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Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by rodh257 »

jackowayed wrote: post #14
acangiano wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My wife ordered a Kindle DX for my birthday and it should be here in a few days. The first thing that I plan to do is put magazines like this one and a few PDFs I bought to the test. I plan to write a detailed review with pictures in my blog. If you can wait a week or two, I'll write a very thorough review.

Sweet. I would buy one of the brand new ones that don't ship for a month, so I can definitely wait. I look forward to your review.

the brand new ones are the basic Kindle aren't they? He has bought the DX which is the more expensive one with a larger screen (said to be more suited to PDF files)

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by jackowayed »

rodh257 wrote: post #41
jackowayed wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sweet. I would buy one of the brand new ones that don't ship for a month, so I can definitely wait. I look forward to your review.

the brand new ones are the basic Kindle aren't they? He has bought the DX which is the more expensive one with a larger screen (said to be more suited to PDF files)

Yes. I was most worried about the Kindle's rendering, but I guess size could be an issue too.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by fraXis »

wvl wrote: post #34
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%.

I have been using this for the past 30 minutes and it rocks for someone like myself who can only check HN every few days while I am working.

Good job.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by jteo »

acangiano wrote: post #13
jackowayed wrote: post #11

I'm thinking of getting one of the new Kindles, and being able to read Hacker Monthly on it would be a big selling point. Has anyone put Hacker Monthly on their Kindle? How does that gorgeous PDF translate to the Kindle?

My wife ordered a Kindle DX for my birthday and it should be here in a few days. The first thing that I plan to do is put magazines like this one and a few PDFs I bought to the test. I plan to write a detailed review with pictures in my blog. If you can wait a week or two, I'll write a very thorough review.

Do share your experience. Thanks!

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

#45

Post by almost »

This is a link to to the free PDF version. Much better to buy it on paper here: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/102377

The printing quality (from the last two issues) is great and it's amazing to have it as an actual physical magazine.

I've submitted the link to HN if anyone fancies voting it up, it seems a bit silly to have the direct PDF link be the only link on the front page when the whole point of the thing is that it is an actual magazine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1565184

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by chris_l »

almost wrote: post #45

This is a link to to the free PDF version. Much better to buy it on paper here: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/102377 The printing quality (from the last two issues) is great and it's amazing to have it as an actual physical magazine. I've submitted the link to HN if anyone fancies voting it up, it seems a bit silly to have the direct PDF link be the only link on the front page when the whole point of the thing…

Unfortunately, outside of the U.S. the shipping is a bit expensive. Could we lobby MagCloud to ship from Europe too? And btw. does anyone know of a European MagCloud clone? Seems like a good idea...

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by RossM »

hackermonthly.com seems to be down, I don't suppose anyone can mirror the PDF?

Edit: No problem, I downloaded it from Scribd (although I didn't want to have to auth with Facebook).

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by nicpottier »

This is really, really nice, I would buy a print copy subscription for sure if I didn't live in the middle of Africa.

Some others have brought it up, but any chance for Kindle (normal size) optimized version? I'd pay for that too if it was reasonable, but this is just screaming for me to sideload and read in my downtime. I'll make do with the pdf, but having a Kindle optimized version really seems like a win.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by stevefink »

Just when you think you have read all of the most relevant links on HN for the month, Hacker Monthly gets released. It's amazing how much quality content slips my radar. Kudos - this PDF also looks fantastic on the iPad.

Re: Hacker Monthly #3 [pdf]

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Post by jrockway »

chris_l wrote: post #46
almost wrote: post #45

This is a link to to the free PDF version. Much better to buy it on paper here: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/102377 The printing quality (from the last two issues) is great and it's amazing to have it as an actual physical magazine. I've submitted the link to HN if anyone fancies voting it up, it seems a bit silly to have the direct PDF link be the only link on the front page when the whole point of the thing…

Unfortunately, outside of the U.S. the shipping is a bit expensive. Could we lobby MagCloud to ship from Europe too? And btw. does anyone know of a European MagCloud clone? Seems like a good idea...

If someone in the EU wants to distribute the magazine, perhaps a bulk shipment to the distributer could be arranged (to save on shipping)?

I know a flat-rate envelope costs something like $5 to mail internationally, and it can hold a lot of magazines.

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