Databases and Distributed Narratives: Resources and Examples

The following links provide a broad range of examples for those interested in both a general history of databases and information networks, and the role such technologies can play in the creation of fiction and other kinds of narratives.

Keep in mind that there's a fair amount of stuff in here that's only tangentially related to databases or distributed narratives per se -- but we feel that in the context of our readings, this extra material provides important context and flavour. Mmmm. And yes, that's flavour with a 'u'.

The list follows a general trajectory of antecedents --> early examples --> contemporary examples --> future directions.

Clay Shirky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Relational database - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ODP - Open Directory Project

dmoz.org - Site Info from Alexa

wikipedia.org - Site Info from Alexa

delicious/tags/plautus

Google Image Labeler

cyoa · animations

ryanTree.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x435 pixels)

Electronic Literature Organization

YouTube - iPhone App: Bloom by Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers

jeff watson » Blog Archive » Tenori-on

Quasimondo : Incubator - Experiments, Sketches and Computational Craft by Mario Klingemann

Lev Manovich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Work of Jonathan Harris

The Whale Hunt / A storytelling experiment / by Jonathan Harris

Twistori

ATLAS experiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Many Eyes

Watch MGMT "Electric Feel"

Queneau sonnets

Grafik Dynamo!

Year Zero Case Study

I Love Bees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MIT Press Journals - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning - Abstract