engineer one
Established Member
i believe that we are all missing the point, magazines are in it to make a profit, as indeed are all those who make things out of wood to sell.
by its very nature a magazine is a finite resource, and is always about
three to six months behind its audience, because of lead times.
as readers improve their skills and knowledge base they will want other things, but somehow in england we expect our magazines to keep pace with us, even though we are evolving more quickly every job we do improves us, but as the questions on the forum show we all need to learn
on every job we do.
although magazines need to offer aspirational jobs, they should also
help out the learners, but it is the middle ground that they often miss out
on, and that is where most of us are.
in my motorcycling days, we could tell the seasons by the articles in
motorcycle mechanics, winter safety etc. for woodworkers that is more
difficult, but remember a summer magazine may well have been
produced in february or march, and the article written the previous
august, so we must be slightly more subjective.
the internet is both a blessing and a curse, not least because many of us
do not like alf manage to remember where everything we asked is
placed.
i still buy gww as the first of the british mags, without looking too hard, since every month i find at least one thing useful. as for trad woodworking
what is happening there??????
the other three i try to flick through first before handing over my pennies.
i am lucky i can find most of the american mags, and whilst i take much of
it with a pinch of salt, many include a single article, or if i am lucky more
than one which makes the cost worth it.
at the end however after a longish period of transition, i am finally going back to actually making. now i know how (i hope) to take and load photos
within a month or so i might actually post some real work, not my dreams.
from my experience in other areas, the biggest problem for ALL magazines in all areas except maybe celebrity kissy kissy ones,
are getting enough writers to provide articles. can i suggest that
many of the contributors here have produced the items, and
i believe that GWW has the ability to edit, so maybe instead
of just posting here, you should write for the mags too.
so in conclusion, i think nick was brave to re-enter the fray, and
obviously wants to move the magazine forward, but we can help, and
should maybe do so.
paul :wink:
by its very nature a magazine is a finite resource, and is always about
three to six months behind its audience, because of lead times.
as readers improve their skills and knowledge base they will want other things, but somehow in england we expect our magazines to keep pace with us, even though we are evolving more quickly every job we do improves us, but as the questions on the forum show we all need to learn
on every job we do.
although magazines need to offer aspirational jobs, they should also
help out the learners, but it is the middle ground that they often miss out
on, and that is where most of us are.
in my motorcycling days, we could tell the seasons by the articles in
motorcycle mechanics, winter safety etc. for woodworkers that is more
difficult, but remember a summer magazine may well have been
produced in february or march, and the article written the previous
august, so we must be slightly more subjective.
the internet is both a blessing and a curse, not least because many of us
do not like alf manage to remember where everything we asked is
placed.
i still buy gww as the first of the british mags, without looking too hard, since every month i find at least one thing useful. as for trad woodworking
what is happening there??????
the other three i try to flick through first before handing over my pennies.i am lucky i can find most of the american mags, and whilst i take much of
it with a pinch of salt, many include a single article, or if i am lucky more
than one which makes the cost worth it.
at the end however after a longish period of transition, i am finally going back to actually making. now i know how (i hope) to take and load photos
within a month or so i might actually post some real work, not my dreams.
from my experience in other areas, the biggest problem for ALL magazines in all areas except maybe celebrity kissy kissy ones,
are getting enough writers to provide articles. can i suggest that
many of the contributors here have produced the items, and
i believe that GWW has the ability to edit, so maybe instead
of just posting here, you should write for the mags too.
so in conclusion, i think nick was brave to re-enter the fray, and
obviously wants to move the magazine forward, but we can help, and
should maybe do so.
paul :wink:
