... are hard to come by. I have been getting the mag erratically (on their part, not mine) for the past 3 years. At least three major makeovers, including an attempt to break into the US put the financial viability of the rag in question.
I really liked the social focus on technology. Early years helped look deeper than the "IT jobs are impossibly sexy and profitable" attitude many rags ran in the late '99, early '00. Liked to look at the burnout rate and stress level as an indicator before big business ever could.
I first read Clive Thompson in Shift and loved his casual yet persistent writing style.
Haven't even got my last issue. Don't imagine I'll see it or the rest of my subscription.
Am a freelance theatre technician and all of my suppliers, technicians, and client contacts are there. Can beam directions and contacts to other techs (who are similarly equipped at my repeated suggestion).
Mine was theived a month ago and had to borrow back the wife's. She misses hers dreadfully for appointments, etc.
She'll often "book" impartant events directly in my desktop software - more reliable than a "my mum's coming for dinner" statement just before I pass out in bed. For me seeing (in pixels) is believing, and remembering.
/. is one of the few sites I use regularly whose ad server is not redirected in my host file. I see them, and occasionally click on them in order to support financially (and indirectly - none of my money involved). I'd rather let some company's marketing budget support these sites than out of my own pocket.
Probably has to do with the cameras optimal light frequency. If the camera isn't as sensitive to the blue end of the spectrum, any light bounced back from the surface will be less observable to the camera, then say, a red LED.
Who knows, maybe they just presume that nobody has a red surface they'd like to use?
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... are hard to come by. I have been getting the mag erratically (on their part, not mine) for the past 3 years. At least three major makeovers, including an attempt to break into the US put the financial viability of the rag in question.
I really liked the social focus on technology. Early years helped look deeper than the "IT jobs are impossibly sexy and profitable" attitude many rags ran in the late '99, early '00.
Liked to look at the burnout rate and stress level as an indicator before big business ever could.
I first read Clive Thompson in Shift and loved his casual yet persistent writing style.
Haven't even got my last issue.
Don't imagine I'll see it or the rest of my subscription.
Rob.
Vital for my home and work.
Am a freelance theatre technician and all of my suppliers, technicians, and client contacts are there. Can beam directions and contacts to other techs (who are similarly equipped at my repeated suggestion).
Mine was theived a month ago and had to borrow back the wife's. She misses hers dreadfully for appointments, etc.
She'll often "book" impartant events directly in my desktop software - more reliable than a "my mum's coming for dinner" statement just before I pass out in bed. For me seeing (in pixels) is believing, and remembering.
/. is one of the few sites I use regularly whose ad server is not redirected in my host file. I see them, and occasionally click on them in order to support financially (and indirectly - none of my money involved). I'd rather let some company's marketing budget support these sites than out of my own pocket.
My 0.02$ anyways.
Probably has to do with the cameras optimal light frequency. If the camera isn't as sensitive to the blue end of the spectrum, any light bounced back from the surface will be less observable to the camera, then say, a red LED. Who knows, maybe they just presume that nobody has a red surface they'd like to use?