From music …
“Rip. Mix. Burn.  Apple, of course, wants to sell computers. Yet its ad touches an ideal that runs very deep in our history. For the technology that they (and of course others) sell could enable this generation to do with our culture what generations have done from the very beginning of human society: to take what is our culture; to "rip" it - meaning to copy it; to "mix" it - meaning to reform it however the user wants; and finally, and most important, "burn" it - to publish it in a way that others can see and hear.  Digital technology could enable an extraordinary range of ordinary people to become part of a creative process."    Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas
Now what kind of tools might do this ….  Let’s look at another domain with widespread use …   Let’s look at a quote from Lawrence Lessig that helps to think about what kind of tool this might be … how to abstract it … esp. like end here…