Reading Frenzy

Whether it's because you're glued to your computer, too lazy to hit the newsstand, or unable to locate the latest edition amidst a burial pile of back-issues, keeping up with your magazines is even more quixotic than your quest to have your boss remember your name. Get back on top of things with Zinio.

Thrillist - ZinioZinio's an innovative service that makes hundreds of publications available immediately on your computer to read online or offline -- so you'll get all the intensively researched goodness of a print mag as rapidly as you'd normally look up sports scores, or the name of the group that sang "Rhythm Is a Dancer". Titles are available individually or by subscription, and'll come to you with the exact same layout as the hard copy, whether you're into Advertising Age, Outside, Penthouse, or, even hotter, Mountain Bike Action. Unlike print though, Zinio also lets you search, zoom, highlight, bookmark, click links, electronically archive, and in most cases, send copies to friends and colleagues -- who no doubt share your enthusiasm for business innovation/greening the planet/Hannah Montana.

Activation's effortless: just download Zinio's free reader, and select your faves. You can also preview the service by pouring over excerpts of hundreds of different magazines -- which in print form would stack so high, they'd immediately cascade off your toilet tank's lid, and bury you for days. Not that your boss would notice.