A method to interact with a time-based social network that is arranged to operate in a computing server architecture, the method implemented on a mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) having at least one processor arranged to execute instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable media associated with the at least one processor, the method comprising: forming a communicative relationship with the computing server architecture, the computing server architecture arranged to access a database architecture that stores a plurality of stories generated by users of the time-based social network, each story of the plurality of stories associated with a user-specified date; communicating a user-selected time period to the computing server architecture; receiving at the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) a plurality of stories, the plurality of stories arranged for horizontally and vertically scrollable presentation based on the user-selected time period, the presentation comprising a plurality of columns; presenting the plurality of stories based on the user-selected time period such that stories associated with the user-selected time period are vertically presented in a primary focus column on a display of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) and stories not associated with the user-selected time period are vertically presented in one or more secondary focus columns (120, 140) on the display of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112); accepting horizontal scrolling information provided by a user of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112), and in response thereto scrolling entire columns of stories left or right to enable the user to quickly scroll through time periods; and accepting vertical scrolling information provided by the user of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) and pertaining to the primary focus column, and in response thereto scrolling the primary focus column up, down, or up and down. forming a communicative relationship with the computing server architecture, the computing server architecture arranged to access a database architecture that stores a plurality of stories generated by users of the time-based social network, each story of the plurality of stories associated with a user-specified date; communicating a user-selected time period to the computing server architecture; receiving at the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) a plurality of stories, the plurality of stories arranged for horizontally and vertically scrollable presentation based on the user-selected time period, the presentation comprising a plurality of columns; presenting the plurality of stories based on the user-selected time period such that stories associated with the user-selected time period are vertically presented in a primary focus column on a display of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) and stories not associated with the user-selected time period are vertically presented in one or more secondary focus columns (120, 140) on the display of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112); accepting horizontal scrolling information provided by a user of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112), and in response thereto scrolling entire columns of stories left or right to enable the user to quickly scroll through time periods; and accepting vertical scrolling information provided by the user of the mobile computing device (12a-n, 112) and pertaining to the primary focus column, and in response thereto scrolling the primary focus column up, down, or up and down.