A Personal Exploration of Digital History

Edit: I have since noticed you can click on various parts of the form. Extremely bad internet connections do not help in the full exploration of a web site.

When I first learned that my assignment was to peruse my way through a few Feltron Reports I was thrilled. These reports provide an absolutely ridiculous amount information in the form of graphs and charts on the life of Nicholas Feltron or New York for really little other than personal curiosity and mild amusement. This initial excitement and curiosity continued as I examined the earliest available report I could find from the year 2005. Flipping through the pages, I found the juxtaposition of the photographs and blocks of color both interesting and aesthetically pleasing. As far as statistics go, this was much closer to the painless reading of a children’s illustrated book versus a text laden, small print textbook. The orange, grey, and white scheme and the simplicity of the pages kept the graphics easy to read and the information behind them easy to deciphers. As time moved on, however, I became less and less impressed and more and more frustrated trying to decipher the reports.

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