> The Web is new, and our response to it has not yet hardened. That is a large part of its appeal. It is something half-formed, growing. Larval. It is not what

> The Web is new, and our response to it has not yet hardened. That is a large part of its appeal. It is something half-formed, growing. Larval. It is not what it was six months ago; in another six months it will be something else again. It was not planned; it simply happened, is happening. It is happening the way cities happened. It is a city. I've always loved metaphors comparing the Internet to a growing city. The Web used to be a Wild West-style town that was ventured into only by the most daring of people and businesses, but it's now become a much more established and secure city, still full of possibilities, where everyone and their mother wants to move and try to make their fortune, but at the same time has lost a lot of its original "flavor" that made it so special. And... I don't really know where I'm going with this...