Aggregation magazine says its the first "wayfinding" magazine for the internet

Digital composite image from issue 1, by Gary Campbell
There is an allure in the unexpected; it is one of the reasons why one can invest hours following links and conversational threads online. And it is that proposition -- getting its readers caught up in a topic they didn't realize they were interested in that makes good magazines work so well. Yet when they go online, magazines seem to

British magazine New Scientist uses brain scans to select cover

The British magazine New Scientist chose its most recent cover by sitting 19 right-handed men down and recorded their reactions to a variety of covers while measuring their reactions with an electroencephalograph. According to a post by Peter Krafka in All Things Digital, the magazine's editors hired the firm NeuroFocus essentially to pick the brains of their target audience. The design [shown]

Up Here magazine uses swimsuit models to provoke discussion of climate change

Up Here magazine, the national magazine of the year for 2009, has released it first "swimsuit" edition,with the goal of fostering discussions about climate change in the Arctic. A story on CBC.ca quotes editor Aaron Spitzer saying that the issue's purpose is to show how global warming is affecting the environment and people north of 60.The latest edition of the magazine, which came out this week,

Experimental magazine to be created in 48 hours, start to finish

A group of wacky magazine mavens are about to launch 48 Hour magazine, described as "a raucous    experiment in using new tools to erase media's old limits". The goal is to produce a finished website and a glossy paper version of the magazine in two days. The originators say:We'll unveil a theme and you'll have 24 hours to produce and submit your work. We'll take the next 24 to snip, mash and

Concept to finished mag in a day and a half

In a day and a half, Derek Powazek created a one-off magazine called Strange Light about the red duststorm that swept eastern Australia. He blogs about how he created the finished product, complete with 54 gorgeous photos (cleared with the photographers) in less than two days. We read about it in Nieman Journalism Labs. Quick turnarounds are not exactly new, with insta-books and special