I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I read a paper survey magazine.?ÿ?ÿ And I was one who paid for American Surveyor.?ÿ I thought they did a fine job.?ÿ?ÿ But it says something that I had no idea they had switched to "free" system.?ÿ?ÿ
I refuse to pay for a trade magazine.
Today most of the content is a paid for advertisement for products that I probably will never use.
What once was full of supportive information to educate all levels of train for our industry has forgotten many of their original directive. To put hard to find information into the hands of the people that need it.
I have thumbed thru the content and I do not see the side by side match ups of available equipment and truthful evaluation of the machinery on the market and anyone that is standing up to recommend what to use for the application anymore.
Today's topics are not relevant to my boundary surveying and any relevant news that does comes directly from my BOR.
The many websites of trade products and Google answers most of what my curiosity wants.
I have noticed that doctor offices are becoming empty of magazines and have turned to health related brochures.
The publishing world is being taken over by people that post to blogs and the many Web related news sources and Google, Go Duck Go, etc will provide an ample supply of any information.
Being a member of RPLS TODAY and attending the various gatherings for CEUshave kept me more informed than any other source could have given.
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I also doubt I would pay for a surveyor magazine. Its not just the surveying profession that has free trade magazines but others also.
Our conferences and periodicals all preach that we need all this fancy high tech mojo
Well the conferences are financially supported by sponsorship's from companies selling high tech mojo and the trade magazines are funded by advertisers selling high tech mojo.....so High Tech Mojo, Inc. is just getting what they pay for.?ÿ?ÿ
I would only entertain paying for premium content if I would in return obtain control over what BNP media does with my contact information.?ÿ Allowing myself to be marketed to in turn for content is nothing new, but BNP definitely took it to a NEW LEVEL; I'd go so far as to say they've went beyond good taste in the amount of spam I'm subjected to because of their marketing practices.
No thanks
High Tech Mojo, Inc
I refuse to fill out the subscription renewal request form, but, still get the POB magazine in the mail. Jeff Lucas is still writing scathing, vicious attacks on surveying. I wouldn't pay for that.?ÿ?ÿ
Unfortunately, this is exactly why I let my subscription lapse years ago. And yet I still get random marketing emails that are obviously from POB lists. When I started this website in 2010, I swore to myself and everyone that joined that I would never sell their information or even give it away, for that matter. I still haven't, still won't, and never will.
May they rest in peace. I think POB was the first magazine I got. They made me mad when they bought RPLS forum and converted it to something that wasn't friendly. I was getting the magazine, but a lot of the articles nowadays seem to be some manufactures sales pitch.
If POB was informative and relative, like it was 15 years ago, I would pay $1 a month to read it online. But since it it NOT relative OR informative, I would not pay anything to read it, in any format.?ÿ
20 Years ago enjoyed the POB on line discussion forum,?ÿ but paying for a magazine NO
I wonder who at POB came up with that ingenious idea??ÿ Instant failure. ?????ÿ
