At ReCom.org, it’s usually a style to add Re- in front of everything. It’s all about ReCom, ReCommend, ReMag. And now, it’s about reviving ReMag. If I may be lame, which I am most of the time, it’s ReMag: ReVival.
ReMag was a little project by ReCom.org. An online magazine with articles written by Malaysians. It started two years ago but five editions later, it suffered a slow death. ReMag 6 was supposed to go out on December 2005 but it didn’t. It was because for ReMag 6, we tried to run the project on a new model but the model collapsed under its own weight – contributions started to dry up as prospective authors accused ReMag editors as a bunch of elitists. The project’s theme itself was considered of being too serious by many outside of ReMag editorial board. Hackers’ attack on ReCom.org killed off everything that was left, including the archives. For more than six months now, ReMag has been a mere blank page.
A few days ago, effort to revive the project started to pick up. For some reasons, people became excited about it all over again. One of the people is me – I found myself in the project once again. The aim right now is to gather old editors that worked for us and find new ones. More importantly, it’s time to solicit Malaysians to write for ReMag yet again.
When ReMag was up and running, it was healthy. Surpisingly too, it was popular. I didn’t know that until the project died out. At the same time, there was no competitor. Currently however, I could think of two competitors out there – one is theCicak and the other is inkyhands. The best thing is, some people at ReCom recognize most people at theCicak and inkyhands due to previous networking. So, fun.
Now. If you are interested in contributing to ReMag, please mail me at mnoorsha [at] umich [dot] edu. There’s no preset topic and you are free to send anything worthy of read. If you are interested in being an editor or are able to findle with technical details and able to write in HTML, PHP or mess around with CMS, mail me too. For more information, visit ReCom.org.
So, ReMag. Coming soon at www.ReMag.org.
8 replies on “[705] Of reviving ReMag”
La renaissance du ReMag, certes. La r�alit� est que, une personne seule ne suffit pas, m�me si la motivation y est… Br�f, j’ai besoins du monde pour faire vivre � nouveau ce ReMag.
hsin, check you mail.
lyzzy: yeah, you’re right. And I like what you guys are doing. Maybe we could form a strategic alliance or something =)
but i’m not sure how much i know :P
yes please! :D
woooo competition. But inkyhands isn’t competition, really – it has nothing to do with the whole social-political-economic-student-activism shebang. So, don’t think of inkyhands as a competitor, think of inkyhands as a … complement. :)
john: definitely as long as it’s good stuff.
hsin: hey! wanna help with coding?
me me me! *waves hand*
Can we submit material that has already been published before (i.e. on my blog)?