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Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by ews »

jackowayed wrote: post #23
ews wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have just finished HM #2 on my 2nd gen kindle. It look gorgeous and it's easy to read even without rotating the screen. I can post some pictures of it somewhere if you need.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few pictures, especially of the more visual pages like the pictures leading into the articles, some of the ads, etc. But I can also just take your word for it if you don't feel like taking and posting pictures.

Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read. The three column layout makes the font too tiny. I didn't realized I had an epub version of #2 (converted to kindle format using calibre), which can be read perfectly.

I have taken some pictures as example :

#3 on PDF, vertical layout http://i.imgur.com/6w80g.jpg #3 on PDF, horizontal, with some complex graphics : http://i.imgur.com/RfeUH.jpg #2 epub, horizontal layout, smallest font size: http://i.imgur.com/c39gL.jpg

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by Zakuzaa »

I'd love to see how you're doing with monetisation and of course other stats that matter like downloads and social media mentions etc. Could you please start adding en extra page dedicated to how HN Monthly is doing.. throw in some graphs etc? Your call :)

Among other things it would add a curiosity element among the readers.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by jamesbritt »

pavs wrote: post #19
crizCraig wrote: post #10

I'd love to have an audio version of these.

How do you plan to have the audio version of the code snippets? Some things are just not meant to be in audio.

In college I had a side gig for a blind EE student who could not get a particular electronics book in Braille. So I would read chapters onto cassette tapes (yeah, '80s!) for him to listen to.

There were many equations and such. I also had a stack of semi-soft plastic sheets and a rubber-padded clipboard; drawing on the sheets with the rubber underneath allowed for finger-parsable drawings.

Whether to attempt to an audible version of an equation versus making a drawing was the big decision. It was faster if I could read an equation, but I wasn't always sure I was getting it quite right. OTOH, having a large stack of "etchings" was not so good either, and the details had to be marked well enough to feel.

I asked the guy once how he could "see" computer screens; he said there was a device that had a matrix of a bazillion pins that was used to create an image of the screen for him to run his fingers over.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by wvl »

jakevoytko wrote: post #6

I didn't appreciate Hacker Monthly until this issue. I missed "Lessons Learned From 13 Failed Software Products" when it passed through HN. Too many late nights at work! Lesson learned: summarize the strong signals in dynamic data. Not everyone looks for changes 10 times a day. On a related note, is there a RSS feed of the top daily HN links? It would be great to review past articles and comment threads when I get ba…

There's also my new http://hckrnews.com/ that lets you filter past days by top 10, top 20, or top 50%.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by wwortiz »

billmcneale wrote: post #35

Out of 64 pages, I counted 8 dedicated to programming (and I'm being generous). Why is this called Hacker Monthly again?

Because it is high rated articles from hacker news and as you probably have noticed, a major part of this crowd likes to vote up startup and other articles which are relevant to their interests.

Besides hacking isn't limited to programming anymore than artistry is limited to painting.

Other than that, I personally would be interested in a monthly magazine that focused on interesting programming related things.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by aristus »

billmcneale wrote: post #35

Out of 64 pages, I counted 8 dedicated to programming (and I'm being generous). Why is this called Hacker Monthly again?

The original name of HN was "Startup News". Paul generalized the theme about a year into it to include anything interesting to hackers. I also noticed the bias towards business and motivational material as opposed to programming, but that's probably just the luck of the draw. Hacker Monthly is a static slice of a dynamic process.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by milofelipe »

Great issue!

Side note: I just discovered the "Reflow" view in Adobe Reader. It converts the PDF to a single column for easy viewing at a large magnification. The layout gets messed up sometimes but it's alright for me. My problem before was I had to scroll up and down a couple of times on a page to read all the contents (3 columns) in fix width view.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by naner »

ews wrote: post #31
jackowayed wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few pictures, especially of the more visual pages like the pictures leading into the articles, some of the ads, etc. But I can also just take your word for it if you don't feel like taking and posting pictures.

Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read. The three column layout makes the font too tiny. I didn't realized I had an epub version of #2 (converted to kindle format using calibre), which can be read perfectly. I have taken some pictures as example : #3 on PDF, vertical layout http://i.imgur.com/6w80g.jpg #3 on PDF, horizontal, with some complex graphics : http:/…

Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read.

Possibly because he adjusted the font size by a point. For 8.5x11 PDFs you really need a Kindle DX or iPad.

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