Xanalogical Structure

The history of technology and globalization are the expansion and connection of knowledge. All written knowledge, from the Rosetta Stone, to the Talmud, to the modern academic paper, are graph structure. Yet, 21st century digital media still imitates the linear scroll.

The owner of the memex, let us say, is interested in the origin and properties

of the bow and arrow. Specifically he is studying why the short Turkish bow was

apparently superior to the English long bow in the skirmishes of the Crusades.

He has dozens of possibly pertinent books and articles in his memex. First he

runs through an encyclopedia, finds an... See more

Documents capture thought process and context

In our early prototypes, we explored ways for GUI widgets to compose with one another. For example, we tried many variations of putting map and weather views side by side and having them share data with each other.

An early prototype of Embark which emphasized composition between GUI widgets

These prototyp

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