Magazines

I used to read a lot of magazines - Electronics, Byte, PC World, Electronics Today and a slew of others, but that was all in the last century. Since then I occasionally glance through EP&T because they keep sending them, but I generally don't read paper magazines any more. The coverage is no longer comprehensive, quality has suffered as demand has dropped and the internet has taken over. Search engines are a huge improvement in some senses, but browsing and serendipitous discovery are problematic with the internet. If magazines were still as good as they were in their heyday, I would still read them.

>The coverage is no longer comprehensive, quality has suffered as demand has dropped and the internet has taken over.

Totally agree. It seems I learn more from the ads than from the content. I kind of wonder if that's because the people writing the content are the younger journalist/writer types and so the things they can write about are generally things we've already learned in the past. Like all those "10 things you didn't know..." or "info that will change your life!" memes that drive me nuts with useless repetitive info. And the power company teaching me how to cut my energy bills by turning off the lights - something our parents drilled into us as kids!

I receive a couple of contractor magazines... because I'm a software contractor and that's pretty much the same thing as a construction contractor , but I love them for the things I learn... from the ads

The ads point out new technologies that are making life easier. So I know I can add a bathroom in my basement at minimal cost, I know there's newer better roofing underlays and interesting insulations and building panels and methods.

I'll probably use a lot of that info to build a new shed soon.

-Nico

>The coverage is no longer comprehensive, quality has suffered as demand has dropped and the internet has taken over.

Totally agree. It seems I learn more from the ads than from the content. I kind of wonder if that's because the people writing the content are the younger journalist/writer types and so the things they can write about are generally things we've already learned in the past. Like all those "10 things you didn't know..." or "info that will change your life!" memes that drive me nuts with useless repetitive info. And the power company teaching me how to cut my energy bills by turning off the lights - something our parents drilled into us as kids!

I receive a couple of contractor magazines... because I'm a software contractor and that's pretty much the same thing as a construction contractor , but I love them for the things I learn... from the ads

The ads point out new technologies that are making life easier. So I know I can add a bathroom in my basement at minimal cost, I know there's newer better roofing underlays and interesting insulations and building panels and methods.

I'll probably use a lot of that info to build a new shed soon.

-Nico