A magazine for me
05/10/06 19:07 Journalism in practice
I've started writing for a new magazine of which I'm
inordinately proud. The rates are OK, the editor
seems like a nice bloke but above all Digital Living is written
with people like me in mind.
The title gives you a strong idea of where the
content's going - it's all about the sort of
technology designed to make life simpler for all of
us, but which so often doesn't quite get there (I
should add that the telly I won from the prize draw
in the Currys Digital Christmas launch is the
exception to this). But unlike, say, Stuff, you might
notice something about the cover. And the contents.
To put it bluntly, it's titty-free. Even bikini-clad ones.
I like that. I've been married 14 years last week and honestly, folks, I know what breasts look like. And if I wanted to see some more I'm not shy of buying a suitable publication.
But if I want to read about technology for my home I don't want a mag that's going to get my daughter (6) asking why the lady working the iPod isn't wearing many clothes. I want something that addresses me with common sense as an intelligent adult, within reason. I want something which, like this publication, takes into account that all these gadgets and stuff have to go into the living room and be made to fit into it whilst looking reasonable.
And at long last someone's published something for me. And I'm in it. And I'm delighted.
To put it bluntly, it's titty-free. Even bikini-clad ones.
I like that. I've been married 14 years last week and honestly, folks, I know what breasts look like. And if I wanted to see some more I'm not shy of buying a suitable publication.
But if I want to read about technology for my home I don't want a mag that's going to get my daughter (6) asking why the lady working the iPod isn't wearing many clothes. I want something that addresses me with common sense as an intelligent adult, within reason. I want something which, like this publication, takes into account that all these gadgets and stuff have to go into the living room and be made to fit into it whilst looking reasonable.
And at long last someone's published something for me. And I'm in it. And I'm delighted.
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