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And speaking of which, I'll be posting the latest Fringecast this week. Sorry, it's a bit late. I know you've been crying, knowing one was on its way but not knowing when. I'll post updates here as well.

Competition is the Web 2.5.

Taking the film's focus on coffee, immigration, soccer, and most of all, Ethiopia, Fringe Design created a coffee shop menu as its predominating backdrop, animating credit elements over top using After Effects and Photoshop as the primary vehicle for the creation of the piece.

The animation was output to 2k HD resolution for an eventual final output to HD-Cam master.

The title sequence was animated in 2k HD to match with the rest of the film master.

But AJ gave me a cup and I'm drinking it--black, which isn't how I normally drink coffee (I'm a cream and sugar kind of guy)--because you gotta drink Kona black. And it got me to thinking about content for the web.

Good web content is like good Kona coffee. The value that comes from powerful content packaged through a recognized and established site (or co-op) is valuable only to those who recognize the power of such information. Information well packaged and provided to discriminating users will always be profitable. One, they are customers who can afford to pay for top-notch content. Two, they recognize your leadership in providing that content, and thus are more likely to return for more. Three, they are looking for a return on that investment, which means that value-added content is expressly tailored to their needs.

This is what the web is moving toward--more niches, more small-growth, selective and paired with ideas that have the potential to revolutionize how people work, play, and interact online and off.

So when AJ offers me a private cup of Kona coffee, I appreciate the cup for its smooth, rich flavor, the aroma and bold approachability. And the beautiful thing is, I can browse content-rich sites as I drink, giving site owners my repeat business (in terms of patronage and interaction and potentially payment in exchange for services or deep content).

Twitter scratches me right where I itch. Its microformat limits the amount of time I can legitimately spend on it, and it has what Stephen Jay Gould might call a punctuated evolution to its information flow--because messages are limited to 140 characters, information is necessarily reduced to quanta. I like this because it forces me to rely on pure data to adequately convey my thoughts, actions, and intentions.

Which is what Twittering comes down to. And I see it can be used for numerous information outlets: advertising, blanket quick-info blasts, timeline-ing, recruitment, and assisting users. Earlier today, I purchased a domain on behalf of a Tweeter whom I've never met. That's the kind of 2.0 interactivity and give-and-take that I want. Short form relationships, I think, are best in this environment.

I'm trying to track down the precise mechanism causing this nefarious scheme, but until I do, consider commenting to be a huge waste of time. I apologize for this inconvenience, and I don't mean to silence you. I'll inform you once the error has been corrected.

Until then, think about which Presidential candidate you'd dunk at a state fair, if you were given the chance. This has nothing to do with politics, by the way--it's just who you think would be more amusing immersed in dirty fair water.