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Ah, there… Steaming dark-roast in cup (Starbucks’ Verona, if you’re curious), let’s catch up…

You see, for the past few weeks, I’ve been scratching my head, trying to figure out how to create a multi-layered frame-in-frame look for a single Flash file. Most recently, Daily Planet host and Discovery Interactive’s resident expert, Jay Ingram, cooly agreed to share his thoughts with us on what 2009 holds for science. It only made sense to give it a more – how shall I put it – 2009 feel.

Five programs, innumerable system crashes and too many coffees later, we have the end-result here.

This clip is a example of an integrated multimedia platform for content development – essentially a bridge between broadcast and online. (Right now this bridge consists mainly of wooden planks and some rope, but we plan on evolving the structure to a more sturdy, comprehensive one.)

It’s more dynamic than what usually occupies your friendly neighbourhood web player, and combines the general awesomeness of the interweb. I definitely look forward to working on more projects like this.