MagPI #36

RE: MagPI #36

jack.chaney56 — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:22:27 GMT

Buying a copy at a news stand, or subscribing is a show of support. Can't think of a much better group. Education of the masses (highly affordable), getting elementary and middle school children running experiments on the ISS, programming for fun (Minecraft), and doing it all on a shoestring budget (getting Bill Gates rich is not the objective, though it probably would be nice). Add to that educating educators, providing community, and support, brilliant!!!

RE: MagPI #36

Jan Cumps — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:01:57 GMT

Looking forward to see MagPi inspired blog posts here of your underused Pi.

RE: MagPI #36

Workshopshed — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:57:02 GMT

I don't mind at all, I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks about the magazine. I've learnt a bit about scratch too.

I've a few other magazine subscriptions that I'm catching up on so I'm unlikely to subscribe. Will just be downloads when there's something relavent or airport / motorway purchases when I need something to read.

And yes, thanks to [mention:d8b5a813a1e6481d9b41301209fb5392:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] for the copy.

RE: MagPI #36

clem57 — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:32:28 GMT

If Andy (Workshopshed) does not mind. I would like to chime in as well. One of the first things I noted was the large font which is nice for us with glasses. Even though I have read articles from the PDF, the printed copy is much nicer to hold and read. One article in #36 was the tutorial for Scratch on "Adding a Title Screen". Even though I had taken a look before, I did not realize the potential that this language. The article showed step by step what to do and how changes could be made. The level of writing was good for the inexperienced as well as smaller of our lot (kids). Thanks to element14's spanner_spencer for posting a copy [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-614d7bf2-c9f9-45df-86ee-5ed2f3a7ae10/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]. I plan on getting a yearly subscription.

Thanks,