I’m excited to announce something I’ve been quietly working on for a few months now behind the scenes: the first instalment of the interactive, animated, explorable history of the steam engine.
This is so unbelievably cool! Makes it so easy to trace how each use of the idea improved slightly on the latter. Looking forward to the next one already.
Btw do you think there's a chance the Colossus of Memnon actually made a noise at the same time every day? I always assumed it was an old myth, but the idea the Ancient Egyptians might have figured out how the concept that early is mind-boggling.
That's really neat Anton. Very helpful teaching tools. You may already know this but it doesn't seem to work in Firefox. Worked beautifully in Edge though.
I'm Dylan from [https://dsc007.substack.com]. My focus is on uncovering and discussing impactful resources. Recognizing the importance of quality content, I'm committed to adding value for my audience. I admire your work and believe collaboration could be mutually beneficial for our growth and ideas.
Interactivity is indeed the pinnacle of popularization.
I would suggest making a looping video for that example rather than a static picture.
Another issue is the bad performance of your website compared to the watch one, but this can probably be improved with time.
(I am much less confident about Substack itself : in their quest to make a more "responsive" design, they have made a *less* responsive one, which makes me avoid it, and especially its comment sections. I blame an over-reliance on JavaScript, requiring which also causes accessibility issues (something acceptable for an interactive diagram, not so much for a comment section).)
Incredible work. Far easier to understand these devices with the interactive art.
This is so unbelievably cool! Makes it so easy to trace how each use of the idea improved slightly on the latter. Looking forward to the next one already.
Btw do you think there's a chance the Colossus of Memnon actually made a noise at the same time every day? I always assumed it was an old myth, but the idea the Ancient Egyptians might have figured out how the concept that early is mind-boggling.
It was great to work on this with you and Matt!
Great work! This interactive approach would be a fantastic teaching tool for young, curious minds.
That's really neat Anton. Very helpful teaching tools. You may already know this but it doesn't seem to work in Firefox. Worked beautifully in Edge though.
Hi Anton,
I'm Dylan from [https://dsc007.substack.com]. My focus is on uncovering and discussing impactful resources. Recognizing the importance of quality content, I'm committed to adding value for my audience. I admire your work and believe collaboration could be mutually beneficial for our growth and ideas.
If my content resonates with you, I'd be grateful for a recommendation on your Substack list. My most recent post [https://open.substack.com/pub/dsc007/p/who-is-jeff-bezos?r=1mx14f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] may be of interest to you.
Thanks for considering!
Best,
Dylan
Bravo !
Interactivity is indeed the pinnacle of popularization.
I would suggest making a looping video for that example rather than a static picture.
Another issue is the bad performance of your website compared to the watch one, but this can probably be improved with time.
(I am much less confident about Substack itself : in their quest to make a more "responsive" design, they have made a *less* responsive one, which makes me avoid it, and especially its comment sections. I blame an over-reliance on JavaScript, requiring which also causes accessibility issues (something acceptable for an interactive diagram, not so much for a comment section).)