Groove networks, 2001 (!): "...that the transformational dynamic of this era is our newfound ability to make a connection with each other... and to have a meaningful and purposeful interaction as a result of that connection."
"Ellen likes to say that programmers create systems in their own image and according to their own desires. They were among the first to experience the lifestyle that we all take for granted now: asynchronous, machine-mediated, always on."