Paul Boutin

July’s issue is, page after page, one of the most visually striking issues ever, starting with the cover. The photos (including a rocket launch shot from midair and a full-page portrait of Isaac Asimov) and illustrations have an impact that’s just not possible onscreen yet. I know zilch about ink-and-paper tech, but it seems like this issue was more craftfully printed than the last few I’ve received. It makes me wish I had more than a token half-page article inside.

Don’t read it online. Spend five bucks of your hard-earned techie salary.

Fast Company has an abbreviated but well-edited transcript of the panel I moderated at Supernova 2004 with Scott Rosenberg, Tim Bray, and Technorati’s Kevin Marks (David Sifry also arrived at the end).

Two things several of us agreed on afterwards: First, given the high level of blog savvy among attendees, a lot of this might have felt too familiar. Second, a crowd like this gets really frustrated when the Wi-Fi drops out during a conference and knocks out their back channel.

Also: Panel and conference notes from Tim and Scott.

From today’s Wired News sidebar:

We heard from a lot of you after Webmonkey stopped publishing earlier this year. So, by popular demand, Webmonkey, the pioneering how-to guide for Web developers, is back. Wired News editors will work with Webmonkey writers to publish two articles a month. As before, these will include tutorials, software reviews and commentary by people who know their stuff. In the near future, Webmonkey will be more closely tied to Wired News, so readers can expect to see the latest on design, engineering, security and culture. — The Editors