Wednesday, March 07, 2007

A Very Well Linked Story

Rob Cockerham, of Cockeyed.com has finished his Very Linked Short Story.

Rob came up with a brilliant idea for his story. To make it special and more interesting than a mere story posted on a website, he decided to create a link for each word in the story. For example, The first four words "It" "was" "a" and "dark" would all link to different web pages. He asked for his readers to sign up to assign their own web pages to a single word in the story. This way when the story published online, each and every word in it would be linked to a site run by his readers. Nifty, huh? Well I certainly thought so.

Don't have any idea who Rob is? Worry not! Read on!

From the Wiki...
Cockeyed.com is a website that covers a variety of subjects, most of which are projects undertaken by the site's creator, Rob Cockerham. As the creator lives in Sacramento, California, many of his projects take place in notable Sacramento landmarks, such as Arden Fair Mall and Arco Arena.
One of the most popular articles is called "How Much is Inside", which has been put together one episode at a time since 1998. There are currently more than 40 episodes online, and it is available in 3 and a half languages.
Other sections are the pranks, the educational Science Club and Cockerham's Incredible Creations, all of which are presented with vividly colorful pictures detailing the steps of the project.
In addition to being a source of partially useful information, the site also handles some important issues. Cockerham has also used the site as a platform to locate and harass spammers.
A particular focus of the website is the multi-level marketing business opportunity from Herbalife. Rob has dedicated many pages to criticizing its independent distributors' use of signs in public spaces as well as the Herbalife business model in general.
Unique on the home page is a one-pixel ad.
Rob Cockerham has made appearances regarding Cockeyed.com on the program 20/20 as well as in a segment during the 24 Hours of Foo event on MTV2.

In case you're wondering which word is mine, it's the word 'much' at the end of the first paragraph.

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