"There are moments when you suddenly realize that Steam
Engine Time has hit a technology: the problems and confusion are
starting to look old and foolish, everyone wakes up to the fact
that this tech is needed, right now, and they start pulling
together to work out the details to make it hum. Yesterday was
Steam Engine Time for online identity -- the transition from 'we
should probably do something' to 'this is going to happen'."
--
jducoeur,
2009-02-11