ZinesFromOuterSpace ZiP01 Online

[Gavin Knight]

Alright first thing tomorrow, I will put it up on the site!

Gavin

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:03 AM, glamortramp <glamortramp at riseup.net> wrote:

>  Sorry I sent the last message incomplete
>
> As I was saying, I was in a state where it was pretty much physically
> impossible not to sleep, after being up much of the past 72 hours working
> more or less nonstop on that layout. I woke up for a bit, but I'm not going
> to come in to the Mission tonight. I'll be going back to sleep soon. I need
> a good long block of it.
>
> Thank God for Miloh. If not for him, I doubt this would ever have gotten
> finished, and it certainly wouldn't have made it to Noisebridge tonight on
> schedule.
>
> Moving on - *Next step is to get ZiP01 up on the web site!* Miloh
> suggested (and I agreed) that we should have it available on ZZW in several
> different formats:
>
> 1) PDF ready-to-print (I gave Miloh 2 copies of it on disc earlier - this
> is the file people can download (free) from the site if they want to print
> copies themselves. It doesn't work as a reading copy.
>
> 2) Flash - Miloh knows how to do this
>
> 3) HTML - *I'm already working on this one*, so check w/ me before you do
> any work on converting the PDF to HTML format. Let's not duplicate effort.
> Miloh / Gavin / whoever else wants to help, pick one of the previous two
> options.
>
> Thinking ahead to ZiP02 (April 1st):
>
> -Start thinking *cover art!* (I love designing the front cover - that's
> probably my favorite part of the whole enterprise). In future I was
> thinking we could open it up to various people or even Noisebridge in
> general for people to design a ZiP cover.
>
> -I  want to experiment with different formats / substrates / printing
> methods, so *for ZiP02 I propose that we print on tabloid sheets (11x17)
> in quarto style* (i.e. folded in quarters, rather than in letter sized
> sheets folded in half as with ZiP01). I'd like to try a new style with each
> issue for a while, until we arrive at one we feel is THE correct format for
> ZiP. Switching it up continously like that is innovative & I think it will
> keep the project from going stale.
>
> I have a bunch of other ideas already for ZiP02 but we'll wait and discuss
> them soon hopefully at an actual, physical meeting.
>
> TTYS (after I sleep some more)
>
>
> TLongshanksLT
>
>
> PS *Office Max kicked Kinko's ass* in my ZiP01 print comparison - not
> only cheaper but also waaay better quality image, paper, everything. I
> printed 50 copies of ZiP01 today at Office Max (Geary & Arguello) and they
> came to almost exactly $5.00 per coopy.
>
>
> --
> Glam.......or Tramp?
>
>
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