Comments on: Groovy and Grails magazine – any interest?

By: ContentSieve

ContentSieve — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:40:59 +0000

I love the idea. We do a lot with grails and would like to read more about it and also have the opportunity to present our projects.

By: barnaby

barnaby — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:45:36 +0000

YES!!!!!!
I’d be very interested.

Sign me up

By: mgkimsal

mgkimsal — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:08:26 +0000

I guess the whole “PDF” aspect here has really not been pushed enough. That’s what I was thinking of first. If there’s demand (which I’m not sure there’s enough to support it) for print, that may be on the cards.

By: Olivier Travers

Olivier Travers — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:47:27 +0000

Michael, talking from the “business of publishing” angle here, why would you want to launch a niche technical magazine in print format these days? Like Ray above I’d worry about the odds.

By: singh

singh — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:20:22 +0000

Thanks a lot for this idea.
Podcast and mag both r different ,liking depends person to person.
personally, i like papers .I wud happy to pay for subscription if it give me stuff to tackle real time problems. it will be great if there is a corner for “ask expert” in the mag.

Thanks

By: Ray Tayek

Ray Tayek — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:27:19 +0000

rags are finding it hard to survive. what happened to all those java rags? c++ lusers journal died a year or so ago. my dr. frobbs is getting kinda thin these days.

i suppose you might survive if you were clever enough about the content. i would pay for a subscription.

maybe a quarterly journal type of thing?

thanks

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:29:08 +0000

Maybe GroovyMag and the IMHO very good Grails Podcast should sync their efforts. Some prefer the spoken word, others like more paper based “food”. But the researching and redactional work could be minimized.

By: James Williams

James Williams — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:40:48 +0000

I agree with Dave. Though Glen and Sven are menschen, there's a level of depth that can be provided by a prepared article vs a brief discussion on a podcast(albeit topical and insightful).

By: Dave Klein

Dave Klein — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:12:15 +0000

Michael,

I think this is a great idea. Not only would it be very helpful to developers trying to improve their craft but it would also be great exposure for Groovy and Grails. If you get this going, I would be happy to do what I can to help get the word out.

I have to respectfully disagree with Lee Butts(very respectfully because I so appreciate his contributions to the community There are some things that just can’t be done justice in audio. Code examples, screen shots, etc. However I do agree with Lee that it would be good for you to get in touch with Sven and Glen there could be some real synergy there. (grailspodcast@gmail.com)

All the best on this endeavor and I’ll be watching on Twitter for updates.

Dave

By: Lee Butts

Lee Butts — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:30:26 +0000

I personally would rather listen to the Grails podcast than read a magazine – how about joining forces and contributing content to the podcast?

cheers

Lee