Editor's//Comment
Got Issues?
By David Riggs
As is often the case after my Celtic band, Riggity Jig,
plays a gig, I was sitting around the pub chatting up the owners. It s never a
bad idea to stay in good graces with the people who hire the talent; besides, I
like these folks, and we were having a good time trading quips. At one point
during the course of conversation the daughter of one of the owners said to her
mom, You have issues. Without missing a beat came
the retort, I don t just have issues, I have the whole subscription.
Sure, it was kitschy it is an old line, after all but I laughed. It was funny maybe it
was the delivery; maybe it was the context; maybe it was only funny in that end-of-the-night-sitting-around-the-pub
kind of way. Or maybe I was chuckling in a way only possible for someone
involved in the publishing industry, where issues
and subscriptions have real, day-job
meanings.
Professionally speaking, having issues is a good thing. It
is not indicative of, nor does it connotate, any kind of paranoia, hang-ups,
obsessions, discord, or controversy of any kind. For me it signifies another
month of pertinent and useful content bundled up and delivered to your mailbox
in one convenient package; a monthly learning tool that helps you keep up and
stay ahead of the development curve.
In fact, last month was our 50th issue of asp.netPRO. We ve covered such topics as
migrating from ASP to ASP.NET, security, component design and implementation,
and many of the new whiz-bang features of ASP.NET 2.0 and most everything in
between. Hopefully in all those issues we ve addressed the issues with which
you have issues.
But if you don t have issues, we can help. Maybe you
started your subscription recently and want to get caught up on what you
missed. Maybe you loaned your favorite copy of asp.netPRO to a colleague, never to see it again. Maybe you spilled
coffee on that one killer article that provided the defining last-piece-of-the-puzzle
code snippet. Maybe not. Whatever the case may be, we
have ways to hook you up with what you need. Need a back issue? No problem;
simply e-mail mailto:customerservice@informant.com
to order a copy. Want the complete run of asp.netPRO
and asp.netNOW in a portable format?
Again, we re here for you; visit https://www.aspnetpro.com/orders/cdorders.asp
to order asp.netPRO Complete Works 2005
Edition and you ll have instant access to every article ever published, as
well as all the hot code downloads, reviews, and op-ed articles all on one
searchable CD. Maybe you get the free monthly e-newsletter and want to start a
subscription to the magazine. Again, we can get you there from here; go to https://www.aspnetpro.com/members/subscribe/standard.asp.
All of these great resources provide the cutting-edge
content the ASP.NET community covets. There s no excuse to not have in your
arsenal what you demand to develop, deploy, and distribute the next-generation
of dynamic Web apps. And we are passionate about providing the tools and
techniques to help you meet your challenges.
Yes, we have issues. Do you?
Thanks for reading.
David Riggs is editor-in-chief of asp.netPRO and its companion
e-newsletter, asp.netNOW. Reach
him at mailto:driggs@informant.com.