TPJCian Magazine Appears On International Newspaper

We did a blog search today and were pleasantly shocked that we were mentioned in an international newspaper 'The Republic' for our cyber-bullying articles. Check it out here:















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New Rule For Comments

With effect from today (12th March 2009), comments posted below every new update in our official TPJCian Magazine (2009) forum thread will be copy pasted in the blog. Your name and class will also be published alongside the comments.

The objective of the new rule is not only to make sure that this blog does not look abandoned, but to also ensure that readers write comments responsibly. Please let us know what you think of it.

Spring Cleaning!

We are making a few changes. Some of our series will be taken down. We have 'lost interest' in publishing them.

Series to be excluded from the online magazine with effect from today:
1) New Blogger
2) Dear Diary

Thank you.

TPJCian Magazine: Preparing For 2009

We are entering the year 2009 very soon and this magazine will undergo some changes for the upcoming year ahead. Listed below are some suggestions:

1) New Editors
TPJCian Magazine could not afford to hire writers and pay them regularly. It is still at infant stage and it needs more time to finally earn a stable monthly revenue. Right now, the amount of money earned through its advertisements is only $35. I need a minimum of $100 to cash out the money. In other words, I am earning nothing.

Nevertheless, TPJCian Magazine is my baby and I have worked very hard to make sure that it continues to live on. I have saved up to about $100 of my very own pocket money and am looking forward to invest it on new editors. I am going on a really tight budget. The money will be spread over five months, meaning $20 per month.

This is a formal appeal. If you are want to be part of my team and engage in the online community, please do inform me. Your pay is low ($10 per month), but if you are someone who is simply passionate in sharing what you know and what people should know, then this job is the right one for you. You may build a portfolio from your work here. I need two loyal, enthusiastic and creative editors.

Your job is to write articles and bring in contributors for their opinions.

2) Updates
In order for the magazine to gain more exposure, I will have to reshape the way I promote the blog. I will never compromise the quality of my blog posts and resort to writing sex-related articles just to gain attention, like many other bloggers out there do.

Instead, I will have to market the blog more aggressively. TPJCians will most likely get updates via online message once per two months beginning from next year. Only featured and exclusive articles/interviews will be promoted through the online message system.

Updates via forums will stay as it is.

3) Global
The market in college is just too small for the magazine to earn money and pay editors and writers better. I believe in money as a form of incentive to work hard. The rest comes from the person's passion and enthusiasm.

Therefore, in order to earn more, this magazine will have to provide more current affairs articles for the general public. Editors will share their honest opinions via this magazine. The posts may be useful for General Paper too.

Furthermore, with the high quality articles, our college name will definitely be polished in the online world.

These are the suggestions for now. Please share with me your feedback.

'It is my dream to make this magazine become a reliable, interactive and creative medium for people from all over the world to come together and share their views. It is like a mixture of Newsweek, Time and Readers' Digest, but better.'

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

TPJCian Magazine would like to wish all Muslim TPJCians Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, maaf zahir dan batin. We hope all of you enjoy the holiday as it marks our achievement after a month of fasting.

TPJCian Magazine: August Round-Up

August has been a hectic month for me as I have to juggle my revision and work on this online magazine. I spent an average of about an hour daily just to update new posts and/or make sure everything is going smoothly as planned. I have used up nearly all my scheduled posts this month as I had to use a large chunk of time to revise my work for my Preliminary examinations. I am not sure if my effort is adequate though - Prelims was very tough.

There are two more scheduled posts left; the 'Biography of Shawn Wee' and 'A TPJCian's Trip To New York'. Both will be scheduled for release very soon, most probably end of September. The scheduled posts system is devised so that the blog continues to live on despite my busy schedule. I have used up more than 10 scheduled posts in August, therefore creating a record of 32 posts in a month.

It was a strategic move as I know and comprehend that the JC1s are very busy this September while the JC2s will make use of the entire October to revise their work. The readership will plunge for the next two months and I don't see a burning need to blog or publish the scheduled posts. After all, only half of the readership base is going to read it.

Besides that, August also opened the door to the Olympics. I expected TPJCians to spend time online checking on news or updates regarding the sporting event. Thus, I decided to update TPJCian Magazine and post the links in the forum as a net to catch the online flies. Furthermore, I bombarded the blog with more posts during and after the E-learning day. I anticipated heavy online activities during this time.

My expectations were spot on and this was the result:













I calculate my readership statistics strictly on unique visitors per month. As you can observe from the graph, traffic has surged from 2,459 to 3,945 unique visitors. This illustrates a 1,486 jump or a 60.4% increase in readership.

I would like to thank my readers and contributors for your support. All this is not possible without each and every one of you.

TPJCian Magazine will cool down during this month of September. I am going to spend more time revising my work in preparation for my 'A' levels. I will also be writing new scheduled posts for release in the month of December this year. That said, we are going to focus more on providing you with useful educational resources this month. There will be interactive 'LIVE' discussions every Saturday, most probably from 10pm onwards. The discussions are very useful for your General Paper as it develops content for your essay.

I welcome feedback from you. If you're interested to be a blogger or contributor for this online magazine, do send me an online message.

Oh ya, enjoy these videos:








Best regards and many thanks,
azhar
07s16

Thank You, Readers!

Hi there!

Our country turns 43 today. I would like to wish my readers a Happy National Day and I thank you all for supporting this blog ever since it was born. It has been a challenging 6 months or so for this young blog as it continues to build its reputation and produce more insightful posts and updates. Since the support from Tpjcians has been great, I figured it would be nice if I show you the visitor statistics for this blog.

Are you ready?












There you go! = )

Thank you for all your support and have a great weekend. Special thanks to all the contributors of this blog. They are none other than Berlin, Ding Jie, Rashma, Wai Wan, Julius and Joshua. I can't remember all of them. Sorry. Hehe.

















Best regards,
Azhar (07S16)

First Community of TPJCian Writers

Do you have a passion in writing?

Do you simply love to express your thoughts online?

Well, if the answer is YES for both questions, do volunteer to become part of our community of passionate TPJCian writers. We share our views about the school and provide constructive feedback to improve the school. We do interviews and surveys to gather the knowledge and information needed of a certain topic and issue happening in college.

Updates are just by the click of a button. We feed tpjcians with the latest updates and reviews of college events and happenings. If you are someone who shares the passion of writing and sharing your opinions with the student population, this is the perfect medium for you.

We currently have 4 writers and are looking out for more. Tag if interested. Alternatively, you may also choose to message me via tpjc.net (07S16).