BABY BELLS

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Regional Phone Companies Surpassed Expectations

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Graphics and Shockwave work by Chicago Tribune Internet Producer Andrew DeVigal


Did some digital crate-diving of my archives and found my first interactive graphic from May 1996 published on ChicagoTribune.com. Produced in Macromedia Director and published in a pre-Flash plug-in called Shockwave, this interactive feature mapped the regional phone company's coverage as well as charted their 10-year revenue. You probably noticed the extremely pixelated graphic as we had to adhere to the 16-bit color requirements to keep the file-size down.

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