While the article mentions that the non-linear information sharing site, “Buzz”, failed, I can identify some ways that the idea of pulling together fractured sections of stories is used today to create a broader constellation of archives.  When thinking of the way in which media and specifically journalism sites work today, the individual users’ ability to access and contribute to online sites also changes the information we receive.  Through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook as well as through blogs and online news sites that use citizen journalism, people who have historically not had a voice are able to share their perspective when it comes to news, technology and cultural events.  While before news was written by an elite few who had access to education and a certain rhetoric, the somewhat neutralizing landscape of the internet makes it so that anyone with access to internet can contribute.

Because we have more individuals from different ethnic, gender, location and class backgrounds contributing knowledge, we collectively have more holistic stories. I think the most fundamental idea this challenges is that of objective history and knowledge; what we previously think of as “fact” we now can see is heavily dependent on the individual viewpoint and experience. Therefore the line between fact and opinion are blurred to create a non-linear and inclusive story.  While there is not one singular site that can create a a “hyperlink story” in which all different aspects are shown, the idea lives on through the internet as a platform that allow individuals to search and explore one topic or event through different websites that are specific to different communities and individuals.