Where it all starts .... is of course the tributary ... but before you even get there, if you don’t know what you are doing .... you need help. This is a BIG doff of hat to (in 'first name' alphabetical order) ..
Andy Sylvester for getting me going and talking me off the cliff - a few times actually.
Dave Winer for providing the software that makes all this happen.
Frank McPherson for providing the deep insights into what I was doing.
Scott Hansen for checking, clarifying, explaining and spotting that I was an idiot and pointing it out nicely.