suspect is a coincidence.
- stereo 16y agoHah, of course! Well, ROTing that doesn't yield anything either, and it's too small to analyse character frequency if it's a cipher. I tried using 'thinkcode' as a substitution key, and the end looks a bit like 'thinkcode' itself!
- jeb 16y agoHow much do the ads in the magazine cost?
- bearwithclaws 16y agohttp://hackermonthly.com/ratecard http://hackermonthly.com/ratecard
- vegashacker 16y agoNever received #1 in the mail.
- ErrantX 16y agoHmm, yeh good reminder mine never came either (must chase that up...)
- vegashacker 16y agoI just found my receipt. Replied to the email saying I didn't get mine and the auto-reply email opened up a case number and it said they'd look into it.
- vegashacker 16y agoMagCloud said it was in fact shipped, but they are sending me a new one anyway--expedited shipping, at their expense. So assuming I do receive the mag soon, it was a well-handled issue.
- ErrantX 16y agoJust to say; yes I had the same response. They confirmed my address as well (which was right). Fingers crossed :)
- ekanes 16y agoJust to add a data point, I did get mine ok.
- Concours 16y agoMay I ask what tools you are using to create the eBook ?
- bearwithclaws 16y agoIndesign CS4.
- philwelch 16y agoNow including comments!
- pclark 16y agoI'd like to see: * a few recurring columns (eg: get ceo of startup to write half a page about "day in life of startup" each month for 3 months * spotlight on a "review my startup" submission to HN each month. * a page of curated pithy/insightful/fun comments from hacker news. * oh, most importantly, links to the most recent "who is hiring/who is looking for a job" also, iPad/iPhone app.
- grinich 16y agoIf you're interested in building it into an iOS app, let me know and maybe I can help. I built a HN iPhone app. http://michaelgrinich.com/hackernews http://michaelgrinich.com/hackernews
- pclark 16y agogreat app, btw.
- johns 16y agoThe iApp would be nice because you wouldn't have to download them and sync manually. But in the mean time, you can get the PDFs and sync them to iBooks, or go right to the PDF in your iOS browser and open them in iBooks. It looks fantastic on the iPad.
- macrael 16y agoHow do you open the PDF in ibooks from safari?
- ihodes 16y agoI love reading these in print: can't wait ’till the next one comes. I wish someone would publish a magazine on programming like this. I’d buy that as well… Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see number three. One thing I'd like; to be able to subscribe to a year of it.
- ekanes 16y agoDo you think there'd be a market for a "general entrepreneurship" one? More like Inc or Fast Company, but using the "unpaid content with permission and accreditation" model that Hacker Monthly is doing? I've been thinking of doing that.
- aristus 16y agoThere is Code Quarterly, which I think is coming Real Soon Now.
- mgkimsal 16y agogentle plug for my own magazine: http://jsmag.com http://jsmag.com is a monthly PDF magazine on JavaScript which has been out for a bit over a year. "Ready to print" but we don't handle printing right now. Original content, DRM-free, JavaScript (and some front-end) articles. http://jsmag.com/sampler http://jsmag.com/sampler to grab the 24 page sampler.
- ekanes 16y agoPlease add a way for me to subscribe rather than buy these one by one. I don't want to "buy" monthly, I want to receive monthly. ;) Editing to add: Even if Magcloud doesn't have a way to do this, it might be worth your while (especially for cash flow!) to use something else like Paypal, buy them in bulk from Magcloud at a discount and send them out yourself. You could require a 1-year subscription to make it more worth your effort (and the bulk purchasing might mean you make more money on the sale of the magazine itself) 2nd edit: Thinking about this some more, the magazine is 40 pages long (yay!) but at $.20/page you're making only $1/sale in gross margins (boo!). If you were able to accept yearly subscriptions and fulfill from the US (I know you're in Malaysia) you could boost gross margins to $3/sale, in addition to the cash flow benefits. You would be adding fulfillment costs, but it might be worthwhile... AND you could ship internationally if you wanted! :)
- spydez 16y agoSounds like you bought issue #1, so I'll ask: How's the print quality?
- ekanes 16y agoPretty fantastic. The paper is thick and the ink doesn't come off on your hands. It feels a little bit like a collectors item, at least for geeks like me. His simple design aesthetic is so good that my other magazines feel jarring and cluttered. It feels like how a magazine should be.
- BrandonM 16y agoSee this thread on issue 1, where several people comment on the quality: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394526 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394526 Specifically, this comment is pretty representative: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394730 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1394730
- lincolnq 16y agoI bought issue #1, and I was moderately impressed -- it did feel like a magazine, but not quite at the professional level. Almost, though. I was quite happy with it and I am buying this one too.
- jrockway 16y agoNice. I like the new comments section. I that printing the comments adds to their impact, even without the other comments or original article. It also enhances the sarcastic value -- although I didn't read Dave Winer's entry about how online advertising is dead, I immediately knew what he had to say when I read tptacek's "summary". Anyway, pretty cool.
- levesque 16y agoI love the idea because I don't always have time to check HN daily and am sure to miss out on some great stories. This is the opportunity to do some catch up.
- elblanco 16y agoI have to admit, I was really down on this before #1 came out, now I love it. Keep it up!
- kmfrk 16y agoThe Curator's Note has an apostrophe that horsekicks sensible typographers in the face. The note itself also uses improper quotes (primes). The magazine seems to have some inconsistent use of quotes in general, which seems odd when it's been made in InDesign which should enforce a consistent rule. Another typographical pet peeve are the widows and orphans going. I'm sure they can be avoided. Other than that, the magazine looks even more interesting than the last one, and I can't wait to read it. It's a shame that MagCloud don't ship to Europe. I'm also hoping you'll check out the perfect bound binding for the magazine which MagCloud is testing out in beta at the moment.
- bearwithclaws 16y agoMy bad for letting that slipped thru. I'll fix it (and hopefully avoid it in the upcoming issue).
- naner 16y agoDoes this have original content or is this all select content from Hacker News and reformatted for the magazine format? Do you have to get permission from each author since you're charging for hard copies?
- pclark 16y agobearwithclaws (the curator) reaches out to the authors [1] 1: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1261522 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1261522
- bbhacker 16y agoI downloaded the PDF, also the First Edition and I thought it is time to donate. It was my first PayPal donation and I spent it for something I am passionate about (startups). Keep up the good work, and check out Monocle - maybe you can get some inspiration how you can build and extend this.
- pclark 16y agoMonocle is the only dead tree content worth reading :)
- coffeejunk 16y agoonly shipping to the us, ca and uk? arrr :(
- almost 16y agoSee my reply to heresy :)
- coffeejunk 16y agothx. i'll keep you in mind. ordered the issues to a friend in .ca :)
- heresy 16y agoFor those of us who want to support this, but live in countries other than the US, UK or Canada, is there any alternative to MagCloud? I know there's a donate but I want a dead tree edition too.
- almost 16y agoI'll be happy remail copies (of both issues if you want) to anyone who wants to PayPal me the money for the mag plus shipping to their country (from the UK). Email is in profile. Just ordered my copy, last month's was great!
- ekanes 16y agoCongrats on being the #1 (in terms of visibility) featured magazine on MagCloud. Keep it up bearswithclaws!
- joshbert 16y agoOutstanding issue. I've really enjoyed this zine of yours, it's really well put together. I agree that maybe you should charge more and add a subscription model, we want you to get something out of it as well :)
- jedediah 16y agoI love this, thanks! I do miss the epub version that was available with issue #1. I'm happy to even pay for it.
- BrianAnderson 16y agoI just wanted to express my gratitude for putting this together. Hopefully I can get my product out the door and buy some space in this sooner rather than later!
- BirdWatcher 16y agoI read the cover and thought, wow, maybe some new methods of bootstraping I haven't heard of yet. Then I am as always let down because it is stalking about business.
- melling 16y agoVersion like Wired magazine on the iPad? Yes, it's a bit of form over function but it was enjoyable, and more importantly, that's what I would gladly pay for. A one year subscription would be ideal.
- someperson 16y agoThe site is down for me. Anybody have a mirror?
- bjelkeman-again 16y agoI have the same issue. Last time I had to wait for a couple of days to be able to download the PDF.
- robryan 16y agoIs there no comparable service which does ship everywhere? I know people have offered to repost it but just wondering why a company like magcloud would only want to ship to such a limited set of countries if the user is paying shipping?
- morphir 16y agoone question, in the last page it says printed: "Hacker Monthly is an independent project by Netizens Media and not affiliated with Y Combinator in any way." Why do you feel its necessary to be so explicit about your non-affiliation to YC? May it be perhaps that you have chosen to "borrow" HN's color scheme?
- hobolobo 16y agoI really enjoyed the first edition, even the stuff that I'd already read on HN. I think you may have found your niche, bearwithclaws. I've just bought the second - hopefully many more will do the same.