jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond) (11/15/90)
I'd like to make this group aware of a great (relatively) new magazine
called "Midnight Engineering", The Journal of Personal Product Engineering.
This magazine is aimed at us, the people who are trying to make a business
fly from our basements.
Already it has an all-star cast of writers including Don Lancaster,
Gary Entsminger, Karl Lunt, Clark Calkins, Larry Fogg, Ralph Lindstrom,
Vladymir Rogov (of Rogov Design Studio) and last but not least, ME!
In case you think this cast of characters looks a lot like
"MicroCornucopia", it is no mere coincidence. The publisher, William
Gates (not the %&^*^* bill gates!) picked up the subscription list and
many of the writers from "Microcorucopia". And unlike David Thompson,
Bill is pacing his growth so as to (hopefully) avoid burnout.
I've had the urge to write professionally for many years but this is the
first magazine good enough to actually make me get up off my duff and do
it! It's that good. My first article will appear in the next issue
(Volume 1, Number 6) and is about - you guessed it - using contract
engineering as a means of financing a startup.
The cover price is kinda rough at $6 but the subscription price is
reasonable - $19.95 for a year of 6 issues, 7 if you pay with your
subscription. Circulation is currently at about 25,000 and the magazine
is in the newstand distribution channel. If you're interested, call
Bill at 303-225-0856 or write to him at
Midnight Engineering Magazine
111 E. Drake Rd.
Ste 7041
Ft. Collins, CO 80525
Bill will send you a sample mag on request. If you call, be prepared to
chat a spell, as Bill LOVEs to talk :-) Be sure to tell him you saw my
notice on Usenet. I'm encouraging him to become a presence on the net
and I'd like for him to see the size of the user base.
John
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John De Armond, WD4OQC | "Purveyors of Performance Products
Rapid Deployment System, Inc. | to the Trade " (tm)
Marietta, Ga |
{emory,uunet}!rsiatl!jgd | "Vote early, Vote often"jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth) (11/16/90)
In article <4888@rsiatl.UUCP> jgd@rsiatl.UUCP (John G. DeArmond) writes:
I'd like to make this group aware of a great (relatively) new magazine
called "Midnight Engineering", The Journal of Personal Product Engineering.
This magazine is aimed at us, the people who are trying to make a business
fly from our basements.
I'd like to second this. It's a great magazine. It's been around since January,
and it's a combination of hardware hacking and Inc. magazine. I've
already gotten much useful info from it, especially about marketing and
other non-technical stuff (which most of us are not so good at, unlike
putting together some great hardware or software).
Hopefully Bill can be persuaded to start a BBS, like Steve Ciarcia's BBS
or Byte magazine. Alternately, we could use the uucp network.
Regards,
/ Jon Sreekanth
Assabet Valley Microsystems Fax and PC products
346 Lincoln St #722, Marlboro, MA 01752 508-562-0722
jon_sree@world.std.com