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and Thin Mints
to [email protected].JUNE 2007 MAXIMUMPC 0
I
nstead of my normal rant about Vista or kvetching
about DRM, I’m going to use this space to tell
you about something the staff at Maximum PC has
been working on for the last fi ve months. We’ve
redesigned and relaunched MaximumPC.com—and
it kicks serious ass.
The fi rst thing you’ll notice when you visit the
site is a complete redesign. By my count, this is the
sixth major overhaul of MaximumPC.com since we
launched the magazine way back in 1998. Before
we embarked on this project, I spent a long time on
Archive.org, studying our old designs to see what
we should keep and what we should leave behind.
Beyond the obvious beautifi cation project, we’ve
made a ton of deep-down structural changes—stuff
that makes it simple for us to bring you the type of no-
holds-barred content you expect from Maximum PC.
Rest assured we’ve kept everything that was
already awesome about the site. We’ve got the
magazine archive, the “Best of the Best” section,
and yes, the forums—in all their garrulous glory.
But wait, there’s more! We’ve also added a ton of
great new features. For one, there are the editors’
blogs. Each editor has a dedicated section to share
whatever’s on his or her mind. We’ll let you know
what we’re interested in and what we’re testing, as
well as pass along nifty how-to projects we comeup with—every day of the week.
We’ve also opened up the blog section of
our website to a few select members of our
community—“super readers” who have some
unique or interesting knowledge to share with
you. You can expect them to talk about all
sorts of cool stuff—from modding to the latest
Windows news to games. Expect lots of rowdy,
no BS coverage of everything you need to know
about—delivered weeks before you’d read about
it in the magazine.
And while I’m in Offi cial Maximum PC Shill mode,
I should introduce the No BS podcast. Every Friday,
we run a round-table discussion of the week’s news,
provide updates on our product tests, give away
fabulous prizes, and answer reader questions (send
them to [email protected]). The podcast
also includes Gordon’s Rant of the Week, a listener
favorite that really should be heard to be appreciated.
I’m really excited about the new site, and I
hope you will be too. Feel free to swing by, dig
into the editors’ blogs, read a few features, and
then let me know what you think by posting in the
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