Hypertext, as Nelson [Ted Nelson] originally wrote, is interlinked reading and writing. Links make hypertext.

Hypertext, as Nelson [Ted Nelson] originally wrote, is interlinked reading and writing. Links make hypertext.

Hypertext is an idea. The Internet is a medium. They grow up beside each other, they influence each other, and their evolving relationship will probably provide a great story for future biographers.

The living Web unfolds in time, and as we see each daily revelation we experience its growth as a story.

The point is that the reader's journey through our site is a narrative experience. Our job is to make the narrative satisfying.

Imitating paper isn't the goal; the goal is surpassing paper.