exhibitgeek

I lost interest in the magazine when I perceived a shift away from balance in the content - it used to be there were an equal number of articles, over a given period of time, on both traditional woodworking and creativity/ingenuity. It seems that the magazine made an editorial decision to focus now much more on the fundamentals rather than the range of possibilities.

There is no blame - I'm sure it was a decision driven by the market (or a drive to increasse the market), but I do miss the variety that was once available in nearly every publication.

I had the good fortune a few years back of buying a complete set from Issue #1 through the mid -90's. (And for $5.00 - but that's another story). After a very pleasurable year of randomly going through each issue, I sold them for someone else to enjoy. But the difference from the earlier years to now was clear.

In fact, that is why I am now an online subscriber - I'm more interested in the archives than I am in the magazine as it currently stands.

Not better, not worse - just different.