just got mine this morning — I thought I saw in the editor's note that you had no prior design experience. I don't believe you! =) Looks really, really great.
My only criticism is the giant blocks of text — breaking them up with a pullout quote/picture/chart would do wonders. (I worked in newspaper layout before getting involved in programming)
If you're looking for a design book, my newspaper swore by Tim Harrower's "Newspaper Designer's Handbook".
But again, excellent job! I'm excited for future issues, and, like @almost, you can also definitely count me as a subscriber.
Oddly enough, I find the print harder to read. Multi columns, distracting pictures, huge quotes to take me away from the content, and low font to line-height ratios...
I guess I've just gotten use to reading online, esp w/ readable.
You can get the pdf from http://hackermonthly.com/ (which has been there since the first release), and if you want plain text, you can use calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) to convert the .epub file to .txt
I'm sorry, but I had to laugh when the "Hacker Monthly" blog post told me on which devices I would be able to read the eBook. You should know your audience a little better than that I think. Just being snarky :)
The easiest way to read the eBook: save the PDF to the eBook folder on your DropBox and it's already on all your devices.
I'm sorry, but I had to laugh when the "Hacker Monthly" blog post told me on which devices I would be able to read the eBook.
Well, to be fair to him, he just copied a section from one of our help pages (http://fifobooks.com/device_chart.html), since not everyone who visits our site knows how.
I agree with you, though, that it might have been unnecessary in this particular case.
