As the Magazine Publishers of America changes to a new tagline and logo “MPA – The Association of Magazine Media” I wanted to share the magazine media minute featuring cross media magazine branding on the iPad.

While keeping a periodic digital paginated magazine structure you can begin to see the tremendous potential of tablet magazines. The periodic digital content is augmented with daily news.

PM iPad Tablet Magazine Introduction

Now matter how large or small, own your niche in every media channel. The beauty of the magazine brand is that people understand “magazine” media regardless of the channel. The magazine website will continue to the the heart of the brand and should be updated from a graphic design and user interactive experience perspective at least once a year. Next, determine how print, digital editions, tablet editions, podcasts, newsletters, video, events, webcasts, resource directories, and other content and advertising items should be prioritized based on your niche and target readership.

As you develop your iPad or other tablet magazine edition strategy keep in mind how you’ll leverage content across other target audience touch points. And keep it personal. Include social media elements or features that relate to real world personal relationships and connections. Become the the best place for your audience to come and ask niche focused questions or connect people to begin friendships. Get your magazine editorial staff into participating and interacting on all relevant social media platforms.

As geosocial based tools and technology expand, services like Foursquare, Gowalla, and Facebook Places will enable your audience to connect in real life. Be the magazine brand that brings people together.

Well, lets just say I’m looking forward to the view.  The view of digital magazines on the iPhone 4 retina display.

The 960-by-640 backlit LCD display boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen ever. – Apple

My interest in looking back to mobile magazine presentation especially in light of the excitement around tablet editions is that the resolution of the iPhone 4 will again bring out the best in the magazine mobile presentation UX.  Improved resolution devices will continue to provide new design and layout capabilities based on magazine delivery medium.

See the video and Pic by Robert Scoble

Have you updated your recommended Facebook settings lately.  Today, Facebook prompted the notice to learn more about their new simple privacy controls including the recommended setting.

Recommended Facebook Settings
We offer a group of recommended settings as a default. You can think of “Everyone,” “Friends of Friends” and “Friends Only” as big buckets containing different groups of information. With our recommended settings, your information is distributed across all three buckets. “Everyone” contains status updates and information that people may want to share with a larger audience. “Friends of Friends” includes photos and videos of you, which are often relevant to friends of your friends. “Friends Only” includes all of your contact information and things that are only relevant to people you interact with directly.

via Facebook Privacy Guide.

What are your own “Recommended Facebook Settings?”

The feature story provides reader the ultimate in editorial and now digital media.  Table magazines are poised to inspire us to re-think how we want to position our feature articles.  iPad and other tablet magazine devices will give the digital magazine an entirely new meaning.

The magazine presentation is really the presentation that will set the color iPad out from other eBook readers.

Web browsing, painting programs, TV and movies, newspapers and magazines all seem like naturals on this 1.5-pound machine, too

via From the Desk of David Pogue – The Apple iPad – First Impressions – NYTimes.com.

More information about the iTablet… or shall we say the Apple iSlate, or just call it the SLATE?

Hmmm…. TiPb’s just been calling it still unannounced device the iTablet, others have called it the iPad, but how does iSlate grab you?

via Apple Owns iSlate.com, Let iTablet Name Rumors Commence! | The iPhone Blog.

More from Jon4lakers with http://technobuffalo.com/

So is Jan 26th the announce date for Apple?

I received my Google Wave invite from a new twitter pal (thanks again Alice @aliceinthewater http://twitter.com/Davorado/status/5576326179) and can see that it’s probably going to help bridge people to a new method of communicating.  Not that I think it will eliminate email the way we know it today.  At least not for another 5 years.  But, it strongly supports the social networking models, streams, and posting that we are growing familiar with in most social platforms.

It will be very interesting to see how the Wave is received and what new products (widgets) are created to add more value to the Google platform.  I can already see that I’ll use it for anything internal for my company to eliminate the email mess.  Maybe this process will force in some outside participants to adopt the tool in a similar way that critical mass fueled the adoption of the fax machine.

I hope!

Check out the new (in beta) Twitter business tool.

Cnet says it “CRM meets Twitter”

CoTweet powers brands on Twitter. Designed for businesses using Twitter to engage existing customers and attract new ones, CoTweet is a comprehensive Twitter business platform that supports both proactive marketing communication and response-driven customer support. https://cotweet.com/about

Interesting video by Wired Editor’s: DIY Drone Outwits Google and Berkeley Lab

Chris Anderson talks about using a “toy” to fly UAV mission (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

It took some calendar coordination to find the kid coverage. In the end, the date night with my wife to see this movie was well worth all logistical challenges.

Internet Trailer for Star Trek at Listal

A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.

via Star Trek.

Starring

Chris Pine

James T. Kirk

Zachary Quinto

Leonard Nimoy

Eric Bana

Bruce Greenwood

Karl Urban

Zoe Saldana

Simon Pegg

John Cho

Anton Yelchin

I’m ranking it as one of my top 5 movies of all time.