As we all become more adept at working with flows, I think we’ll need a richer vocabulary of patterns to describe them.
and later
In rivers of information, feeds provide one kind of anchor. Patterns that describe the nature of feeds, and our ways of using them, are another. These are sources of constancy amidst the flux.
Doh! Now I get to do unexpected work during this Easter break, that I presumed lazy and devoted to recovery from a tooth extraction and tango! I wonder if this radical change in point of view is something to stay in our perception of computing...