Interview with Judie Stanford - Gear Diary

Notable figures in magazine publishing and technology share their thoughts exclusively with Zinio. Explore their favorite articles, magazines, and find out what inspires them.

• What recent article(s) on Zinio had the most impact on you?

National Geographic, June 2011 - "Too young to wed, the secret world of child brides"
Smithsonian Magazine, January 2011 - "A Plague of Pigs"
Knowledge, Mar/Apr 2012 - The evolution special, "Last Man Standing

• Which magazines do you have in your Zinio library?
I have subscriptions to National Geographic Interactive, Smithsonian, Science, Science Illustrated, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Rolling Stone, Juxtapoz, Outside, Braintainment, Mental Floss, Beer Connoisseur, Texas Monthly, Knowledge, The Explorer's Journal, Cosmo (my guilty secret), and a few random HGTV issues for decorating ideas.

• What is your favorite Zinio feature?
My father saved National Geographic magazines on his bookshelves when I was a child. They took up a lot of room, and they were the only magazine he was able to "collect" because of the amount of space involved to do so, but that's not to say that he wouldn't have collected others if space hadn't been an issue. I can now read and later reference to *all* of my subscriptions on my laptop, or I can carry them with me on my iPad. The embedded live-links and portability of all this data makes Zinio editions a no-brainer for me.

• What are the hottest topics that you think will be featured in magazines in 2012?
All things political, as we head into the US presidential elections. But I will most likely continue to seek out articles that educate me on diversity, how things work, and why things are the way they are.