#wow statement

Last month I wrote a hypertext document, Intimate Objects. It was written as part of my application to Sandbox, which is a community for young social entrepreneurs.

For the final round of the application process I had to create a wow statement which, according to them "can be completed in any format that you wish." As someone whose identity is strongly tied to digital representations, I thought the hypertext medium would be appropriate way to introduce myself.

The entry page includes a short explanation of the document, and links out to a few other pages. My intention is for users to have a Choose Your Own Adventure-style adventure through my life. While it breaks some of the golden rules of interactivity, links are purposely obscured to encourage users to search out pages themselves. My intention is for users to follow through to pages that they find of interest, rather that try to visit every page. My intent was to emulate the experience of meeting someone in person—instead of giving a boilerplate "this is who I am," there is a dialogue. And the user gets to decide the topic of conversation.