Svet kompjutera

"Svet kompjutera" (World of Computers) (Started October 1984) is a computer magazine published in Serbia. It is a computer magazine with the highest
circulation in the country (e.g. in period from January till February 2002 circulation was 43,000 copies).

Cover of July 2003 issue

"Svet kompjutera" deals with subjects on home, PC computers and video game consoles and their use for work and entertainment. Its aim is to inform the readers on latest events in Serbian and world computer scene and to present products that are interesting for its readers. Its editorial staff sees this as their main task to advise computer users on how to use their hardware and software in the best way.

It is one of the editions of Politika AD, one of the biggest media companies in the Balkans. It is published monthly and can be purchased in all newsstands in Serbia. It can be also found in Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Republika Srpska, Croatia and many other European countries with a possibility to subscribe to it from anywhere in the world.

The magazine consists of at least 146 pages, commercial advertisements forming 40% to 45% of the magazine. It is printed in colour and black-and-white with quality Rotogravure technology that is used for most of world's magazines.

The editorial staff had been always consisting of young people - the average age being 26 years, while the average age of contributors is 20 years. Its readers are mainly young and middle-aged people, mostly from Serbia.

Current (2008) Editor-In-Chief of "Svet kompjutera" is Dusan Stojicevic. Current executive editors are Tihomir Stancevic (software), Ivan Cabrilo (hardware) and Nenad Vasovic (games).

History

The first issue of the "Svet kompjutera" was printed in October 1984. Ever since, the magazine has been dealing with small computers, from ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, via Amiga to today's PCs.

Most people famous in the Serbian (Yugoslav), Serbian and Belgrade computer scene have been working for the "Svet kompjutera". The first editor-in-chief was Milan Misic, later "Politika"'s correspondent from India and Japan, then foreign policy column editor, and former editor-in-chief in the same newspaper. Before settling in another businesses, contributors to the development of the "Svet kompjutera" were the following individuals: Stanko Popović (working independently in computer business), Stanko Stojiljković (editor in "Ekspres" daily newspaper), Sergej Marcenko (marketing editor in political weekly magazine "NIN"), Andrija Kolundžić (working independently in computer business), Aleksandar Radovanovic (working at the University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa), Voja Antonić, Dragoslav Jovanović (working at the Belgrade University), Jovan Puzovic (working at the Belgrade University), Nenad Balint (working in IT company in United Kingdom), Aleksandar Petrović (manager of a software company in Canada), Dalibor Lanik (working as a programmer in Czech Republic) and many many others.

During 1986, when the home computers made the biggest boom, a games subsection of the "Svet kompjutera" started to evolve into a special issue "Svet igara" (Games World). This issue was published from time to time as a supplement to the games column in the magazine. Up until now, 14 issues have been published.

The same year, "Svet kompjutera" had a special edition in Russian that was distributed to the former Soviet Union.

"Computer Grand Prix", organized by the "ComputerWorld", is a contest for the best hardware and software products on domestic market. Unfortunately, during UN sanctions, organized import of such products was not allowed, so it was not possible to organize this contest.

Also, in 1988 the "Svet kompjutera" organized "Computer '88", a small computer fair in downtown Belgrade. It consisted of the exhibition and presentations, lectures and special broadcasts in Belgrade media.

In August 2005 "Svet kompjutera" formed its official Web forum named "Forum Sveta kompjutera".As of July 2008 it has over 14,000 users and over 500,000 posts in over 24,000 topics.

External links

* [http://www.sk.rs Official site] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.sk.rs/forum/ SK forums] (in Serbian)
* [http://www.sk.rs/info/english/about.html English section of the site]
* [http://www.personalmag.co.yu/blog/?postid=347 "Svet kompjutera" slavi 20. godišnjicu] (in Serbian)