Maura Magazine

i'm stapling printouts at kinko's right now, send $3 to Maura Zine, PO Box #454

i'm burning it to DVD-Rs right now, will be mailing free copies to those who want one

so not owning a specific brand of smartphone is somehow "backwards" to you lot? smh

i've chosen not to go for an iphone for several reasons, primarily because i can't fucking stand touchscreens

can't believe i have to own one of the most common pieces of technology in media to read this thing that appeals primarily to people in the media

I'm just sad that I can't read it! Nobody is being incredulous itt as far as I can see, just disappointed.

i've chosen not to go for an iphone for several reasons, primarily because i can't fucking stand touchscreens

― lex pretend, Sunday, January 13, 2013

posts very much in character etc etc

Likewise, would purchase but don't have the correct device to read it on.

maybe an android version will come out soon ... hahahahahaha *falls over and dies*

droid

Get in!!!!

according to maura there's an android version in the works and very tentative possible plans for a print version. I do think its silly there's no web version with a standard paywall.

android is a bugger because of all the versions and screen variants and etc etc. probably quite simple for a print venture of this kind though.

the app itself is very simple—probably too much so. first thing I wanted to do was make the text smaller, but there's no setting anywhere. also I subscribed, but I can't get to issue 2, and there's a 'your subscription has expired' message in the corner. probably just teething problems, I dunno. haven't read anything yet, only just woke up, geez.

subscription appears to be okay now, but the 'expired' message is still there, and it's still nagging me to subscribe. hmm.

btw i wouldn't have known about this magazine without lex's pvmic. cheers lex.

I had to restore the app to get it to register my subscription and let me have the second issue.

same, but the 'expired' message is still there ON IPHONE and ipad. app works though (apart from the nag pop-up).

AA go to back issues then restore and that should be your problems

SOLVE your problems

sorry, we are still working through some bugs

and thanks to everyone who's already subscribed! an android version is far off if it ever comes, but there'll be supplemental content on the web site (and we'll eventually unlock some pieces there as well)

Just caught up on both issues. Loved Michele Catalano's piece in particular.

i am among the iphoneless, but i cheer maura on from under my rock. :-)

the reissue interview in issue 2 was really fascinating stuff.

thanks so much everybody <3

Haven't read the thread yet. Does this magazine feature a column with advice on Dating In These Mixed-Up Times Whilst Maintaining Yr Independence Of Thought?

Sorry

Ha ha.

Maybe you could ask luna to write it.

Anyway, looking forward to upgrading my phone so I can listen to this.

I can't tell if you're making fun of me or not.

No, I'm making fun of the same thing you are complaining about on the other thread. But couldn't figure out how to signal that, don't know if there is an emoticon.

No ipad or iphone here, but if this is ever distributed via print/pdf, I'll subscribe.

/laughingwithyounotatyou

#letmaurapaywall

No ipad or iphone here

whiney's gonna zing ya

thanks everyone <3 (and thanks teardrop! i am just feeling SEN-SI-TIV-I-TYYYY about dating stuff atm)

ha damn i was sitting here all day thinking i'd be able to get it onto my ipod but i can't :(

oh no what's the prob

tbh i have no idea what i'm talking about -- i don't have a tablet/smartphone but when i saw it was on the itunes store i was like "oh cool i guess i can put this on my ipod" and then when i got there and everything was iphone this and ipad that i was like "oh guess not"

iphone this ipad that where fugees at

anything that can go on the iphone should be able to go on an ipod touch?

i have an old school ipod though

man i was really disappointed i couldn't get this on my walkman

http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u112496/gordon-gekko-RS.jpg

my apologies for focusing on the negative aspects of the app, maura: i was in a belting hurry this morning (i've only just wrapped up seven hours straight in meetings) and didn't have a chance to provide better feedback.

- the app focuses heavily on the content rather than ~being clever~, so in that regard it's closer to marco arment's excellent 'the magazine' than 90% of the hyper-functional look-what-i-can-do dross available in the newsstand. i really like that you just go straight to articles, with no other crap all over the screen.

- i initially had a bit of trouble finding my way to the list of issues on the ipad. tapping the bar on the left is dead easy once i discovered what it's there for, but until then i was sort of jabbing all about the screen hoping something would happen.

- the font size is slightly too big for me, but i'm on a full-size ipad, and i imagine most ipad mini users would be right at home with the size that you chose. that's apple's fault imo.

in all honesty i think it's bloody fantastic. congratulations for getting so much right on day one.

re the subscription thing (thanks for the tip): restoring my subscription is how i activated the subscription that i had paid for, but for a while afterwards i still got (a) the 'your subscription has expired' message and (b) the 'would you like to subscribe?' pop-up. to clear that pop-up i needed to tap 'read free issue'. it seems to have fixed itself now, but it took a while for that to happen.

i develop software for educators, so non-tech ux is a big focus for me atm, hence this brain dump. hopefully some of it is helpful to you. right now i'm just looking forward to sitting down with the magazine and doing some actual reading.

'Potentially Damaging Content' according to Work's net nanny software.

this is better than "the magazine" because despite being a great app "the magazine" is not a great "magazine" imho

Autumn, thank you for the detailed feedback! I'll send it along.

haha, I should have punctuated properly for a change.

s1ocki otm. arment's format and ui are great, but too often the content is somewhere between boring and sterile. i didn't renew my subscription despite the price. so far i've only read a couple of maura magazine pieces, but already there's more invested emotion and depth than anything arment commissioned imo (although to be fair the audiences are fairly different).

i let mine renew a bunch of times out of laziness, but then i got around to actually reading the pieces, and they really are just a bunch of blog entries. the writing and editing are pretty mediocre. (this is "the magazine" i'm talking about here, just to be clear). looking forward to reading more of maura's. i mean, of maura.

kind of off-topic but in case ya'll didn't see it

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/01/the_intercept_by_law_order_creator_dick_wolf_reviewed.html

do freelancers all have day jobs to provide their income?

side note: why is that site called "priceonomics"? That just seems like a weirdly redundant coinage, it's like saying "Relitheology"

thx for that curmudgeon, reposting.

Air Supply? Really? Haha :)

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new issue in a week if everything comes together. thanks anyone who has held onto their subscriptions (they're going down in price bc of the intense delays i experienced all last year (and this year so far lol) in getting issues out)

Sorry for cryptic post. Maura was just on the CBC 20 mins ago discussing that particular Antipodean atrocity.

ah lol