The Magazine, una revista nativa digital
Craig Mod analiza por qué The Magazine, la revista digital de Marco Arment, es un producto innovador, ajustado de forma limpia y plena a las demandas del lector digital. ¿Cómo es posible que un desarrollador haya sido capaz de adelantarse a toda una industria editorial?, se pregunta Mod. Porque son hoy magos que entienden y aprovechan mejor que nadie las plataformas y sus lenguajes.
Arment se ha adelantado a todos para entender cómo lee una revista digital una persona y cómo puede ofrecerse ese servicio desde una tableta o un ordenador: “The fact that Marco — a programmer — launched one of the most ‘digitally indigenous’ contemporary tablet publications is indicative of two things:
1. Programmers are today’s magicians. In many industries this is obvious, but it’s now becoming more obvious in publishing. Marco was able to make The Magazine happen quickly because he saw that Newsstand was underutilized and understood its capabilities. He knew this because he’s a programmer. Newsstand wasn’t announced at a publishing conference. It was announced at the WWDC.
2. The publishing ecosystem is now primed for complete disruption”.