This is the best of new and old-world media. The animations and colors and typography are subtle yet beautiful; I greatly enjoyed the writing. This hits a certa

This is the best of new and old-world media. The animations and colors and typography are subtle yet beautiful; I greatly enjoyed the writing. This hits a certain medium between gaudy and bland in terms of taking advantage of new JS / media techniques – where Snowfall [0] was confused, and traditional news seems bland, this somehow hits the spot. Reminded me a lot of the other longform piece on the frontpage right now [1]. [0]: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8565459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8565459