Improvisatori...

...what a great word.

I was reading The Masque of the Red Death last night when this fine word presented itself.  Although its meaning is immediately obvious, it is not a word that one hears every day.  "An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem."; interesting that there was a time when, at least in fiction, this was considered a viable career choice.

Wiktionary had an entry for it. Guess what passage was used as an example?

Sometimes it doesn't take much...

...to get a pretty large rock careening downhill.

Noticed a slip of paper on the side of my desk a minute ago.  It is not dated, but I know that it was written on December 11.  All it says is "Like 'letters', but with video. In real time". I jotted that down after an odd idea popped into my head.

By the end of the day that had become Rook; the experimental, improvisational, multimedia storytelling project.  Within a week over 15 cast members where on-board and the foundation for a complex fictional crime drama had been set.

Who knows where it will end up, but it's already been a lot of fun.

Another compelling reason...

...for the big convergence is that I get the distinct impression that many folks didn't even realize that there was a difference between PORTFOLIO, DS2, and ][.  Probably because there was no good reason for there to be.  (I am going to miss the little ][ logo, though, even if the full title was pretty goofy.)