Magazine Habit

Nicole asked what magazines I keep stacked in the bathroom, and honestly, she caught me. I’m obsessed. Paper in warm water does something a screen never will.

I buy two types: tech and culture. Used to hunt down Mac magazines—MacUp, Macwelt—but I stopped years ago. Everything moves to blogs too fast. Now I just grab PAGE for design and web stuff, and Computer Arts because the work teaches you things. Design magazines are different. They’re not about what happened, they’re about how to think.

The real thing is the lifestyle magazines: NEON, blond, IQ Style, Muteen. They catch what’s happening right now in a way nothing else does. Good music tips, photography, stories you’d miss elsewhere. One of them I barely get, and that’s fine—reading something that resists you is its own thing.

Magazines aren’t going anywhere as long as I’m not drowning my laptop. There’s a weight to paper. Warm water, no notifications, pages that need your attention. It’s not nostalgia. It just works better.