I have had some idea that something was happening inside Parkside Media on Macguide over the past month or two, and today I got comfirmation. Macguide, the magazine I’ve been writing to for over a year now is shutting up shop on the title due to poor advertising sales over the last few issues.

This hasn’t come to sudden as I’ve been suspecting something was up for months, but it leaves me out of the world of print production, in hindsight it has freed up much more time I can use to focus on online projects and more quality blog content.

Parkside Media publish 6 titles including Macguide, which has now been slimmed down to 5. There are two other titles I’d be interested in writing for in the future but at the moment I want to focus on online media which is where I see the majority of the audience heading. As much as I hate to admit it, print media is on its way out - things are evolving - generations are changing.

What does this change for me? Less stress, more free time. It has seem to become a trend recently, I’ve felt much more loose and relaxed after dropping a few projects. I’ve become much more focused on what I’m doing, although there are many avenues I’d love to explore over the next 12-18 months. I have a large scale project in the planning stages at the moment and it’s something to stay - it won’t be a quick hit or miss.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank and dedicate this post to Parkside Media, Macguide, and more specifically Mark Webster for the opportunities he opened up for me over the past 12 months. It has been a pleasure working with you Mark, I hope to catch up again sometime in the future. Good luck with everything! For me, it’s only upward and beyond from here.