GloboFederation Wisdom from the Twitterverse

This is too good to leave in the twitterverse, from Paul Madsen or @paulmadsen: 

Globalization- going into a store & most of the stock came from elsewhere 

Federation- going to a site & most data came from elsewhere

In both cases its identity that makes the linkage. As Chris Ceppi told me one time The World is Flat explains federation better than anything else. Going the next logical step, its your identity that tells you the right balance between Lexuses and Olive Trees.