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Zine – an simple and opinionated tool to build your own magazine
- randomluck040 5y agoWe live in a world where everyone and their dog (sometimes literally) fights for your attention. If you are trying to advertise something comparable to a blog or magazine creation software, add a screenshot on what to expect at least.
- leetrout 5y agoZ-eye-n or z-ee-n? I know its from magazine but I always default to z-eye-n pronunciation.
- 6bb32646d83d 5y agoI've never heard anyone say Z-I-N. Zeen.
- ahmadmijot 5y agoI always pronounce it as z-eye-n
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- bryanrasmussen 5y agoI've always said zeen, because of magazine.
- taurusnoises 5y agoOne million percent /zeen/ (from someone who has been making and trading zines for almost 30 years). Just a few https://bobdoto.computer/ZINES-1 https://bobdoto.computer/ZINES-1
- exolymph 5y agoIt's technically pronounced z-ee-n (because it's short for magazine) but lots of people who aren't familiar with the origin and/or learned the word online say z-eye-n and it doesn't do them any harm. Both pronunciations are usually understandable from context.
- naet 5y agoI have a pet peeve when someone names a technology like this. A zine is an existing concept for cheap printed magazine like material. When you name your tech the exact same thing then there's no differentiation when I search something like "Zine how to".
- popey 5y agoIt is weird, because this is really just a static website generator. It's not a zine or magazine creator by any measure.
- spicybright 5y agoNot only that, but when I read the headline I got really excited it could help generate Zines. I'm not saying every project needs to match the name on the tin, but all the zines I've read have wacky page layouts, quirky pictures and articles, and a lot of personality. This project seems to take content and turn it into really bland flat design with social media style scrolling of thumbnails. Every page has elements perfectly aligned. And, at least in the one example they shared, even the colors are really boring. https://2d2d.io/ https://2d2d.io/ If you want a relevant example, 2600 magazine does a good job of giving each page a unique feel and keeping that hacker spirit alive from it and it's articles.
- nkozyra 5y ago> Not only that, but when I read the headline I got really excited it could help generate Zines I did too, but I kind of figure it had more to do with playing with pen plotters. Would be cool to generate an old school 70s/80s/90s zine from a tool.
- edg-l 5y agoThis may not be relevant, but Zachtronics (a known programming puzzle game dev) nearly always includes zines in the games, and they feel unique and quirky as you say. E.g the exapunks "Trash world news" zine: https://imgur.com/a/TZEZx7N https://imgur.com/a/TZEZx7N (or https://exazines.mattmerr.com/zine01.html https://exazines.mattmerr.com/zine01.html) https://www.zachtronics.com/ https://www.zachtronics.com/
- encryptluks2 5y agoAre there any example magazines that are in English?
- javchz 5y agoFrom what I skimmed over, looks like another word to describe traditional blogs. Seems like an alternative to Hugo, Ghost or Wordpress.
- adultSwim 5y agoXerox – a simple and opinionated tool to build your own zine