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I am really sorry to criticize but: My eyes are not good and I find that infographic impossible to read. Something about the red rectangles and the contrast a
by tezza 13y ago
I am really sorry to criticize but:
My eyes are not good and I find that infographic impossible to read.
Something about the red rectangles and the contrast and alignment makes it impossible for me to focus on the text.
Would it be better just to have a Visio-esque flowchart with directed arrows ?
- kmfrk 13y agoNew Yorker generally don't have any experience with creating infographics, so this is probably part of the reason why it is so bad. I transcribed it for you: 1. Access the Tor network 2. Upload and submit your files or messages. You'll receive a randomly generated code name. 3. The files are encrypted using P.G.P. (sic) and transmitted to a server separate from the rest of the Condé Nast network. 4. New Yorker editors check the dedicated Strongbox server for enw material, using a laptop with a V.P.N. connection. 5. New Yorker editors download the encrypted files to a thumb drive. 6. A second laptop, not connected to the Internet, is booted up from a live CD and erased each time it is powered on. 7. A second thumb drive, containing P.G.P. decryption keys, is connected to the laptop. 8. New Yorker editors plug the first thumb drive into the unconnected laptop, download and decrypt the documents. 9. New Yorker editors will be able to send you a response. This message will only be visible if you return to Strongbox and use your code name.
- eli 13y agoI would assume PGP is correct as written: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy (Not to be confused with GPG, which is an open source implementation of the same protocol).
- kmfrk 13y agoI was just referring to the classic New Yorker style of putting all the periods in the acronym. :) Shame there wasn't an excuse to use a diaeresis.
- jack-r-abbit 13y agoInteresting that they didn't feel the need to write "C.D." though. I guess that one has been around long enough that it no longer is viewed as an acronym?
- tptacek 13y agoThe New Yorker style guide mandates periods in acronyms. It's pretty goofy.
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- bradleyland 13y agoDon't feel sorry. That really is one of the worst infographics I've ever seen. The shapes infer zero meaning about the content. Worse, there is no obvious way to navigate an isometric cuboid staircase, so we have to rely on less obvious visual cues to find the path to the next step. The numbers communcate the order while the graphic confuses the eye. Worst of both worlds.
- danso 13y agoYeah, it perhaps someone on the New Yorker masthead thought: "Hey, this needs to be New-Yorker-ified" and added trifles like 3D-ish outlines to make things really "pop"...when really, a simple ordered list or table would've sufficed. At least they didn't make it into a cartoon.