Dutch Bike Rider

@shiraabel tweeted this feature article about the Dutch Bike in the New York Times

The content of the article is fantastic: sharp and informative.

But what I like even more is the way they’ve done it, self-playing audio, picture slideshow, it works really well.

I hit the page and was startled by the audio, but, if it hadn’t started, I wouldn’t have looked to see how to start the audio – because one doesn’t expect audio on the web – we expect visuals.

Before you knew it, I’d listened to the whole thing, and enjoyed the nice photos of very fashionable bicycle riders.

Hell, I was that impressed I bought the newspaper blogged about it.

What do you think?  Do you like the way the NYT did that?  And, do you think men should have fenders (mudguards to us Brits!)?

(And don’t mention that the guy on the audio (David Colman) is a gay man, of course he’s a gay man, he’s writing for the Style section of the NYT!)