The telegraph is a footnote in history, but it certainly transformed communication. As did radio drama and penny dreadful novels. Instead of having different

The telegraph is a footnote in history, but it certainly transformed communication. As did radio drama and penny dreadful novels. Instead of having different media, we have a convergence of datatypes and a divergence of soft presentation gadgets, both "real" and "virtual." What effect would data glasses, that didn't make you look like a dork, combined with ambient networking have on media? Throw in virtual reality and truely smart software agents and I've just described the anime _Dennō Coil_ which everyone interested in this topic should check out. (As well as the user interface and displays visible in _Pale Cocoon_.)