Welcome!

Java Authors: Michael Sheehan, Maureen O'Gara, Jonny Defh, Suresh Krishna Madhuvarsu, RealWire News Distribution

Related Topics: Java

Java: Article

Yakov Fain's Java Blog: Java Pro Magazine Needs Help

I always respected the JavaPro writers, but the problem seems to be with the magazine's editors/management

I usually write for JDJ, but I read everything and anything that has the J-word. I read most of the online Java sites like theServerSide.com, JavaLobby.com, ibm's publications, and others. They all have great contents, but do not give you this nice feeling of reading a fresh and glossy Java magazine during you morning commute. I have access to all JDJ artcicles about a month before  the printed copy arrives, but you can't compare reading plain looking online articles with professionally laid out and illustrated ones, and I re-read these articles again. In print. In the USA, we still have two of such magazines: JDJ and Java Pro. But it looks like we may lose one soon.

Yesterday I've received the first (or second ? )

JavaPro magazine published this year. It was a  sad experience... It was super thin, packed with some junk CD, and half of the content was some marketing BS.

The first signal that something was not right was when last year they started to force you to login to read anything on their site (they'll just let you reading the first couple of paragraphs of the article). I understand, they need your e-mail to re-sell it for vendors. But could not they collect your emails in a more elegant way?

JDJ has tons of advertisement on their site, they are obsessed with Flash, but there are plenty of good technical articles there as well. Some women use a heavy make-up, some do not, but in the end of the day, all of them take a shower and give us men (or I should say partners) exactly the same thing: The Content :)

If you do not like the into-your-face ads, ignore them and go straight to the content. But JDJ is trying all bleeding edge technologies: videocasting, podcasting, live streams, Flash tricks, etc. I stay with JDJ, because I like the publisher. He works 24/7, he always has some "crazy" ideas, sometime the Web content is a bit buggy, but he's trying... The only problem he has, is too much tobacco smoking...

I always respected the JavaPro writers, but the problem seems to be with the magazine's editors/management.
If you do not live, breeze and eat your magazine, it won't make it.

It was super thin, packed with some junk CD, and half of the content was some marketing BS.

The first signal that something was not right was when last year they started to force you to login to read anything on their site (they'll just let you reading the first couple of paragraphs of the article). I understand, they need your e-mail to re-sell it for vendors. But could not they collect your emails in a more elegant way?

JDJ has tons of advertisement on their site, they are obsessed with Flash, but there are plenty of good technical articles there as well. Some women use a heavy make-up, some do not, but in the end of the day, all of them take a shower and give us men (or I should say partners) exactly the same thing: The Content :)

It was super thin, packed with some junk CD, and half of the content was some marketing BS.

The first signal that something was not right was when last year they started to force you to login to read anything on their site (they'll just let you reading the first couple of paragraphs of the article). I understand, they need your e-mail to re-sell it for vendors. But could not they collect your emails in a more elegant way?

JDJ has tons of advertisement on their site, they are obsessed with Flash, but there are plenty of good technical articles there as well. Some women use a heavy make-up, some do not, but in the end of the day, all of them take a shower and give us men (or I should say partners) exactly the same thing: The Content :)

If you do not like the into-your-face ads, ignore them and go straight to the content. But JDJ is trying all bleeding edge technologies: videocasting, podcasting, live streams, Flash tricks, etc. I stay with JDJ, because I like the publisher. He works 24/7, he always has some "crazy" ideas. The only problem he has, is too much tobacco smoking...

I always respected the JavaPro writers, but the problem seems to be with the magazine's editors/management.

If you do not live, breeze and eat your magazine, it won't make it.

I really want to see more than one Java periodical IN PRINT. I do not want Java Pro to die, really!

posted Saturday, 15 October 2005 2:30 PM EST

More Stories By Java News Desk

JDJ News Desk monitors the world of Java to present IT professionals with updates on technology advances, business trends, new products and standards in the Java and i-technology space.

Comments (1) View Comments

Share your thoughts on this story.

Add your comment
You must be signed in to add a comment. Sign-in | Register

In accordance with our Comment Policy, we encourage comments that are on topic, relevant and to-the-point. We will remove comments that include profanity, personal attacks, racial slurs, threats of violence, or other inappropriate material that violates our Terms and Conditions, and will block users who make repeated violations. We ask all readers to expect diversity of opinion and to treat one another with dignity and respect.


Most Recent Comments
Java Developer's Journal News Desk 10/15/05 02:37:05 PM EDT

Yakov Fain's Java Blog: Java Pro Magazine Needs Help
I usually write for JDJ, but I read everything and anything that has the J-word. I read most of the online Java sites like theServerSide.com, JavaLobby.com, ibm's publications, and others. They all have great contents, but do not give you this nice feeling of reading a fresh and glossy Java magazine during you morning commute. I have access to all JDJ artcicles about a month before the printed copy arrives, but you can't compare reading plain looking online articles with professionally laid out and illustrated ones, and I re-read these articles again. In print. In the USA, we still have two of such magazines: JDJ and Java Pro. But it looks like we may lose one soon.