day 97
| alice in wired world 1: i-man in wonderland |
Like Alice in Wonderland the almost-21st
century webser is headed down a yellow brick
road on his or her way to Wired World. But,
where does the yellow brick road lead? Who is
behind the curtain flipping multimedia levers,
adjusting the sound track, and changing the
contrast? Clicking frantically on his Microsoft
mouse, I-Man often wonders what the future
holds. The feeling usually passes after a few
microseconds, but this time something is
different. This time, I-Man is getting the
willys.
closer to TV Land, it becomes just another
channel next to NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox. And as
these two mediums merge, the intellectual
content of the Web begins to crumble. The
Internet begins to resemble a huge wasteland --
just like TV. Oddly, this has attracted lots of
investment. After all, if the Web starts
appealing to Joe Lunchbuckets sitting in front
of the tube, there will be billions to be
made. Nothing attracts interest like gold. The
Internet TV gold rush is on.
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