Zine – an simple and opinionated tool to build your own magazine

https://github.com/zineland/zine

by maydemir • 4 years ago

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leetrout• 4 years ago

Z-eye-n or z-ee-n?

I know its from magazine but I always default to z-eye-n pronunciation.

6bb32646d83d• 4 years ago

I've never heard anyone say Z-I-N. Zeen.

ahmadmijot• 4 years ago

I always pronounce it as z-eye-n

bryanrasmussen• 4 years ago

I've always said zeen, because of magazine.

taurusnoises2• 4 years ago

One million percent /zeen/ (from someone who has been making and trading zines for almost 30 years). Just a few https://bobdoto.computer/ZINES-1

exolymph• 4 years ago

It's technically pronounced z-ee-n (because it's short for magazine) but lots of people who aren't familiar with the origin and/or learned the word online say z-eye-n and it doesn't do them any harm. Both pronunciations are usually understandable from context.

naet• 4 years ago

I have a pet peeve when someone names a technology like this. A zine is an existing concept for cheap printed magazine like material. When you name your tech the exact same thing then there's no differentiation when I search something like "Zine how to".

popey• 4 years ago

It is weird, because this is really just a static website generator. It's not a zine or magazine creator by any measure.

spicybright• 4 years ago

Not only that, but when I read the headline I got really excited it could help generate Zines.

I'm not saying every project needs to match the name on the tin, but all the zines I've read have wacky page layouts, quirky pictures and articles, and a lot of personality.

This project seems to take content and turn it into really bland flat design with social media style scrolling of thumbnails. Every page has elements perfectly aligned. And, at least in the one example they shared, even the colors are really boring.

https://2d2d.io/

If you want a relevant example, 2600 magazine does a good job of giving each page a unique feel and keeping that hacker spirit alive from it and it's articles.

nkozyra• 4 years ago

Not only that, but when I read the headline I got really excited it could help generate Zines

I did too, but I kind of figure it had more to do with playing with pen plotters. Would be cool to generate an old school 70s/80s/90s zine from a tool.

edg-l• 4 years ago

This may not be relevant, but Zachtronics (a known programming puzzle game dev) nearly always includes zines in the games, and they feel unique and quirky as you say.

E.g the exapunks "Trash world news" zine: https://imgur.com/a/TZEZx7N (or https://exazines.mattmerr.com/zine01.html)

https://www.zachtronics.com/

dangoor• 4 years ago

Adding features like a sitemap and RSS to https://mmm.page/ seems like a much better way to get something zine-like.

wrycoder• 4 years ago

Like Windows(TM)?

0x20cowboy• 4 years ago

I love this kind of stuff. Back in the day Big Nerd Ranch made a Mac app to create printed versions of these. I used to use it all the time.

Here is the source code: https://github.com/robrohan/PagePacker

Looks like this project just needs to add add a print feature and it’d be on target.

jason_slack• 4 years ago

The Big Nerd Ranch. Omg how this brings back nostalgia. I drove (at the time) 20 hours to Georgia to a remote location and spent an intensive heads down week coding and not sleeping. The whole team was quite memorable.

MrVandemar• 4 years ago

It's a lost battle I fear: Java is not coffee; Swift is not to move quickly; an Apple is not something you eat; 'C' is not a letter of the alphabet; Google is not a large number; Python, Pelican, and Gnu are not animals, and so on ...

encryptluks2• 4 years ago

Are there any example magazines that are in English?

javchz• 4 years ago

From what I skimmed over, looks like another word to describe traditional blogs. Seems like an alternative to Hugo, Ghost or Wordpress.

randomluck040• 4 years ago

We live in a world where everyone and their dog (sometimes literally) fights for your attention. If you are trying to advertise something comparable to a blog or magazine creation software, add a screenshot on what to expect at least.

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