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Looking at some of these, it's kind of sad how it went from a deeply technical magazine (the earliest publication had an ad to join ACM, and it has several circ
by nunez 5y ago
Looking at some of these, it's kind of sad how it went from a deeply technical magazine (the earliest publication had an ad to join ACM, and it has several circuit diagrams) to a pop-tech supermarket mag (with tons of ads, lots of high-level hit pieces (how to get ready for y2k, for example), and A BAJILLIONTY ADS. I'm glad that they kept some semblance of technical content towards the end.
- ddingus 5y agoIt is sad. Tech pubs ended up on one hell of a grind to stay in the game. I am glad for what we did get though. The golden era was a tech goldmine!
- Koshkin 5y agoMany initially interesting publications have suffered the same fate. As a more recent example, Ars Technica is getting there.
- nunez 5y agoI'm even more sad about Ars and Anandtech since I still remember when they were both deeply technical
- JKCalhoun 5y agoYou're describing the industry.