"The hybrid is the signature of our age. It's emblematic of the casualness with which we have established ourselves in real, physical habitats as well as in digital, virtual domains. Nobody planned SMS or citizen journalism in the form of blogging, RSS feeds and podcasting. Their emergence is a hybrid condition that was most certainly foretold by visionary artists and cultural theoreticians, though not by the marketing gurus of the new economy."
-- Gerfried Stocker, artistic director of Ars Electronica, Wired News