But two years on, I find I’m expecting the internet, too, to start falling into the background. I want the internet (and perhaps this is a mark of its mellowing maturity as a medium; it lost its teenage stridency, its me-me-me quality) to get ambient, to get dull. I’m not talking about those 2007 buzz terms “the internet of things” or “everyware” or “pervasive computing” or “ubiquitous computing” or “ambient intelligence”. I suppose I’m thinking more of the internet as a medium in which you can go for a daily walk, without really doing, or expecting to do, anything significant.
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By this metric, Denton is still the reigning king of new media.
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