[ANN] Red: The Ruby Journal, a professional periodical for Ruby developers
ruby.j...@mac.com
periodical focused exclusively on Ruby.
The journal, tentatively titled "Red," will be published monthly and
will be distributed internationally as a stylish, high-quality, 60-
page PDF. Each month, Red will focus on boosting the skills and
productivity of all Ruby programmers -- from novices to gurus --
providing pragmatic, practical, insightful, hands-on, and diverse
advice and expertise.
Contributors will be paid for material accepted and published in the
journal. Like other journals, all material will be vetted by peers
and experts prior to publication.
Feature-length stories (4,000 words) earn $500.00.
Column-length stories (2,500 words) earn $350.
In addition to three features each month, Red will also include five-
six regular monthly columns that appear in every issue, news, updates
on software releases, community happenings, user group meetings, op-
ed, and reviews and examples of Ruby packages.
Red will also include a "Marketplace" section where ISPs, developers,
designers, and organizations can advertise jobs, services, skills,
conferences, books, training, and products.
The advertising rate is $2,000 per page. Half-page, quarter-page,
third-page and one-eighth-page ads are available at a pro-rated fee.
Classified ads of 100 words or less are $50.00.
Annual subscriptions to Red will be $60.
If you're interested in...
.. Subscribing
.. Becoming a regular columnist
.. Writing feature- or column-length stories
.. Submitting your work for consideration
.. Providing guidance and ideas for stories and coverage
.. Advertising, or
.. Just want more information
.. please send email to ruby.j...@mac.com to receive updates,
schedules, writer guidelines, and news as the editorial plan, web
site, and design of the journal take shape.
I look forward to your questions, ideas, readership, and
participation in furthering the gem called Ruby.
M. Samuel "Flywheel" Streicher
Flywheel, Gadget, and Sprocket Media
Email: ruby.j...@mac.com
AIM: samuelflywheel
Bill Guindon
>
> ... Becoming a regular columnist
>
> ... Writing feature- or column-length stories
>
> ... Submitting your work for consideration
>
> ... Providing guidance and ideas for stories and coverage
>
> ... Advertising, or
>
> ... Just want more information
>
> ... please send email to ruby.j...@mac.com to receive updates,
> schedules, writer guidelines, and news as the editorial plan, web
> site, and design of the journal take shape.
>
>
> I look forward to your questions, ideas, readership, and
> participation in furthering the gem called Ruby.
Ok, 10 points for the most ambitious 1st post I've ever seen on any
mailing list (could explain the lack of replies).
Couple thoughts...
It needs a better name, but that's just me. Of course, if you ask for
suggestions, I'm sure you'll get some killer ideas.
There are a couple of regular posts that deserve recognition. I'd
love to hear that some/all of them are already in the plan, but if
they're not, they deserve to be considered (in no particular order):
Tim Sutherland has done an incredible job with his 'Ruby Weekly News',
and I've long thought that he should expand it a bit, and make it a
magazine.
James Edward Gray II runs the 'Ruby Quiz' weekly, and that should also
be a regular feature. There's a book coming out, but it would be
great if his summaries ran regularly.
Hal Fulton's been maintaining/posting the list FAQ for quite some
time. It should also be included on a regular basis.
I'm sure I've missed some, but those three stand out in my mind.
> M. Samuel "Flywheel" Streicher
>
> Flywheel, Gadget, and Sprocket Media
>
> Email: ruby.j...@mac.com
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> AIM: samuelflywheel
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Lyndon Samson
> On 11/9/05, ruby.j...@mac.com <ruby.j...@mac.com> wrote:
> > I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new, professional
Yep, and perhaps a 'letters to why?' column... you could call it
"a".upto("y") :-)
Bill Guindon
Good point, if they announced "Dear _why" in the initial post, they'd
probably end up over-subscribed: "I'm sorry folks, there's no way we
can produce that many PDFs in one week". Which, of course, would lead
to a side job for Austin Ziegler.
Jim
it around to other publications, or does it become the property of
"Red"?
Hal Fulton
It's fairly inconceivable that it could become their property if
they reject it (i.e., paid nothing for it). Any periodical that tried
that would quickly run out of authors.
Hal
James Britt
Of course. You own it unless you are paid for it or have some other
binding agreement. (And you should also ask about ownership/reprint
rights so that you can control your work even after publication. For
example, Linux Journal, which in my experience pays more than 'Red' is
offering, also allows the offer to reprint/resell the work 30 days, I
think, after print publication. Ruby Code & Style offers the same
reprint/resale rights.)
The more typical case is when work gets submitted to a publication, but
the author is never told what will be done with it and the piece goes
into limbo. It's sort of rude to submit a work to multiple places at
the same time, though no one likes to be left dangling; the best is to
make clear up front what you expect: tell the editor that the work will
be offered to other outlets if it is not accepted and published by some
date or some publication & payment contract is arranged.
You're the author. You should be in charge.
James Britt
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pat eyler
You would think so, but that's certainly how the Redhat magazine
agreement looks on first glance. It was scary enough that I didn't
even think about submitting anything.
>
> Hal
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David Brady
>On 11/10/05, Hal Fulton <hal...@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Any periodical that tried
>>that would quickly run out of authors.
>>
>>
>
>[The Redhat magazine agreement] was scary enough that I didn't
>even think about submitting anything.
>
>
..QED?
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Garance A Drosehn
> On 11/9/05, ruby.j...@mac.com <ruby.j...@mac.com> wrote:
> > I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new, professional
> > periodical focused exclusively on Ruby.
> >
HAL
> published monthly and ...
>
> > It needs a better name, but that's just me. Of course,
> if you ask for
> > suggestions, I'm sure you'll get some killer ideas.
>
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Jeff Wood
.. nah, personally I really like "Red" ...
j.
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HAL
ok, I'll stop now. :]
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Eero Saynatkari
> "Ruby the Red-Nosed Rhetoric"
> ok, I'll stop now. :]
"Thin red lines"
You know, the ones to be crossed? :)
E
Joel VanderWerf
> It needs a better name, but that's just me. Of course, if you ask for
> suggestions, I'm sure you'll get some killer ideas.
Perl has the State of the Onion(*). How about "Red State" ;)
(Apologies to the rest of the world for the non-portable attempt at humor.)
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(*) On the subject of choosing names, Larry Wall sez:
Some of you have heard the part about my looking for a good name for
Perl, and scanning through /usr/dict/words for every three- and
four-letter word with positive connotations. Though offhand, I can't
explain how I missed seeing Ruby. So anyway, I ended up with "Pearl"
instead. (http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/09/22/onion.html?page=3)
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ruby.j...@mac.com
Jim, that is a very fair question. I'll also weigh in on the
disposition of rights in general.
If you submit an article and it is not accepted, then you are free to
do whatever you want with it.
Typically, when an (original) article is accepted in a magazine, the
author grants first serial rights to the magazine or grants all
rights to the magazine. The terms differ from publication to
publication, with some being quite draconian ("It's our from now on,
now go away") to quite liberal (as with IBM's developerWorks, which
returns the rights to you thirty days after initial publication).
For Red, I would like an exclusive for some amount of time, perhaps
three months, and perennial, non-exclusive rights to re-use the
material online, in compilations of Red, etc. After the exclusive
period ends, you can do whatever you would like with the material,
provided that a notice is included that states, "First published in
Red (http://www.redsomething.com) on some date, etc."
This allows you to write books, post it online in your blog, do
training with it, whatever, and allows Red the freedom to propagate
it as well. The attribution gives Red credit for commissioning the
piece to begin with.
I think these rules are fair, comprehend the modern day needs of
authors to get recognition and derive extra value from their work,
and support the business goals of Red.
Sam
pat eyler
> suggestions, I'm sure you'll get some killer ideas.
How about 'Red Letter'? (If for no other reason that every time
you get your copy, it will be a red letter day.)
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> Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
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thanks,
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mathew
>On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>It needs a better name, but that's just me. Of course, if you ask for
>>suggestions, I'm sure you'll get some killer ideas.
>
> How about 'Red Letter'? (If for no other reason that every time
> you get your copy, it will be a red letter day.)
Or just "Tuesday".
mathew
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pat eyler
> pat eyler wrote:
> >On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>It needs a better name, but that's just me. Of course, if you ask for
> >>suggestions, I'm sure you'll get some killer ideas.
> >
> > How about 'Red Letter'? (If for no other reason that every time
> > you get your copy, it will be a red letter day.)
>
> Or just "Tuesday".
>
The win for Red Letter, is that not only does it denote specialness or
goodness, in both a literary and a more general sense.
>
> mathew
> --
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> My parents went to the lost kingdom of Hyrule
> and all I got was this lousy triforce.
>
>
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thanks,
-pate
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ruby.j...@mac.com
I really like "Red Letter". It has a nice twisted, compelling
something about it.
I'll mull it over. Any other ideas?
Sam
Hal Fulton
>
>
> I really like "Red Letter". It has a nice twisted, compelling something
> about it.
>
> I'll mull it over. Any other ideas?
The Scarlet Letter? :)
Code Red? Red Alert?
Cheers,
Hal
James Edward Gray II
> I really like "Red Letter". It has a nice twisted, compelling
> something about it.
I agree, for what it is worth.
James Edward Gray II
Matthew Smillie
>> I really like "Red Letter". It has a nice twisted, compelling
>> something about it.
>> I'll mull it over. Any other ideas?
>
> The Scarlet Letter? :)
>
> Code Red? Red Alert?
The Red Menace? Better Red than Dead?
Gregory Brown
> On Nov 12, 2005, at 3:11 PM, ruby.j...@mac.com wrote:
>
> > I really like "Red Letter". It has a nice twisted, compelling
> > something about it.
>
> I agree, for what it is worth.
The scarlet letter, I like that. :)
Actually, Red Letter is good though too
Bill Guindon
Yeah, that's what crossed my mind when I said I didn't like the name.
'Red Magazine' sounds like the socialist party newsletter.
I do like Red Letter, and Scarlet Letter is hysterical :)
Daniel Schierbeck
Ryan Leavengood
>
> Yeah, that's what crossed my mind when I said I didn't like the name.
> 'Red Magazine' sounds like the socialist party newsletter.
Since the fall of communism in the USSR I think the general perceived
"threat" from socialism and communism is much less, therefore "red"
has lost some of its socialist connotations (at least for me.)
> I do like Red Letter, and Scarlet Letter is hysterical :)
Given the nicer connotations of Red Letter, that may be a better
choice. Also according to the Wikipedia entry for "red letter day",
the highlighted red words on those red letter calendar days are also
known as "rubrics", a word obviously quite close to Ruby. In fact
should the magazine come to be known as Red Letter, it would be
amusing to have a column called Rubrics (which could have general
highlights from the Ruby community in the last month.) The subtle word
plays going on there are quite interesting.
Scarlet Letter, while amusing, clearly has negative connotations to
anyone familiar with the literary work of the same name.
Ryan
Bill Guindon
> On 11/12/05, Bill Guindon <agor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, that's what crossed my mind when I said I didn't like the name.
> > 'Red Magazine' sounds like the socialist party newsletter.
>
> Since the fall of communism in the USSR I think the general perceived
> "threat" from socialism and communism is much less, therefore "red"
> has lost some of its socialist connotations (at least for me.)
Yeah, forgive me, I'm an old libertarian.
> > I do like Red Letter, and Scarlet Letter is hysterical :)
>
> Given the nicer connotations of Red Letter, that may be a better
> choice. Also according to the Wikipedia entry for "red letter day",
> the highlighted red words on those red letter calendar days are also
> known as "rubrics", a word obviously quite close to Ruby. In fact
> should the magazine come to be known as Red Letter, it would be
> amusing to have a column called Rubrics (which could have general
> highlights from the Ruby community in the last month.) The subtle word
> plays going on there are quite interesting.
Liked the name before, but love it with the added 'rubrics' connection.
> Scarlet Letter, while amusing, clearly has negative connotations to
> anyone familiar with the literary work of the same name.
Yep, read it, great book. Just found the suggestion amusing.
Wouldn't recommend it.
> Ryan
Gregory Brown
> Scarlet Letter, while amusing, clearly has negative connotations to
That's what makes it funny! :) I imagine there is some Java house out
there making their rubyists wear big red R's on their shirts... for
sinning against the nature of structured language.
But I suppose Red Letter might be a kinder, gentler, more cheerful name :)
Hal Fulton
Yeah, it wasn't a serious suggestion, which is why I couldn't resist
making it.
[OT] I once saw a cartoon of a bunch of Puritan women with red A's on
their dresses, looking rather hateful or jealous... while one walked
by looking rather smug, wearing a large red "A+".
Hal
Gregory Brown
> their dresses, looking rather hateful or jealous... while one walked
> by looking rather smug, wearing a large red "A+".
No B- 's in the crowd? Lucky you :)
Jeff Wood
j.
Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT
At Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:02:52 +0900, Bill Guindon wrote:
> It needs a better name, but that's just me.
Some possible names in alphabetic order:
Red Ruby Reader
Red-Blooded Ruby
Red-Hot Ruby(*)
Relucent Ruby
Ruby
Ruby Gems
Ruby Magazine
Ruby Rail
Ruby Reason
Ruby Reflections
Ruby Report
Ruby Repository
Ruby Review Letters
Ruby Rites
Ruby Roundup
Ruby Update
Ruby.roundup
Ruby.update
My #1 is "Ruby" - it feels adequate for a non-chatty programming
language (as would "The object-oriented COBOL programmer's monthly
journal." for the COBOL logorrhoea ;-).
Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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I like 'Red'.
Nick
Michael Kohl
Lloyd Zusman
If it came out once a week, it could be called Ruby Tuesday.
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God bless you.
Hal Fulton
>
> If it came out once a week, it could be called Ruby Tuesday.
>
That's one of my very favorites.
My *most* favorite I am keeping to myself, in case I want to
use it myself. :) I even think the .org is available.
Let the mindreading begin... ;)
Hal
Lloyd Zusman
Matt Lawrence
I just want to make sure I get paid for the use of my intellectual
property...
-- Matt (N5RED)
Nothing great was ever accomplished without _passion_
why the lucky stiff
>Hal Fulton <hal...@hypermetrics.com> writes:
>
>
>>Lloyd Zusman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If it came out once a week, it could be called Ruby Tuesday.
>>>
>>That's one of my very favorites.
>>
>>My *most* favorite I am keeping to myself, in case I want to
>>use it myself. :) I even think the .org is available.
>>Let the mindreading begin... ;)
>>
>>
>Ruby Begonia?
>
Can't we just sublet a column in Ranger Rick magazine? I like to limit
my subscriptions to a single source for amazing facts and beaver tales.
_why
_why
Gregory Brown
> Can't we just sublet a column in Ranger Rick magazine? I like to limit
> my subscriptions to a single source for amazing facts and beaver tales.
Maybe we can call it Ranger Ruby and the Ranger Rick magazine can
sublet from us. Nothing better than solving a camping dilemma with
some continuations. :)
Devin Mullins
> _why
I don't know.
> _why
I know!
Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT
At Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:36:33 +0900, Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT wrote:
> Red-Hot Ruby(*)
I missed resolving this: The red-hot violin player's first name is
Vanessa-Mae, not Ruby so there should not be trademark issues here.
Anyway: There are rumors that the "red-hot" does not apply to her
performance - but that's a different story...
Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT
At Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:36:33 +0900, Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT wrote:
> Red-Hot Ruby(*)
I missed resolving this: The red-hot violin player's first name is
Vanessa-Mae, not Ruby so there should not be trademark issues here.
Anyway: There are rumors that the "red-hot" does not apply to her
performance - but that's a different story...
Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT
Sorry about that, GMX (my mail provider) sometimes fails to
communicate that the message has been sent and wanderlust (my mail
user agent) then assumes that the message has not been sent and leaves
it in the mail queue for another attempt to deliver. "Doppelt genaeht
haelt besser" as one says in German which literally means "[a] double
sewed [seam] is more durable" and by extension means "redundancy
improves reliability".
Josef 'Jupp' Schugt