[ANN] Red: The Ruby Journal, a professional periodical for Ruby developers

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I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new, professional 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.journal@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.journal@mac.com

AIM: samuelflywheel

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I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new, professional
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.journal@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.

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On 11/9/05, ruby.journal@mac.com <ruby.journal@mac.com> wrote:

M. Samuel "Flywheel" Streicher

Flywheel, Gadget, and Sprocket Media

Email: ruby.journal@mac.com

AIM: samuelflywheel

--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)

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If someone submits an article and it is rejected, can the author shop
it around to other publications, or does it become the property of
"Red"?

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Yep, and perhaps a 'letters to why?' column... you could call it
"a".upto("y") :slight_smile:

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On 11/10/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/9/05, ruby.journal@mac.com <ruby.journal@mac.com> wrote:
> I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new, professional

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Jim wrote:

If someone submits an article and it is rejected, can the author shop
it around to other publications, or does it become the property of
"Red"?

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

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Jim wrote:

If someone submits an article and it is rejected, can the author shop
it around to other publications, or does it become the property of
"Red"?

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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http://www.30secondrule.com - Building Better Tools

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RedJewels

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On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/9/05, ruby.journal@mac.com <ruby.journal@mac.com> wrote:
> I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new, professional
> periodical focused exclusively on Ruby.
>
> The journal, tentatively titled "Red," will be 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.

--
Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosihn@gmail.com
Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA

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Bill Guindon 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.

Perl has the State of the Onion(*). How about "Red State" :wink:

(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. (The State of the Onion 9)

--
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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

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On Nov 10, 2005, at 2:32 AM, Jim wrote:

If someone submits an article and it is rejected, can the author shop
it around to other publications, or does it become the property of
"Red"?

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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.)

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On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:

--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)

--
thanks,
-pate
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Hi!

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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At Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:02:52 +0900, Bill Guindon wrote:
--
It's high time to realize that protecting environment and saving rare
ressources including drinking water and fertile soil is no crusade of
some long haired hippies but the key to survival of mankind.

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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.

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On 11/9/05, Lyndon Samson <lyndon.samson@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/10/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/9/05, ruby.journal@mac.com <ruby.journal@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") :slight_smile:

--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)

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Jim wrote:
> If someone submits an article and it is rejected, can the author shop
> it around to other publications, or does it become the property of
> "Red"?

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.

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.

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On 11/10/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:

Hal

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thanks,
-pate
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"Red Dawn"

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--- Garance A Drosehn <drosihn@gmail.com> wrote:

On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/9/05, ruby.journal@mac.com <ruby.journal@mac.com> > wrote:
> > I am pleased to pre-announce the launch of a new,
professional
> > periodical focused exclusively on Ruby.
> >
> > The journal, tentatively titled "Red," will be
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.

RedJewels

--
Garance Alistair Drosehn =
drosihn@gmail.com
Senior Systems Programmer or
gad@FreeBSD.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY;
USA

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pat eyler wrote:

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On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@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
--
      <URL:http://www.pobox.com/~meta/&gt;
My parents went to the lost kingdom of Hyrule
     and all I got was this lousy triforce.

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I really like "Red Letter". It has a nice twisted, compelling something about it.

I'll mull it over. Any other ideas?

Sam

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On Nov 12, 2005, at 10:41 AM, pat eyler wrote:

On 11/9/05, Bill Guindon <agorilla@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.)

--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)

--
thanks,
-pate
-------------------------

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Hi,

I like 'Red'.

Nick

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On 14/11/2005, at 8:36 AM, Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT wrote:

Hi!

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
--
It's high time to realize that protecting environment and saving rare
ressources including drinking water and fertile soil is no crusade of
some long haired hippies but the key to survival of mankind.

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Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT <jupp@gmx.de> writes:

Hi!

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

If it came out once a week, it could be called Ruby Tuesday.

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At Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:02:52 +0900, Bill Guindon wrote:

--
Lloyd Zusman
ljz@asfast.com
God bless you.

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Hi!

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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
--
It's high time to realize that protecting environment and saving rare
ressources including drinking water and fertile soil is no crusade of
some long haired hippies but the key to survival of mankind.

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Hi!

···

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
--
It's high time to realize that protecting environment and saving rare
ressources including drinking water and fertile soil is no crusade of
some long haired hippies but the key to survival of mankind.