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Archive for July, 2011
Void
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I’m not quite sure what to make of it, but I’m certainly intrigued by Void, a “conceptual processing magazine” for iPad. You can go to this page, and get a video preview as well as a rather large gallery that shows off pages and layouts, which all look rather nice. I especially like what appears [...]
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This article was posted on July 18, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: App, iPad, Void
A round-up of magazine-related news, bits, and bobbles. Issue 4 of Put an Egg on It comes out next month, and here’s a video teaser. Via @twitsplosion Part 2 of SPD’s Q&A with iPad magazine creators. Wired launches a weekly podcast that includes an audio version of a feature from the magazine. The next issue of [...]
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This article was posted on July 18, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: Gawker, iPad, Longshot, Podcast, Put a Egg On It, SPD, Very Nearly Almost, Wired
You may remember that I covered a web-based publishing tool for the creation of iPad/iPhone magazines earlier this year called App Press, and I also mentioned that the system was updated in a recent Magaziner Intelligence post. Some of the new features include Twitter and web integration — that last one meaning adding access to [...]
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This article was posted on July 18, 2011 under the category Tools, and covers the following topics: App, App Press, CMS, iPad, iPhone, Publishing Tools
The latest issue of UK graphic design magazine Grafik (190) is now available in an iPad edition, and although there are no subscription options, the price is right. There’s an iPhone app as well, but it seems to be tied to the content that appears on the publication’s website. Grafik for iPad is $2, and [...]
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This article was posted on July 13, 2011 under the category New Releases, and covers the following topics: App, Grafik, iPad, iPhone
A round-up of magazine-related news bits (for your eyes only). Part 1 of a Q&A series on the SPD’s Grids blog with three iPad magazine creators (they will also participate in a talk event in NYC on July 26). Via @newmanology The new issue of Manzine (No. 5) is out, and you can purchase it [...]
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This article was posted on July 11, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: App, ELLE UK, iPad, iPhone, Linefeed, MagCulture, Manzine, Printout
For some reason today has turned into an unofficial woman’s day. I just watched Lady Gaga partly take over Japanese TV, I was reminded by a friend’s tweet of the recent great feature Bloomberg Businessweek did on Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, and I’m now in the middle of reading a profile on her in the latest [...]
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This article was posted on July 11, 2011 under the category Print, and covers the following topics: Bloomberg Businessweek, Brownbook, Lady Gaga, New Yorker, Sheryl Sandberg
Tim has given us a peek at the coming update to Letter to Jane: Moral Tales for iPad (which is the magazine’s third issue). As pictured, the update features a slight graphical makeover, partly inspired by the iPhone edition. It’s looking quite nice. I believe the update has been submitted to Apple, and should be [...]
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This article was posted on July 7, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: App, iPad, iPhone, Letter to Jane, Tim Moore
A round-up of magazine-related bits and bops. Robert Newman talks about how Reader’s Digest launched its iPad edition. For programmers: A post that walks you through the creation of a simple magazine app with Core text. Take, a new photography magazine from Sydney. Via @twitsplosion A terrific cover for Noize magazine. Linefeed takes a look [...]
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This article was posted on July 7, 2011 under the category News, and covers the following topics: Linefeed, Magazero, Mediterraneo, Monocle, Noize, Reader's Digest, Robert Newman, Slanted, Take, Wallpaper
The second issue of Hamish Robertson’s Afterzine is out, featuring another great lineup of contributors, and looking rather nice too — see a few photos from from the interior on the order page. There’s also a launch party for the issue happening at Skylight Books in LA this coming Friday (July 8) — more details [...]
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This article was posted on July 5, 2011 under the category New Releases, Print, and covers the following topics: Afterzine, Hamish Robertson
I should start by saying that this isn’t just a regular review of GQ on iPad, because I’m using it as an example of something that has been bothering me of late — the use of scrolling in iPad editions of magazines — and the latest issue uses it in a way that finally made [...]
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This article was posted on July 3, 2011 under the category Commentary, Reviews, and covers the following topics: