I interact with some individuals on many levels. The relationship is what I mean to emphasize. I have the most fun when we're talking about something useful. In the history of man it seems possible to maximize zero-off relations to a greater degree now than ever before. Perhaps what you're up to now, you couldn't have pulled off five years ago either.
People are what's happening.
I've yet to collaborate technically to much of a degree, but my meta-mission is the seeking out of such possibilities. I've been a lone mercenary practically my entire career, but Jim McCarthy's Dynamics of Software Development has given me a dream I can't shake. I call collaboration a zero-off relationship. Employees and bosses are one-off. An artificial way to plug into society.