Maura Magazine

Maybe you could ask luna to write it.

Anyway, looking forward to upgrading my phone so I can listen to this.

I can't tell if you're making fun of me or not.

No, I'm making fun of the same thing you are complaining about on the other thread. But couldn't figure out how to signal that, don't know if there is an emoticon.

No ipad or iphone here, but if this is ever distributed via print/pdf, I'll subscribe.

/laughingwithyounotatyou

#letmaurapaywall

No ipad or iphone here

whiney's gonna zing ya

thanks everyone <3 (and thanks teardrop! i am just feeling SEN-SI-TIV-I-TYYYY about dating stuff atm)

ha damn i was sitting here all day thinking i'd be able to get it onto my ipod but i can't :(

oh no what's the prob

tbh i have no idea what i'm talking about -- i don't have a tablet/smartphone but when i saw it was on the itunes store i was like "oh cool i guess i can put this on my ipod" and then when i got there and everything was iphone this and ipad that i was like "oh guess not"

iphone this ipad that where fugees at

anything that can go on the iphone should be able to go on an ipod touch?

i have an old school ipod though

man i was really disappointed i couldn't get this on my walkman

http://www.maximumpc.com/files/u112496/gordon-gekko-RS.jpg

my apologies for focusing on the negative aspects of the app, maura: i was in a belting hurry this morning (i've only just wrapped up seven hours straight in meetings) and didn't have a chance to provide better feedback.

- the app focuses heavily on the content rather than ~being clever~, so in that regard it's closer to marco arment's excellent 'the magazine' than 90% of the hyper-functional look-what-i-can-do dross available in the newsstand. i really like that you just go straight to articles, with no other crap all over the screen.

- i initially had a bit of trouble finding my way to the list of issues on the ipad. tapping the bar on the left is dead easy once i discovered what it's there for, but until then i was sort of jabbing all about the screen hoping something would happen.

- the font size is slightly too big for me, but i'm on a full-size ipad, and i imagine most ipad mini users would be right at home with the size that you chose. that's apple's fault imo.

in all honesty i think it's bloody fantastic. congratulations for getting so much right on day one.

re the subscription thing (thanks for the tip): restoring my subscription is how i activated the subscription that i had paid for, but for a while afterwards i still got (a) the 'your subscription has expired' message and (b) the 'would you like to subscribe?' pop-up. to clear that pop-up i needed to tap 'read free issue'. it seems to have fixed itself now, but it took a while for that to happen.

i develop software for educators, so non-tech ux is a big focus for me atm, hence this brain dump. hopefully some of it is helpful to you. right now i'm just looking forward to sitting down with the magazine and doing some actual reading.

'Potentially Damaging Content' according to Work's net nanny software.

this is better than "the magazine" because despite being a great app "the magazine" is not a great "magazine" imho

Autumn, thank you for the detailed feedback! I'll send it along.

haha, I should have punctuated properly for a change.

s1ocki otm. arment's format and ui are great, but too often the content is somewhere between boring and sterile. i didn't renew my subscription despite the price. so far i've only read a couple of maura magazine pieces, but already there's more invested emotion and depth than anything arment commissioned imo (although to be fair the audiences are fairly different).

i let mine renew a bunch of times out of laziness, but then i got around to actually reading the pieces, and they really are just a bunch of blog entries. the writing and editing are pretty mediocre. (this is "the magazine" i'm talking about here, just to be clear). looking forward to reading more of maura's. i mean, of maura.

kind of off-topic but in case ya'll didn't see it

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/01/the_intercept_by_law_order_creator_dick_wolf_reviewed.html

s1ocki: I'd not thought about it that way but you're dead right. arment plans to increase the quality and depth of what he publishes, so we're probably being unfair to him in month two, but I still think his model is stronger than his content. the first maura magazine is far more enjoyable to read, and (as you indicated) doesn't read like a series of blog entries.

(I should point out that my focus is on the *editorial* difference—michele catalano has contributed to both, for example)

ehh, if he's charging, and has about five issues out already, i'm not inclined to give him that much more benefit of the doubt, which is why i cancelled.

in case you like unwound the new issue has an oral history of the band

maura, a significant problem with your magazine is that I have no time to read it. please fix asap

<3

i guess i work for the magazine and all but this week's issue is really fantastic imo

YES FINE KEEP TEASING US ANDROIDS

that unwound piece is so goddamn good

It's extremely good. One thing I love about the magazine in general is how perfect it is for me when it comes bus rides home from work in the afternoon.

I am not gonna buy an iPhone just to read this thing. Someone email me PDFs.

*throws tantrum*

*throws phone*

easy, Naomi

we're figuring out alternative distribution methods! believe me i and my writers/editors want as much of your money as possible

Hi Maura! I really like yr magazine a lot!!

The articles are the perfect size, the issues are easily digestible without feeling skimpy or too short, and reading them while I sip my morning tea has become a welcome addition to my morning routine.

was disappointed the article on "Ted" wasn't about TED, but instead novelty twitter accounts (and not good ones).

thank you so much for reading guys <3

It's great!

I apologize for the self-serving question but I figured people might want to know: can we pitch you with story ideas?

andy beta piece about dub and football is something else

maura magazine, alone among all magazine, takes no pitches. stories are assigned directly from the archangel Azazel who writes their synopses with fire on beaches along the red sea.

This is how it should be!

was disappointed the article on "Ted" wasn't about TED, but instead novelty twitter accounts (and not good ones).

― s.clover, Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha i had the exact opposite reaction

*adds 'post about page' to to-do list*

was disappointed the article on "Ted" wasn't about TED, but instead novelty twitter accounts (and not good ones).

― s.clover, Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha i had the exact opposite reaction

― max, Friday, February 1, 2013 6:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ditto