Dr. Dobb's Journal Going Web-Only

paleshadows writes "The first issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal (DDJ) was published in January 1976. A few days ago, Herb Sutter (the chair of the ISO C++ committee and a long-time DDJ columnist) announced through his latest blog post that, 'as of January 2009, Dr. Dobb's Journal is permanently suspending print publication and going web-only.' This follows an earlier announcement that PC Magazine is to become digital-only, too, as of February 2009. To those of us who enjoy reading such stuff away from the computer these are bad news, as there seems to be no other major technical programmers' magazines left standing."

Comments

The iPoo

[goombah99]

The thing about all the readers is that I simply would not use one in the bathroom for a lot of sound reasons I'm sure you can imagine.

But it seems like one could create a bathroom reader that would be welcome.

Scrap the Kindle and come up with the iPoo.

What I want is a reader that is bathroom and bathub friendly. Also one I could take outdoors and not worry about it getting rained on or something if I happen to leave it out on the deck by accident.

Re:The iPoo

[goombah99]

Thinking a bit more about this there is a feature that makes newspapers and magazines so bathroom freindly that will be hard to recreate on a reader.

Namley, parallel accessibility. When I sit on my thrown I don't go there to read a specific article. I browse the magazine for something that look intriguing. It's hard to manage that sort of page flipping and scanning on a reader. But it's essential to the use mode.

Re:The iPoo

[vux984]

Thinking a bit more about this there is a feature that makes newspapers and magazines so bathroom freindly that will be hard to recreate on a reader.

Indeed!

Namley, parallel accessibility. When I sit on my thrown I don't go there to read a specific article. I browse the magazine for something that look intriguing. It's hard to manage that sort of page flipping and scanning on a reader. But it's essential to the use mode.

Er..uh...yeah... I thought you were going to point out that, in a pinch you can use the magazines/newspapers as a backup supply of TP, something that will be hard to recreate on a reader... for obvious reasons.

But your point is good too, I guess. Still, I can pull up a major news portal... or /. on a PC and then aimlessly pick ariticles of interest... surely this sort of functionality could be added to an ebook.

Re:Journalists

[JagRoth]

Probably just time to write a book. ;-)

What are these "books" that you speak of? And can I get an RSS feed of it when it's done?

Reminds me of a Comic

[pgn674]

This news reminds me of a recent, funny, and relevant strip from the comic Sheldon: http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/081229.html

Subgenius Prescriptions

[polyomninym]

At least we can still read the good word from Bob.

Re:Seriously, dude...

[Farmer Tim]

....just use your iPhone while you're on the can to read it.

Sure, that's possible, but what good is an iPhone if you run out of toilet paper? 3G won't help you there.

Re:You must be confused

[msuarezalvarez]

"g2g"? *sigh*

Dr. Dobbs is back to ...

[Mesa MIke]

Running Light Without Overbyte.

Re:Seriously, dude...

[Farmer Tim]

Not just handy, you could download party political statements, marketing hype, photos of celebrities, etcetera, and make some very satisfying commentary, which you could then dispose of so it would never be seen again.

Hmm, sounds a lot like blogging.

Re:Seriously, dude...

[Farmer Tim]

Beating the crap out isn't recommended; just a gentle wipe will suffice.