Comments on: The New Popular Woodworking Magazine

By: wood

wood — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:15:06 +0000

I think the mag is much better since the merge.

By: mark williams

mark williams — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:34:45 +0000

I really like the new magazine. I like mags but I figure in about three years I will buy a nook, or kindle or something and get all my mags electronically. Just because it takes up less space!

By: Derek L

Derek L — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:59:32 +0000

“But of course, there isnâ€™t enough space to put a full-length link in the magazine.”

Nonsense. Full length links need be no more complicated than: popularwoodworking.com/issue17/article02.htm or something similar. Drupal, as Chris indicates, uses a fairly simple (if more opaque) scheme.

No need for TinyURL or those long keyword filled (and mostly meant so that Google ranks your page highly) URL’s either.

By: Duane

Duane — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:43:31 +0000

First I think the merger could be very good if they stay focused on the customer and not the advertisers. Without magazine buyers you have no advertisers. Now with that said I believe they must combine traditional print with the web.I am a commercial printer by trade and trust me I have watched companies in the last decade try to save a buck by going web only to return printing with a smaller mailing list. Not all readable material should be web only. News papers are on exception, they average person will be happy reading the news online. The average woodworker will not in my opinion. It comes down to on key point give your customers what they desire and they will come, continue providing for them they will stay, get caught up in the advertisers and forget about the customer, fade away. Case and point Marc provides a great web based site that is truly web based could you imagine it as a magazine? no but us magazine readers will love to visit it because it provides a different view. So as mentioned earlier combine the two in a good way and get great rewards. They should join up with the woodwhisperer let Marc do what he knows how to do and they should stick to printing. Wouldnt it be cool if they included the average customer maybe vist their shops say hi and do a story each month?

By: Todd A. Clippinger

Todd A. Clippinger — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:26:00 +0000

I am looking forward to the new format and am anxious to get my hands on one to see what they have done.

The paper magazines are my preferred method of relaxing and enjoying articles on woodworking. I find a certain value in the online supplementation though too.

A blending of the two seems very attractive to me as a reader. A publication with strong articles being supplemented with online videos and regular blogs seems like a good mix.

By: Ben H

Ben H — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:55:27 +0000

should be interesting indeed. I haven’t had a script to a mag in years…Seemed to me like they were nothing more than a book of ads.

By: Tom Buhl

Tom Buhl — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:31:49 +0000

I subscribed to both. Pop Woodworking had some good stuff, but it always felt like something I’d pickup at an airport newsstand when desperate for reading material. Woodworking Magazine was perfect for me though bigger or more often would have been fun. I liked the b&w photos (which are not really straight b&w, could be duo- or even tri-tone, which explains the richness) being a old-timey graphics person. Spreading a topic over several articles felt like a graduate seminar or something special. I do repeat reading of those mags frequently. Just received first edition today. Felt good that they copied many aspects of the Woodworking Magazine look and feel. Just read Kari’s article and Chris’ introduction. Time will tell how the magazine holds up to my expectations and desires. Chris is a great blogger, but the old pop woodworking website home page would totally put me off. Just seemed like ad for books, DVDs and such and totally cluttered, but without obvious content. Never made it past that intro. Yuckkk. I suspect that they’ll develop the online aspect much stronger. Degree of usefulness to little ol’ me, we shall see. Rock on.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:34:54 +0000

I stopped my subscription because the magazine has terrible graphics for explaining construction of projects. I think Fine Woodworking and Wood Magazine have fine illustrations. I prefer FWW. It is a shame that Popular Woodworking can’t pump more money into improving their illustrations.

By: Wood Working at Home

Wood Working at Home — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:03:10 +0000

I don’t think it will be a monster, although the vid was entertaining. Should be a good thing if they get it all merged properly.

By: Skee

Skee — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:01:21 +0000

Love the two headed monster video! The “Sporting” shoes were awesome.