Hypermedia: Why Now?

This article is a few years old, but it still mentioned things I know only a little about - like RSS. What the article made me think about was this community that has been created by hypermedia. I have a friend who is an avid blogger - she even gets paid to blog for certain companies - and in the past she created her own Podcasts about yoga. I've never really gotten into the whole Podcast scene, even though I am subscribed to a couple music casts. I connected more with the idea of watching video online. About a year ago the writer's strike in Hollywood was started over this idea of video on the web. People all over were uploading free streaming and downloading videos of the latest TV shows. Once this became a popular thing to do, the networks picked up on it and began streaming their shows on their website. At this point, I no longer have TV because I can watch any shows I want on the internet. Furthermore, BitTorrents are still going strong and they give us access to many MANY different things. There are even sites now that allow you to download videos in iPod format. The realm of hypermedia is constantly expanding and improving.