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The zine – a short essay on self-publishing

58 points by nonoesp 7y ago

lourdesalonso 7y ago
Nice to see this here!
peter_l_downs 7y ago
If you're interested in a tech-focused zine which is also online, check out https://lainzine.org https://lainzine.org. It's good – really well made, lots of cool Hacker™ content. If you want to see a digital analogue to "I just started photocopying these in my basement and the binding is all off but here you go anyway" you can check out my zine, https://freezine.xyz https://freezine.xyz.
- nonoesp 7y ago
  This is awesome Peter – thanks for sharing!
  - peter_l_downs 7y ago
    Thank you for your post. Your sketches are fantastic!
    - nonoesp 7y ago
      <3 So glad to hear!
nachitosk8 7y ago
Nice web!!
superhuzza 7y ago
One piece of (unsolicited) feedback about your website: I wanted to see your sketches, so I clicked on sketches in the top menu. But the page only appeared to have a signup form for your newsletter. I left the page because I was looking for the sketches, and after poking around a bit I realized the page scrolls and there was more content below. You can see what I mean here: https://imgur.com/hEATRrq https://imgur.com/hEATRrq
- nonoesp 7y ago
  Hey, this unsolicited feedback is great — so much that I already implemented an arrow to signal there's content, can be clicked, and disappears as soon as you scroll down. Thanks a lot for this comment, really. Here's a demo GIF: https://imgur.com/a/YywdM2i https://imgur.com/a/YywdM2i (You can also go to the home page again and do a hard script refresh, CMD + SHIFT + R on macOS Chrome.)
  - superhuzza 7y ago
    The fix works perfectly for me, glad I could help! Your sketches are fantastic.
pmoriarty 7y ago
No thread on zines can be complete without mentioning Factsheet Five.[1] Though it's been defunct for many years now, it was once a gigantic catalog of zines. I wonder if there's anything remotely like it now. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factsheet_Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factsheet_Five
- nonoesp 7y ago
  Looks super cool. Thanks for sharing I'll take a deep look at these.
diN0bot 7y ago
I love zine culture and zine fests. People trading zines and sharing joy. I don't know anyone who makes reasonable money off of zines, which is both sad but also keeps the culture oriented away from money. I have a short zine series on engineering management here: http://staycalmcomic.com/intro http://staycalmcomic.com/intro Starts with a stand-up scheduling joke and moves on to participatory decision making. Includes some easter eggs for Steven Universe lovers. Feel free to read online or print out and fold into little 1-page booklets to give coworkers \o/
- nonoesp 7y ago
  Haha! Took a look at some of these and I love it. Thanks for sharing have been thinking of offering some format in which people can directly print the content themselves.
- petercooper 7y ago
  Google Julia Evans, she's quite popular around here and generally in the dev space and is making a reasonable salary now from her developer-focused zines.
  - nonoesp 7y ago
    Thanks @petercooper, @lev272 also recommended her and I'm loving her work.
lev272 7y ago
If you're interested in zines and tech, I'd highly recommend checking out Julia Evan's work: https://wizardzines.com/ https://wizardzines.com/
- nonoesp 7y ago
  Wow, this is such a good recommendation. And they're already in booklet PDF format — ready for printing. Huge thanks Lev, I'll definitely print some of these. Feel like I've got a lot to learn from what's on them (e.g., https://jvns.ca/strace-zine-v3-print.pdf https://jvns.ca/strace-zine-v3-print.pdf).

58 points by nonoesp 7y ago

Nice to see this here!

If you're interested in a tech-focused zine which is also online, check out https://lainzine.org https://lainzine.org. It's good – really well made, lots of cool Hacker™ content. If you want to see a digital analogue to "I just started photocopying these in my basement and the binding is all off but here you go anyway" you can check out my zine, https://freezine.xyz https://freezine.xyz.

nonoesp 7y ago
This is awesome Peter – thanks for sharing!
- peter_l_downs 7y ago
  Thank you for your post. Your sketches are fantastic!
  - nonoesp 7y ago
    <3 So glad to hear!

nachitosk8 7y ago

Nice web!!

superhuzza 7y ago

One piece of (unsolicited) feedback about your website: I wanted to see your sketches, so I clicked on sketches in the top menu. But the page only appeared to have a signup form for your newsletter. I left the page because I was looking for the sketches, and after poking around a bit I realized the page scrolls and there was more content below. You can see what I mean here: https://imgur.com/hEATRrq https://imgur.com/hEATRrq

nonoesp 7y ago
Hey, this unsolicited feedback is great — so much that I already implemented an arrow to signal there's content, can be clicked, and disappears as soon as you scroll down. Thanks a lot for this comment, really. Here's a demo GIF: https://imgur.com/a/YywdM2i https://imgur.com/a/YywdM2i (You can also go to the home page again and do a hard script refresh, CMD + SHIFT + R on macOS Chrome.)
- superhuzza 7y ago
  The fix works perfectly for me, glad I could help! Your sketches are fantastic.

pmoriarty 7y ago

No thread on zines can be complete without mentioning Factsheet Five.[1] Though it's been defunct for many years now, it was once a gigantic catalog of zines. I wonder if there's anything remotely like it now. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factsheet_Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factsheet_Five

nonoesp 7y ago
Looks super cool. Thanks for sharing I'll take a deep look at these.

diN0bot 7y ago

I love zine culture and zine fests. People trading zines and sharing joy. I don't know anyone who makes reasonable money off of zines, which is both sad but also keeps the culture oriented away from money. I have a short zine series on engineering management here: http://staycalmcomic.com/intro http://staycalmcomic.com/intro Starts with a stand-up scheduling joke and moves on to participatory decision making. Includes some easter eggs for Steven Universe lovers. Feel free to read online or print out and fold into little 1-page booklets to give coworkers \o/

nonoesp 7y ago
Haha! Took a look at some of these and I love it. Thanks for sharing have been thinking of offering some format in which people can directly print the content themselves.
petercooper 7y ago
Google Julia Evans, she's quite popular around here and generally in the dev space and is making a reasonable salary now from her developer-focused zines.
- nonoesp 7y ago
  Thanks @petercooper, @lev272 also recommended her and I'm loving her work.

lev272 7y ago

If you're interested in zines and tech, I'd highly recommend checking out Julia Evan's work: https://wizardzines.com/ https://wizardzines.com/

nonoesp 7y ago
Wow, this is such a good recommendation. And they're already in booklet PDF format — ready for printing. Huge thanks Lev, I'll definitely print some of these. Feel like I've got a lot to learn from what's on them (e.g., https://jvns.ca/strace-zine-v3-print.pdf https://jvns.ca/strace-zine-v3-print.pdf).