I saw this (The 2008 Media Inflection: Meet Dr. Web, the New Gorilla)  by way of reddit (Title- Dr. Dobb’s Journal to Become Web-Only).  It seems that Dr. Dobbs Journal (http://www.ddj.com/) may be removing the print version of their magazine from their product line, leaving the web site. 

Originally titled, “Dr. Dobb’s Journal of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics & Orthodontia“, I have been an avid reader of the magazine for many years.  I believe I first subscribed around 1992.  (I still have the old copies.

I’ve seen other magazines come and go as well.  Software Development was a favorite, as was C++ (formerly C) Users Journal, Windows Programming Journal and a few others.  All have all gone away.  Some were merged into Dr. Dobbs.  Additionally, over the past few years, the print version of Dr. Dobb’s Journal has gotten smaller and smaller.  For the time being, at least MSDN Magazine and Communications of the ACM are still available in print.

I suppose this is the way things are going.  With so much on the Web these days.  Newspapers, magazines and other hard media are having difficulties competing with the cheaper web publishing.  I may be a little old school, but I really enjoy a magazine.  You can take it anywhere.  You can read it over and over again.  I can sit in the easy chair with a cup of tea and enjoy an article or two by my favorite authors.  Reading it on a computer screen never seems quite the same.

While there is lots of information out there, many times the web seems a lot like cable TV, there are lots and lots of channels but very little on.

Maybe it’s time to reconsider that Kindle. 

I do hope you all have a wonderful 2009.  May you all enjoy life and what you do in it.  May you grow and learn lots of new things. And may your software have few bugs!

Scott

Scott Schimanski Esoterica