With all due respect to both you and your valuable contributions, I have to
say that I entirely disagree. I used to have a subscription to CFDJ. But for
$49 USD/year, it's absolute bottom of the barrel. Your monthly column
contribution is useful (along with your papers on www.how2cf.com/), and
Brendan O'Hara's Design Patterns series was invaluable (at least, to me).
But the magazine overall really is a joke for what you get. You get articles
that just barely touch on what I really care about (I want useful topics
with meaty code samples as opposed to "hello world" theoretical statements
and the aggravating poorly written code snippets), and the price of the
subscription is almost twice what Time magazine costs me (and, oh by the
way, Time is a *weekly* publication with a helluva lot more relevant
information. The last issue of CFDJ was 52 pages. Of the 52, I think *maybe*
half actually had article content. The rest was advertisements and promos
that I could care less about. As for relevancy, by the time the monthly
issue comes out, most "hot topics" are outdated, such as hotfix
announcements, etc.
Honestly, between the numerous blogs at fullasagoog.com, and CF-Talk,
CFCDev, and some other mailing lists, CFDJ is a complete rip-off. I like to
buy virtually everything associated with CF (books, magazines, training,
etc.). But I have to say that, of all the resources out there for
ColdFusion, CFDJ is absolutely the last resource I would refer to if I ever
needed advice or direction on a particular issue. And don't get me started
on their website...
Please don't take this as a personal attack, as I have great respect for
everything you contribute to the CF community. But if there are people out
there wondering if it's worth taking the risk of subscribing to CFDJ,
especially when there aren't corporate pocketbooks to pick up the bill, I
think my opinion is pretty clear.
Regards,
Dave.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Horwith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 06:06 PM
Subject: RE: CFDJ isn't exactly kicking bootay
> I didn't get the email, but for what it's worth I think CFDJ is terrific
for
> what you get - in fact it's a better buy for your money than many of the
> books in some ways. It costs a little more than most of the books on the
> market, but the topics vary, there's focus on current news and community
> activity, the material is applicable to the newest products (as opposed to
> being outdated within 6 months like so many of the books are), etc.
>
> ~Simon
>
> Simon Horwith
> CTO, Etrilogy Ltd.
> Member of Team Macromedia
> Macromedia Certified Instructor
> Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer
> Certified Flash MX Developer
> CFDJList - List Administrator
> http://www.how2cf.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 07 January 2004 22:51
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: CFDJ isn't exactly kicking bootay
>
>
> not a bad publication...but way too expensive for whatcha get.
>
> I know many people who don't care, because their company pays for it.
i'm
> not in that position, unfortunately.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Robertson
> To: CF-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:29 PM
> Subject: SOT: CFDJ isn't exactly kicking bootay
>
> I got an email from sys-con today, as probably a lot of folks here
did.
> Did the CFDJ subscription reach strike anyone else as surprising?
>
> "ColdFusion Developer's Journal: 3,000 copies"
>
> Bummer. Good luck to 'em, though.
>
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> Matt Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com
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