+WVangler Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hope this is not considered spam, the moderators are free to delete or let me know if so. But just wanted to let everyone know about a new online caching magazine I've created called Following The Arrow. The first (quarterly) issue is really small...just gauging and generating interest. I hope that it will be appealing to a lot of you and generate some new interest in the game from others. What I'm shooting for is an edgier, more informal content. Very very little "how to" or news and way more "what for" and "why". A place to showcase more artistic photography and even artwork related to the game or inspired by the game/obsession. I want to shine the headlamp into the darker corners of Geocaching - essays about unique or challenging caches. Extreme caching. Maybe even about breaking the rules (or at least pushing them to the edge). The e-zine platform gives a lot of flexibility and ease for this type of thing. So anyhow, check it out and let your friends know. Following The Arrow Quote Link to comment
+MikeAndHike Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I just finished reading your e-zine and thought it was great. The content was great. I especially enjoyed the video. It look like a very polished product. All in all well worth the time to read it. How often do you plan on releasing new issues? Great work keep it up! Quote Link to comment
+WVangler Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) As of now it will be quarterly. Again, I hope to have a ton more content in the future and hopefully a lot more cosmopolitan. Edited June 22, 2011 by WVangler Quote Link to comment
+tiffydelmar Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I just finished reading your e-zine and thought it was great. The content was great. I especially enjoyed the video. It look like a very polished product. All in all well worth the time to read it. How often do you plan on releasing new issues? Great work keep it up! +1 Love the photo essays. Nice work! Quote Link to comment
+Thrak Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Gee............ and here I thought you must have made a thread about my neighbor bobolu. He follows the arrow. Over the cliff, through the blackberries, through the poison oak, straight up the hill, through the star thistle.................. he follows the arrow. I coined a phrase that's used locally --- boboluing. It means to follow the arrow even though there's likely a MUCH easier way to get to the cache. Quote Link to comment
+Doctroid Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Nice work! Good site design. "Confession of a Lazy Cacher" = best found log EVAR. Recently. Though I will point out you can get smartphone mapping apps that can use downloadable topo maps. I look forward to more. Quote Link to comment
+TheLoneGrangers Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 wish link worked at work. sadly the air force doesnt allow to read blog related sites lol Quote Link to comment
+TripleGCrew Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Uhoh. Doesn't work w/o flash? That sucks for the mobile users. I guess I'll have to look at it later. That is, if I remember later. Too bad I can't just look now w/o flash. Quote Link to comment
+WVangler Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Uhoh. Doesn't work w/o flash? That sucks for the mobile users. I guess I'll have to look at it later. That is, if I remember later. Too bad I can't just look now w/o flash. Yep. That was a sacrifice I had to make in order to shape it using the format I did. It is worth that. Mobile phones will eventually catch up to the fluidity within our flash based brains, just give them time. Static sites will be artifacts some day. Edited June 22, 2011 by WVangler Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Uhoh. Doesn't work w/o flash? That sucks for the mobile users. I guess I'll have to look at it later. That is, if I remember later. Too bad I can't just look now w/o flash. Yep. That was a sacrifice I had to make in order to shape it using the format I did. It is worth that. Mobile phones will eventually catch up to the fluidity within our flash based brains, just give them time. Static sites will be artifacts some day. It's mostly affecting smartphones of a certain brand only anyway... It works quite well on my phone Quote Link to comment
+Nauticalstar84 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Two thumbs up! Loved the "Lazy Cacher" story! Looking forward to the next issue! Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Looks great! We need more geocaching magazines. Choices are good! Or you could send your stories to add to the 250+ already published in The Online Geocacher! Just, you know, sayin'. Edited June 22, 2011 by TheAlabamaRambler Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Stop following this guy. He hasn't found any caches, or even returned to the site, since creating his account. Quote Link to comment
+captnemo Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) All I get is a black screen and nothing happens? Not even a Hamster! Tried today and it worked. Enjoyed your effort. Edited June 23, 2011 by captnemo Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Looks great! We need more geocaching magazines. Choices are good! Or you could send your stories to add to the 250+ already published in The Online Geocacher! Just, you know, sayin'. You've got to admit that this guy's format sure is slick, anyway. But Online Geocacher has Sioneva. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Looks great! We need more geocaching magazines. Choices are good! Or you could send your stories to add to the 250+ already published in The Online Geocacher! Just, you know, sayin'. You've got to admit that this guy's format sure is slick, anyway. But Online Geocacher has Sioneva. She's one of our secret weapons! She brings in both readers and contributors. I do like the look of Following The Arrow, it's just very slow to load and page. They're putting a lot more work into making it purty than we are, we pretty much post the stories and a picture or two. I'm a huge fan, especially when doing something for free, of the KISS concept! Anyhoo, the more the merrier, I hope they make it. Quote Link to comment
+benh57 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Uhoh. Doesn't work w/o flash? That sucks for the mobile users. I guess I'll have to look at it later. That is, if I remember later. Too bad I can't just look now w/o flash. Yep. That was a sacrifice I had to make in order to shape it using the format I did. It is worth that. Mobile phones will eventually catch up to the fluidity within our flash based brains, just give them time. Static sites will be artifacts some day. Non-flash does not mean 'static'. You could implement your entire site with dynamic HTML and CSS. More work yes, but it can be done. I'd argue the opposite - eventually, flash will die as everything goes HTML5 and the capabilities and frameworks become available to easily match its capabilities. Quote Link to comment
+WVangler Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) Looks great! We need more geocaching magazines. Choices are good! Or you could send your stories to add to the 250+ already published in The Online Geocacher! Just, you know, sayin'. You've got to admit that this guy's format sure is slick, anyway. But Online Geocacher has Sioneva. She's one of our secret weapons! She brings in both readers and contributors. I do like the look of Following The Arrow, it's just very slow to load and page. They're putting a lot more work into making it purty than we are, we pretty much post the stories and a picture or two. I'm a huge fan, especially when doing something for free, of the KISS concept! Anyhoo, the more the merrier, I hope they make it. The content of Following The Arrow is intended to be different and should target a slightly different audience. Edited June 23, 2011 by WVangler Quote Link to comment
+WVangler Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Uhoh. Doesn't work w/o flash? That sucks for the mobile users. I guess I'll have to look at it later. That is, if I remember later. Too bad I can't just look now w/o flash. Yep. That was a sacrifice I had to make in order to shape it using the format I did. It is worth that. Mobile phones will eventually catch up to the fluidity within our flash based brains, just give them time. Static sites will be artifacts some day. Non-flash does not mean 'static'. You could implement your entire site with dynamic HTML and CSS. More work yes, but it can be done. I'd argue the opposite - eventually, flash will die as everything goes HTML5 and the capabilities and frameworks become available to easily match its capabilities. Whoa, dude, you are either being too literal or giving me too much credit. My definition of static is far more abstract than whatever web design textbooks might say. Just going with what I've got. I could do a lot of things I suppose, but I'm not an IT guy nor a detail oriented engineering type. The format as is works for me and that's good enough. I'm paid $0 for my time doing this. Just having fun. Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 + another 1. I really like the easy to navigate content. "The darker side" hmmmm.... Is this going to be a site where we can send in stories of stuff we shouldn't have done, but it turned out ok? I'll start: I like walking on and crossing railroad tracks to get to caches. I'll go out of my way to do it. OK, pretty tame, but you get the idea... Good luck in your venture! Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Gee............ and here I thought you must have made a thread about my neighbor bobolu. He follows the arrow. Over the cliff, through the blackberries, through the poison oak, straight up the hill, through the star thistle.................. he follows the arrow. I coined a phrase that's used locally --- boboluing. It means to follow the arrow even though there's likely a MUCH easier way to get to the cache. We have a guy like that. I like to get right behind him and take the path of lesser resistance. Quote Link to comment
+Afterburned Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Nice read! I hope you keep the content coming in, post when issue 2 is out! Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Gee............ and here I thought you must have made a thread about my neighbor bobolu. He follows the arrow. Over the cliff, through the blackberries, through the poison oak, straight up the hill, through the star thistle.................. he follows the arrow. I coined a phrase that's used locally --- boboluing. It means to follow the arrow even though there's likely a MUCH easier way to get to the cache. I know a cacher like that, who's a regular in these forums. But I won't name any names. Quote Link to comment
+Mosaic55 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Nice read! I hope you keep the content coming in, post when issue 2 is out! Yeah, post again when the next issue is available please! Quote Link to comment
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