If it's true, I am in the habit of buying magazines at newsstands. Since ever. Long before the Internet existed, being a kid I was already buying gaming magazines for the ZX-Spectrum in the 80s. I don't want to get involved with stories, the point is, if I get to buy many and all kinds. I have gone through the years through phases that I will save you, until I reach the current moment in which now I only buy 1 on paper (ubuntu-user) and I am subscribed to 3 digital ones (PC-Actual, Personal Computer and Linux-Magazine).
However, I am not satisfied with this system either, it is too "rigid" and I think that the new form of content is right under our noses but we do not see it due to myopia. And "noise"
Putting together a little of everything there is today. I mix it up in my head and get ready to carry out another practical solution. I no longer give more money for content to conventional publishers, be it paper or digital.
Instead I will go on to give that money to information projects that satisfy me. And I think that precisely in the linux community, this concept is where it should stand out and function with solvency, demonstrating its superiority.
I will give the money that I usually spend on magazines, to a linux information portal that is:
1- without advertising: it will be of sufficient quality so that the people who visit it support it and those who do it do so out of passion and the taste of things well done
2- open to all and multi-service: they can contribute content of any type videos / podcast / review / tutorials
3- as far as possible it will be autonomous, you can depend on YouTube to host videos if there is no other option, G + etc.
Basically that is it, I invite everyone to consider my words and support with content that they can and some money, the portals that comply especially with the aim of not having profit or advertising spirit.
Below and without wanting to compare it with what I have described I put some references of examples:
Free communities that are not for profit and without advertising that are encouraged to make their own publications. We all know that there are Linux PDF magazines, I will not mention any but several come to mind, but there would be better ones if there were large communities of users capable of launching a Crowdfunding of this type, for example:
http://www.lanzanos.com/proyectos/especial-hardware-linux-magazine/
or to be able to translate the fantastic English magazines into Spanish, almost in real time, if 300 people were found to translate 1 page each, that is only done with large coordinated communities.
Here you have a youtube talk, which although it is long is also very, very enlightening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VEYn3bXz34
Here's a bad example of the concept I'm trying to promote:
http://www.infolibre.es/index.php/mod.usuarios/mem.FormularioLogin
it's bad because it's not accessible if you don't pay and it has advertising
Greetings to All.
interesting article friend, greetings!
These infolibre have no shame….
Yes they do, and they offer it at a reasonable price!
You know what would be great in the future... Edit a digital magazine of desdelinux.
Hi, mate!! I am very struck by the java logo that your avatar has
What device do you use to navigate?
Thanks in advance.
ON TOPPIC: excellent article. On the subject of "InfoLibre" the portal is completely ironic, they should change the name NOW !!
Greetings.
You are probably using a Nokia with Symbian, since those models are the only ones that receive attention to stay current, in addition to being obtained from the OVI store.
Before having my Android, I used my Sony Ericsson w200 and commented from that cell phone with my Opera Mini 4.3, and I got that Java logo (or maybe I'm playing with the user-agent).
I actually use a Nokia C3 with Symbian, I still haven't entered the world of SmartPhones 🙁
Thank you both very much for the clarification!
Greetings.
You are already practically using a smartphone. What happens is that Symbian did not give the same importance as Android, because if it were, my Android phone would already be flying with the Nokia OS.
I congratulate you for being part of the world of smartphones, besides that that model of cell phone that you have you can decently play Angry birds.
I am researching hyperliterature, perhaps I could give a broad contribution if the project takes place
If we are not even capable of maintaining a very active irc or a very active forum ..., we are going to waste time in a magazine ...
Check out the forum, it's coming to life again. IRC is another story
I was also a fan of magazines until I realized that they are practically obsolete when I start reading them.
What you say is interesting, because I have replaced the magazines with digital content (Blogs, YouTube, etc.) and to contribute I make some donations, which is what I paid for the magazines (In case the blog / site / channel asks for donations) .
I hope that within publishers concerns like yours arise and they realize that, as you say, "The reader is the publisher, the content is free."
Greetings.
Very good article, and I totally agree with the idea. The money that in "our young days" we spent (or what we can afford) we can invest in projects such as what you say, and thus favor a closer, more collaborative, less lucrative content, and above all more free. Something a bit similar to fair trade, more or less.
It can also be extrapolated to all kinds of free, non-profit projects that contribute something good, not only to the GNU / Linuxero world and magazines. It is a very good way to, in addition to supporting these projects and contributing to their expenses (since creating and contributing content also requires their own financial expenses), encouraging their creators and the entire community to contribute more and better things :).
You make me remember when I used to buy computer magazines. When I finally had the internet, I stopped shopping to read blogs and at least be part of this movement that makes communication between sender and receiver really reciprocal and two-way.
Good post.
Look, as long as the "democratization" of information does not lead to a degradation of it, I like it. In the old model the "publishers" were the ones who hired people according to their titles and ideological "orientation" (something that does not apply so much to our case: systems). Freedom is good for everything, we don't have to stop looking at it or taking care of it. A point of view just, greetings.