Awhile back Joel Spolsky compiled Best Software Writing I, a collection of online tech writings from other people. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BestS

Awhile back Joel Spolsky compiled Best Software Writing I, a collection of online tech writings from other people. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BestSoftwareWriting.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BestSoftwareWriting.h... It seems similar to the format you're imagining and was definitely successful from a quality standpoint. The people who read it, enjoyed reading it. That's different than saying it was a huge commercial success or that there's so much good writing that you could fill a themed magazine each month.