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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Colour MaxiMite & Silicon Chip
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donmck Guru  Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Colour MaxiMite & Silicon Chip Geoff Graham's Colour MaxiMite article Part 1, has just been printed in Silicon Chip magazine September 2012 edition. Runs from pages 22 to 29. Part 2 the construction and programming in colour, should run next month. If you buy the on line version, sorry it isn't available yet, and is really not working for them. They should do it the way Circuit Cellar are doing it. A simple single PDF of the magazine, complete with all the magazines supporting sponsors messages. I'm still reading Part 1 in detail, and looking forward to Part 2. Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
Silicon Chip are quite anal about their online publication. They often refer to page numbers in their printed edition articles. These remain in the online version and it is like pulling hen's teeth to try and get the references from them for use in a meaningful form for online use. It would be useful even if they included an article name even, but no, they just use a page reference. Combine that with drip feeding the articles over the whole month and their online can sometimes be a painful exercise. IIRC they blame it all on their online publisher. |
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jebz Regular Member  Joined: 13/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 79 |
Silicon Chip just don't get how to present themselves online. The changes to projects in respect to errata and improved firmware aren't linked to the original project. The WIB was a great project but they offered nothing as far as discussion or further development on their website and this project was just a fantastic starter. Just look at how it took off on EPE. EPE WIB forum chat |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Yes I recently subscribed to their online version and quite frankly to say I am disappointed is an understatement.... It is woeful, articles appear in drips and drabs all over the month - not in one complete issue, and you pay top market rates for it too. I subscribe to AUS PCAuthority (uses Zinio) and it is great. Just like reading the mag itself.. And I have just subscribed (took out a 2 year for 1 offer from Zinio) to US PCMag (cost $19 for 24 issues) about a third of the cost for 24 issues as SC is for 12 (or is it only 11). Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| aargee Senior Member  Joined: 21/08/2008 Location: AustraliaPosts: 255 |
Just listened to Ita Buttrose on ABC talking about magazine publication, explaining that by far the major expense was the physical ink and paper. Online publications should be quite a bit cheaper - as they are in fact, for most other mags. I'm a magazine by mail subscriber and it amazes me that SC promotes a subscription benefit as 'the arrival of SC in your letterbox before it appears in the newsagent', I often see SC in the newsagent or Jaycar up to a week before I get it in the mail. 
- Rob For crying out loud, all I wanted to do was flash this blasted LED. |
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| BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
The saga of Silicon Chip online continues. I don't have access to November articles yet so I flashed off an email to ?????? using the online contact form and got a response back today saying it is all on hold and to contact the editorial office. Anyone have better info? Is SC on the way out? Funny story too. I Googled Silicon Chip online and one of the hits that I got was my post above on 25 August 2012 where I suggested they were quite anal etc. ........ |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Haven't heard anything, but I don't like the sound of that. I always felt if they produced a proper PDF magazine (just like CC Ink), and sold it at half price to the rest of the world, it may well be the Electronics magazine of the 21st century. But what would I know. 
Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
I received my printed Silicon Chip copy in the mail a couple of weeks ago as per normal. The lead article is a project to build a class D amplifier - very interesting. Doesn't seem on the "way out" to me and I'd be upset if it was. I also have a web subscription to "Nuts & Volts" too and I have to say it's a pretty good presentation - you get the whole mag, on time, inexpensively and easy to read - not as easy as hard copy though which I still prefer. I still think Silicon Chip is a better publication though and the projects, to me at least, are more relevant. Greg |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
I agree, I was on Nuts and Volts for many years, but gave up before they become digital. Perhaps I should re-investigate. I also feel one of the big problems with SC mag is that it isn't a true PDF of the mag, just a version that no one seems to like a great deal. They kill the standard ads, when these advertisers could and should be selling to the rest of the world. In fact, I would suspect advertising revenue would go up, if it became a true digital global market. So why rip the ads out of the magazines, and kill off your sponsors? Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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