Web of Addictions

I'll keep on my caffeinated posting spree by talking about coffee and photography. One cool thing to do in photography is to create an ongoing project. Maybe it will be something like taking stock of all of the historic buildings in your town and how new growth complements or clashes with the traditional architecture. Or you can take pictures of birds or all of the mom and pop stores in Maine. Whatever your fancy. I thought it might be fun to photograph all of the Starbucks in DC. Luckily, I don't have to. This guy beat me to it. His site is pretty scary. I know I drink a lot of coffee and should drink more tea, but he plans on visiting all 50+Starbucks and is going about it pretty quickly. While Jerry thinks this is meaningless, trite, and generally a colossal waste of time, an economist might look at the spatial location of all those starbucks , Cosi's and Teaism in Dupont Circle alone (3, 2, and 1) and think this is a great example of Hotelling Competition vs. product differentiation. Even more extreme is this enthusiast, who is visiting all the Starbucks in the world.

And for what it's worth, your coffee sucks.