Computerra
Encyclopedia
Computerra was a Russian computer
weekly publication. The first edition was released on December 21, 1992 and was published by C&C Computer Publishing Limited (Computerra Publishing House). Later, it received the online counterpart at [www.computerra.ru], which supplements the contents of the publication; due to the financial problems and lack of advertisement material, the issue 811-812 on December 15, 2009 was announced as the last issue to be published offline, with only the online version remaining active. The last issue cover lacks a usual cover image, with only the black rectangle instead and the words roughly translatable as "now you can shut down your computerra", as a pun on the shutdown image of Windows 95
.
Founder was Dmitriy Mendrelyuk. There are some other magazines founded by him like Business-Journal .
The typical audience of Computerra magazine includes the working men 25–34 years old, who have high social status
, high or medium income level, and use computer
s.
The difference of "Computerra" from the most of other computer magazines is that this magazine not only writes about computer hardware and software, but writes philosophical thoughts about life, "computer people" life above all.
Alexa.com traffic rank for Computerra.ru official website is 21,98 .
Memorable publications:
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
weekly publication. The first edition was released on December 21, 1992 and was published by C&C Computer Publishing Limited (Computerra Publishing House). Later, it received the online counterpart at [www.computerra.ru], which supplements the contents of the publication; due to the financial problems and lack of advertisement material, the issue 811-812 on December 15, 2009 was announced as the last issue to be published offline, with only the online version remaining active. The last issue cover lacks a usual cover image, with only the black rectangle instead and the words roughly translatable as "now you can shut down your computerra", as a pun on the shutdown image of Windows 95
Windows 95
Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
.
Founder was Dmitriy Mendrelyuk. There are some other magazines founded by him like Business-Journal .
The typical audience of Computerra magazine includes the working men 25–34 years old, who have high social status
Social status
In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society . It may also refer to a rank or position that one holds in a group, for example son or daughter, playmate, pupil, etc....
, high or medium income level, and use computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
s.
The difference of "Computerra" from the most of other computer magazines is that this magazine not only writes about computer hardware and software, but writes philosophical thoughts about life, "computer people" life above all.
Alexa.com traffic rank for Computerra.ru official website is 21,98 .
The editors
- Editor-in-chief (acting) - Vladislav Buryukov
- Senior editors - Sergey Leonov, Sergey Vilianov, Leonid Levkovich-Maslyuk, Vladimir Guriev
- Coordinator - Irina Voronovich
- Editors - Rodion Nasakin, Ilya Schurov, Constantine Kurbatov
- Style editor - Aleksandr Shevchenko
- Proof-reader - Julia Sleptsova
News department
- Head of department - Artem Zakharov
- Observers - Galaktion Andreev, Timophey Bakhvalov, Aleksandr Bumagin, Stanislav Gobunov, Denis Zenkin, Eugeny Zolotov, Denis Konovalchik, Sergey Kirienko, Igor Kuksov, Aleksey Levin, Ivan Prohorov, Michael Sannikov, Andrey Harlanov, Dmitriy Shabanov, Viktor Shepelev
Design department
- Art director - Oleg Dmitriev
- Designers - Nikolay Velikanov
- Cover designer - Viktor Zhizhin
- Artist - Alexey Bondarev
- Photographer - Lena Belousova
Advertising
- Head of department - Elena Chernobaeva
- Senior manager - Irina Shemlakina
- Managers - Marina Timofeeva, Anastasia Vlasenko
History
Editors-in-chief:- Georgiy Kuznetsov (1995—1998)
- Eugene KozlovskyEugene KozlovskyEugene Antonovich Kozlovsky is a Russian writer, journalist, theatre director and film director. He lives in Moscow.- Tales :* Moskvaburgskiye povesti / Tales of Moscowburg...
(1998—2004) - Sergey Leonov (2004–2006)
- Dmitriy Mendrelyuk (temporaryTemporaryTemporary may refer to:Computing* Temporary variable* Temporary file* Temporary folder* Temporary filesystemOther uses* Temporary work, a common working arrangement...
in 2006) - Vladimir GurievVladimir GurievVladimir Vladimirovich Guriev , — Russian journalist, senior editor and important author of «Computerra» weekley. Author of many articles about present science and IT.- Biography :* 1976 — was born* since 1998 — prints in «Computerra» weekley...
2007-2008 - Vladislav BiryukovVladislav BiryukovVladislav Vasilievich Biryukov — Russian mineralogist and journalist, editor-in-chief and an author of “Computerra” weekly.- Biography :* 1989—1994 — studied at geologic facultet of Moscow State University...
Memorable publications:
- In the paired issue #31—32 (555—556, August 31, 2004) a big article about WikipediaWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
written by Stanislav Kozlovskiy was published «How to be a Voltaire, or The most free encyclopedia» .
External links
- Computerra website
- Computerra Inside - editorial blog