I read a ton. Online, magazines, newspapers. I troll the newsstands for new magazines just trying to see if there is something out there Im missing.
I also get asked all the time what magazines that I do read. I'm not going to go through the list, but I'm going to list two that are must reading for anyone who has an interest in technology. Why ? Because they often cover in technical detail just how 99pct of the bandwidth available to the home is managed, planned and maintained.
It's amazing to me how all the "internet pundits" truly have no understanding that 98pct of the bandwidth to most people's homes is not allocated to the internet, its allocated to everything else digital and analog and managed quite differently than the internet bandwidth that you receive. Not understanding the difference between the two (internet and non) pretty much eliminates your ability to understand the future of broadband technology to the home.
To help the uninformed, I decided to share my 2 faves:
Communications Technology
ScreenPlays
These are the 2 magazines that I save every issue of and that I get excited to learn something new.
check em out
The 2 Technology Magazines You Should Read
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(Page 1)2. I get excited every time you post something business/Tech related. Not really interested in when you post something related to sports, however I read it anyway to see if there is something I can learn.
Posted at 4:36PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Gregory Rueda
3. My favorite tech magazines are decidedly more pop culture than geekville, I guess... but Fast Company and Wired are my main sources.
Posted at 5:06PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Daniel Holter
4. I think that what people perceive as the "internet" should really be called "the visible internet". It's the part that people see on a daily basis. The .com realm. The side you're talking about, the data side, does indeed take up a majority of the broadband. A lot of people choose not to look past what they can see to what is really there though.
Posted at 5:57PM on Feb 27th 2008 by thatedeguy
5. For those interested, you can subscribe to this publication and many other good ones at TradePub.com -- http://www.tradepub.com/free/cmt
We don't have ScreenPlays, but I'll be letting our publications group know about that.
~mitch
Posted at 6:26PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Mitch Wright
8. I like vey much for articles and magazines in tech. For web is my favorite
Posted at 8:00AM on Feb 28th 2008 by Imobiliárias
9. I never read the ScreenPlays before, it just wowed me!
Thanks, Mark.
Posted at 8:54AM on Feb 28th 2008 by pinktyger
12. I completely agree with you on Screenplays. I used to read it online, and I finally signed up for the hard-copy version (the only magazine I get by mail) so I could read it anywhere and dog-ear the pages. I also went to the Screenplays Cable IPTV conference last year and thought it was fantastic. Small, but highly informative.
13. Mark-
Not long ago I read an article in Forbes on how higher education will eventually become irrelevant because the amount of information that is available at our fingertips via the internet.
While I don't particularly agree due to the number of things outside of the classroom you learn in higher education, I happen to be a strong proponent of reading and retaining information from all different types of media. I honestly feel like I learn more aimlessly browsing news and other information outlets than I do sitting through a boring lecture on something I could care less about. I strongly feel that reading is the key to intelligence.
Do you agree???
Mark McCray
The Bronx Stop
http://www.TheBronxStop.com
Posted at 8:47PM on Feb 28th 2008 by Mark McCray
14. Though TV, etc. is moving more digital, and we may see some of those older forms of technology abandon these methods of distribution only to be redistributed across them again when digital assumes those methods (whew, that was a mouthful).
Posted at 10:44PM on Feb 28th 2008 by David Mackey
15. Wired.com is also a favorite thats been around for awhile.
Posted at 10:09AM on Mar 1st 2008 by Vegas Hotels
16. I think Eweek is a cool magazine that keeps me updated on the current situation. And I can do it from the bathroom where my iPhone gets no reception.
Posted at 12:02PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by iPhone Junky
17. Can you share some of the your favorite articles from these mags? I didn't know you read screenplays. That's cool. This is a pretty short post. Can you tell us more about what makes these magazines better than all the others? And what else do you read?
Posted at 12:53PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Fred Malek
18. @#16 Wired is sooo lame now. They used to be good, but haven't been for years. Can't believe anyone still reads it.
Posted at 12:54PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Fred Malek
20. Your example with bandwidth is really vague IMO It really depends on definitions and there are separate lines providing the non internet services. Thanks for sharing these magazines I didn't know of ScreenPlays and I wouldn't guess by the name that it's a technology magazine.
Posted at 2:10PM on May 2nd 2008 by Nikola Dachev
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1. Nice...I'm always looking for different articles in tech, but not specific to "the web". I think we can all benefit from reading about technology from a different angle.
Posted at 3:56PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Justin Case