With Apple all but confirmed to reveal the unicorn of the technology world – their already legendary tablet device, I thought I’d trudge up an old draft I wrote for my personal blog, which sits better here any way. Enjoy!
I like to think of myself as being ahead of the trend. Trendy, if you will (though who says that these days?). I got into Friends before the re-runs started, I’ve been wearing NHS glasses long before geek chic was even a thing and, I swear, I started the country drinking cider again.
And if there’s an area where I feel particularly on the bleeding edge, it’s technology. Though with that comes the inevitable conversations with the luddites. “Twitter is a waste of time,” they say. “The iPhone will never catch on.” And “destroy this mechanical loom!” (see Luddite to Lady.)
But, it turns out, I’m usually right (and not just about technology, Brooky Wook, if you’re reading). In this instance, however, I didn’t quite call it – there have been rumblings on the Internet long before Tiger Woods’ fourth or fifth mistress. And what they all say is the magazine is dead, long live the magazine!
So, here’s a round-up of some future magazine concepts I’ve seen recently, all loosely based on Apple’s rumoured iTablet device, set to be unveiled January 27th. I’ve also included a couple of links to other ideas that could work in the future or that are working right now.
And don’t say I didn’t tell you so.
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Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5
Wired iTablet concept
(Turn your speakers down for this one. It’s loud and crappy.)
Pictory
Pictory is sort of the love child of Boston.com’s The Big Picture and NPR’s This American Life, but it has the look and feel of an exquisite magazine.
The Death of the Blog Post
Smashing Magazine kills the template-driven blog post and, with it still warm in its grave, goes about discussing and designing an alternative – and it’s decidedly magaziney…
