Egon is wrong. Print isn't dead.
August 17, 2015 2:11 PM Subscribe
While many in print media are moving their focus to the web, London Reconnections is doing the opposite and launching as bi-monthly* magazine!
Brought to us by master of online long form, mefi's own Lapsed Historian garius, London Reconnections digs into the least known aspects of London's transportation history as well as keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest issues facing the worlds oldest undergound.
[via mefi projects]
The mag looks stunning and while you certainly wouldn't be ashamed to read it on the Tube it's also available as a DRM-free digital download. London Reconnections has been featured a few times previously on the blue, but here's a couple more articles to whet your appetite!
A cold, hard look at Uber’s effect on London’s traditional black cab trade.
How the worst civilian rail disaster in British history contributed to the birth of the paramedic and created one of post-war Britain’s first female black heroes.
Why we’ll almost certainly never see a “driverless” Underground within our own lifetimes.
* bi-monthly as in every other month...
The mag looks stunning and while you certainly wouldn't be ashamed to read it on the Tube it's also available as a DRM-free digital download. London Reconnections has been featured a few times previously on the blue, but here's a couple more articles to whet your appetite!
A cold, hard look at Uber’s effect on London’s traditional black cab trade.
How the worst civilian rail disaster in British history contributed to the birth of the paramedic and created one of post-war Britain’s first female black heroes.
Why we’ll almost certainly never see a “driverless” Underground within our own lifetimes.
* bi-monthly as in every other month...
"Printer's dead". He said that Janine's printer was dead.
posted by ryanshepard at 2:35 PM on August 17, 2015
posted by ryanshepard at 2:35 PM on August 17, 2015
Insta-subscribed to the physical magazine. I've had many hours of entertainment and insight from the website (and its Mefi-level commenters), and £40 is well worth the price of supporting the writers.
posted by adrianhon at 2:45 PM on August 17, 2015
posted by adrianhon at 2:45 PM on August 17, 2015
Oddly enough, I'm not particularly interested in London or transport as subjects in themselves, but I really enjoy the writing and was blown away by how fresh the mag looks. I really like the idea of online content for print like this, and will be interested to see how they pull off incorporating site comment into the mag, perhaps in a similar way to how Empire handles it. Kinda fascinating to see the comments section on the announcement post' seems to be rake loads of people tuning in from Australia and other far flung places.
posted by Iteki at 3:19 PM on August 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Iteki at 3:19 PM on August 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
"Printer's dead". He said that Janine's printer was dead.
My wife thinks that as well, and both of you are so wrong that I don't even know how to talk about it. But you're just a stranger on the Internet, so we can disagree about a Ghostbusters line. My wife and I on the other hand, once went as the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper for Halloween, so truly, marriage is about compromise.
posted by Ragged Richard at 3:27 PM on August 17, 2015 [6 favorites]
My wife thinks that as well, and both of you are so wrong that I don't even know how to talk about it. But you're just a stranger on the Internet, so we can disagree about a Ghostbusters line. My wife and I on the other hand, once went as the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper for Halloween, so truly, marriage is about compromise.
posted by Ragged Richard at 3:27 PM on August 17, 2015 [6 favorites]
Print isn't dead, but it does collect mold spores and fungus.
posted by kewb at 4:21 PM on August 17, 2015
posted by kewb at 4:21 PM on August 17, 2015
The website is fantastic, and I confess to being blown away by the production quality on the mag. Not what you'd expect from train nerds!
posted by bonaldi at 5:00 PM on August 17, 2015
posted by bonaldi at 5:00 PM on August 17, 2015
SPENGLER
(looks up)
Print is dead.
sorry, ryanshepard.
[Seems like the bug eyes was an improv though. That's not really surprising. Pretty much all of Venkman was improv.]
posted by yeolcoatl at 6:32 PM on August 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
(looks up)
Print is dead.
sorry, ryanshepard.
[Seems like the bug eyes was an improv though. That's not really surprising. Pretty much all of Venkman was improv.]
posted by yeolcoatl at 6:32 PM on August 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
Curiously Roadkill (previously), a YouTube series about a couple of Hot Rod Magazine alums who do stupid stuff with cars is also getting a bi-monthly print magazine. Given the aesthetics of Hot Rod, I don't expect groundbreaking work on the design front.
posted by wotsac at 9:17 PM on August 17, 2015
posted by wotsac at 9:17 PM on August 17, 2015
Ooh! This is entirely relevant to my interests, and I have fallen into the site before but somehow never bookmarked it. Thanks!
posted by corvine at 7:41 AM on August 18, 2015
posted by corvine at 7:41 AM on August 18, 2015
awww... Harold Ramis... now I'm sad, thanks a lot disconnect.
posted by midmarch snowman at 4:23 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by midmarch snowman at 4:23 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
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