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bearwithclaws

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The guy behind Hacker Monthly.

cheng.soon@hackermonthly.com

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bearwithclaws··on Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?
Malaysia!
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly #17 Free iPad-Optimized Edition [pdf]
Along with this, the first three issues, and the special issues are free to download: http://hackermonthly.com/issues.html
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly #17 Free iPad-Optimized Edition [pdf]
Different dimension and larger font (the entire layout changed as well because of those). The usual PDF is optimized for print.
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly #17 Free iPad-Optimized Edition [pdf]
Yes. In fact, somebody from Apple contacted me about that. Won't be that soon though (especially, need to figure a way to integrate with the current subscribers database).
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly Issue #17 - October 2011
I don't have any 7-inch tablet now to test it out but I would assume it would work much better than the usual print optimized version.
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly Issue #17 - October 2011
Something new this month, a Free iPad-Optimized PDF: http://hackermonthly.com/hackermonthly-issue17-ipad.pdf

Better-sized and larger fonts for your iPad viewing pleasure :)

bearwithclaws··on Linode down more than 50 mins
It's their second downtime this year as far as I could remember. Hope they solve this soon.
bearwithclaws··on Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?
Thank you!
bearwithclaws··on Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?
A print magazine that publishes existing online articles.
bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
Make sense. Noted.

Two reasons: 1)It took me a whole month to produce the issue. 2)MagCloud needed more time to process the large group order we placed.

Solution: I could try shorten the time to produce it and will work with the MagCloud team to see how do we ship it in time.

bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
Print magazine, just like http://hackermonthly.com. Except it's unique content.

If you really need a sample, take a look at this (free digital download): http://hackermonthly.com/startup-stories.html

Again, the articles in The Startup Magazine will be 100% unique, and it will have a whole new design diff from Hacker Monthly.

bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
No indication. Just have the urge to do this.
bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
By selling the magazine, both digital and print. There won't be subscription yet.
bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
Thanks for the offer, man. But I was looking for something else that describes typical startups (don't think all startups are "hip"...whichever meaning the word implies).

(Believe it or not) I initially wanted to name the magazine "HUSTLE".

bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
Please drop an email to contribute@thestartupmagazine.com
bearwithclaws··on I'm starting a new magazine, The Startup Magazine
Yeah, I noticed that after I've decided to use the name. There's also a magazine called "Startups" from Entrepreneur (the magazine that sues entrepreneur http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2578592).

It is actually really hard to find a good (and memorable) magazine name with available domain name. But instead of keep looking for the perfect name, I've decided to stick with this first and focus on producing the magazine.

bearwithclaws··on Resources for start-up marketing/launch
Yes. http://hackermonthly.com/startup-stories.html
bearwithclaws··on Resources for start-up marketing/launch
Released this free special issue few months ago: http://hackermonthly.com/startup-marketing.html

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bearwithclaws··on Show HN: Review my app: Slector, find your favorite graphic illustrators
1. You can see those once you "Generate List". 2. Trying to keep it simple ATM :) 3. Ok. Will fix.

Thanks and appreciate for your feedback, Pete.

bearwithclaws··on Show HN: Review my app: Slector, find your favorite graphic illustrators
clickable: http://slector.com
bearwithclaws··on Tools of the trade, 2011 edition
For Hacker Monthly, I use:

Linode ( http://linode.com ) - Hosting

E-Junkie ( http://e-junkie.com ) - E-commerce + Digital delivery (soon to be switched to FastSpring, mainly for its subscription billing feature)

Wufoo ( http://wufoo.com ) - Form creation (in seconds!)

Uservoice ( http://uservoice.com ) - Feedback

Dropbox ( http://dropbox.com ) - Document collaboration (with proofreaders) with our individual dropboxes to share files.

GitHub ( http://github.com ) - VCS

SendGrid ( http://sendgrid.com ) - Digital subscription email delivery

MailChimp ( http://mailchimp.com ) - Newsletter email delivery

SimpleNote ( http://simplenoteapp.com ) - Note taking and project checklist

bearwithclaws··on Your Commute Is Killing You
Not if you have dozens of Mixergy interview preloaded on your iPod.
bearwithclaws··on Entrepreneur, the Magazine That Sues Entrepreneurs
They also own a magazined called "StartUps": http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/startup/index.html

Does that mean they will sue all the companies with the word "startups" in their domain name as well?

bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly's Startup Stories (free digital edition)
Try this: http://www.scribd.com/vacuum?url=http://hackermonthly.com/ha...
bearwithclaws··on Startup Stories
The zipped digital edition (mobi, epub, pdf): http://hackermonthly.com/hackermonthly-startupstories.zip
bearwithclaws··on Get-shit-done - Easy way to stop distractions
Throw in some ASCII art to make things sweeter:

  figlet -f univers time to work! | boxes

  figlet -f starwars game time!   | boxes -d dog
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly's 12th issue is out
Good point about the numbering. Considering the change.

Yeah. Choosing comments will be a pain since there's no more scores. Haven't figure that out yet and will need to do that soon. Open to any ideas or suggestion.

bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly's 12th issue is out
Can you send me a screenshot? There shouldn't be anything that comes between the spread:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/files.posterous.com/bearwithclaws/3t... (viewed with Preview - Two Page mode)

bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly: One year old, 5000 subscribers
Drop me an email.
bearwithclaws··on Hacker Monthly: One year old, 5000 subscribers
Hacker Newsletter is great and I really recommend it.
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