A Rogue State Along Two Rivers
Learning and science
interactive journalism
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
9 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 7 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Effective and beautiful interactive design
From 4 comments
This is one of the most effective infographics I've seen, right up there with Napoleon's March to Moscow[1]. I spent at least an hour with it this morning and it changed my…
panarky on HNContent aside, I think it's really cool how the map area expands with the window and the mini-map's red rectangle accurately represents your view in the browser window. Very neat.
codezero on HNWow. This is one of the best graphical presentations I've ever seen.
emeltzz on HNWow, this is beautiful work. Kudos to the authors. Now, to go examine the actual content.... Eh, never mind, it's too depressing. I think I'll just jealously admire the scroll…
jqm on HN
Works well on mobile
From 2 comments
This is just awesome. Even on my iphone it is a compelling experience.
JunkDNA on HNImpressive mobile support as always. Very well done, kudos nyt!
lugg on HN
Clarifies geography of ISIS advance
From 2 comments
This is one of the most effective infographics I've seen, right up there with Napoleon's March to Moscow[1]. I spent at least an hour with it this morning and it changed my…
panarky on HNI read this article the other day, and I really enjoyed both the presentation and the content. The historical and (especially) geographic context provided by the article is…
austinz on HN
Objections
Does not render in Firefox or Chromium on some networks due to missing CORS headers
From 2 comments
It is not working at all on either Firefox 30 or Chromium 34 (both Ubuntu). All I see is two large maps and a bit of text in between. The developer console has a few CORS errors,…
Hopka on HNOK, I've been digging into this a bit further. When I do a request from a remote machine, I do get an Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * header, but from my local machine, this…
Hopka on HN
Not a legitimate Show HN since it is a news article
From 2 comments
Is this a legit Show HN? It looks more like an article from the New York times to me.
fredsters_s on HNSorry, how is this a "Show HN"?
novaleaf on HN
Requests
Editorial process and team details behind the piece
From 1 comment
This is one of the most effective infographics I've seen, right up there with Napoleon's March to Moscow[1]. I spent at least an hour with it this morning and it changed my…
panarky on HN
More on the Kurdish region
From 1 comment
This is one of the most effective infographics I've seen, right up there with Napoleon's March to Moscow[1]. I spent at least an hour with it this morning and it changed my…
panarky on HN
Questions
How many readers the article expects
From 1 comment
How many people do you expect to read this article? greater than 1 million?
pokpokpok on HN
How long it took to create
From 1 comment
How long does something like this take you guys to create from start to finish? Are there plans for a behind the scenes article @ source?
akilism on HN