Megan needs to write an essay on the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 for a class assignment. She has seen some news reports on TV and knows vaguely what went on. But she is in no position to write an essay on the topic without further research. She finds the material that she has collected so far to be very confusing.

An internet search leads her to the lifeblob on the Mumbai attacks. The lifeblob represents the events in a clear chronological order. From this lifeblob, Megan is also able to jump to lifeblobs of other entities involved. This helps her understand not just the sequence of events but also the context in which they occurred.

Some of the articles that she found elsewhere now start making sense. She likes the idea of lifeblobs so much that she wants to use it to start organizing her thoughts. She creates lifeblobs of more entities. She adds posts that represent what she considers to be landmark events leading up to the Mumbai attacks. She makes her lifeblobs public so that everyone can find it. Soon enough, more people join as contributors to the lifeblobs she created.