I've grouped them into the following:
- Trade Magazines
- Magazines Worth Paying For
- Clone-Building and -Buying Guides
- Magazines That May (Or May Not) Be Worth Paying For
(See also: Yahoo's
Computer Magazines
index.)
Freebies!
Tip: These are trade magazines. They are supported by
their advertisers. When filling out Free Subscription Forms, the
odds of receiving a magazine are directly proportional to your
purchasing authority.
- Barcode Magazine.
- Client/Server Computing.
- Computer Design.
- Datamation.
- DBMS,
"Tools & Strategies for IS Professionals",
Miller Freeman Inc., 800/250-2429.
- Computer Design.
- Digital News & Review.
- EDN,
"The Design Magazine of the Electronics Industry",
Cahners Publishing, Highlands Ranch CO, 303/470-4445.
- Enterprise Systems Journal.
- IndustryWeek/IW, "The Management Resource",
Penton Publishing Inc., Cleveland OH, 800/326-4146x4039 (cust svc).
- InfoWeek.
- InfoWorld,
"The Voice of Client/Server in the Enterprise",
Infoworld Publishing Co., San Mateo CA, 415/572-7341.
- IT\IS Backoffice Magazine,
"The Essential Guide to Windows NT Computing",
Pennwell Publishing, Nashua NH, 603/891-9281.
- IW Image, Document Management, & Workflow News.
- New Media.
- Electronic Engineering Times,
CMP Publications Inc., Manhasset, NY 516/562-5000.
- NetworkWorld,
Framingham MA. Weekly newsmagazine.
- PC Week,
"The National Newspaper of Corporate Computing",
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, New York NY.
Highly recommended for keeping up with what's new.
- Personal Engineering & Instrumentation News,
BPA International, Rye NH, 603/427-1377.
Minimalist computer-building using 8-bit chips.
- Software Development,
Miller Freeman, San Francisco CA, 800/829-5475.
- Software Magazine, "For Managers of Corporate Software",
Sentry Technology Group, Westborough MA, 508/750-8400.
- SunExpert,
"Serving the UNIX Client/Server Network",
BPA International, Brookline MA, 617/739-7002.
- Unix Review,
"The Magazine of Advanced Operating Environments",
Miller Freeman, San Francisco CA, 800/829-5475.
- WebServer Magazine,
"For Managers of World Wide Web Sites."
Note: Miller Freeman has many, many trade publications for other industries.
Clone-Building and -Buying Guides
- Computer Shopper.
(Nationwide.) Full of ads for PC clone equipment and peripherals.
- Micro Times.
Full of ads for PC clone equipment and peripherals.
Sort of a free version of Computer Shopper, Bay Area only.
- Computer Currents.
A clone of Micro Times. Bay Area only.
Magazines Worth Paying For
Tip: Students and educators and those claiming to be such
can get juicy discounts on many of these through American Educational
Services, Lansing MI, 800/748-0039.
has an ironic sense of humor.
Nuts & Volts,
"Exploring Electronics and Technology for the Hobbyist and Professional",
T&L Publications, Corona CA, 800/783-4624.
This is great for electronic hobbyists, with articles and ads catering to them.
PC Magazine gives good coverage of the PC world.
Wired,
Wired Ventures Ltd., San Francisco CA, 800/SO-WIRED.
Self-hyping digerati.
Magazines Maybe Worth Paying For
© 1997 Thomas Hundt
<thundt@slack.net>.
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