It’s always nice to discover a cool new site, and even better when it turns out to be made by someone I know. Andy Reedman, of Mind of Design and an attendee of DPiP meetups has created a great site, Ghosts of the Past, which I’ve only just discovered.
Like many great ideas, it’s also pretty simple. Take an overhead photo of an area, and then juxtapose that with a historical one, which switches when the image is rolled over.
It’s a diverting way to spend some time, and as someone interested in history, it’s also potentially pretty useful. I know Andy would appreciate any contributions in terms of suggestions/content for future posts, so if you happen to know of anything, he’d appreciate it (@andyreedy on Twitter). So seeing as work is winding down, why not take a look?
Obviously I can’t help but tinker, so the things I’d change asap would be to look at ways to embed the images onto other sites, possibly add more historical references and context either as new content or pulled in from elsewhere, and maybe introduce some merchandise or similar. I’ll settle for trying to supply him with images of motoracing circuits.
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