So what the hells' been up with you?

I know, I know, that's probably the question if you were one of the exclusive (READ: one of five) people who have had the privilege of reading my blog--especially since the last time there was an entry was over a year ago; And despite it being ridiculously overdue--good things come to those who wait! But let's get some housekeeping out the way first:

What else I've been up to

As I'm sure several of you know, TIME'S ARE HARD!! The primary reason I haven't been updating like I should is that I've been working and attempting to complete the last leg of my college-tour; as in the tour of classes I have to take before I can exit stage left.

In the meantime though, I actually had a few great opportunities. I interned for a blog How Legit, that was a great experience. I became acquainted with The Web Start-up, learned some pretty great things in SEO, page analytics, and all that great technical stuff that'll make an online marketing maven of me!

Shortly after that, I had another internship with Change.org; similar stuff, honing my social marketing chops, networking with some great people, etc. I recommend to anyone, get as much experience as you can--cliche, I know, but invaluable none the less!

I just wanted to provide a synopsis of my year in review. The most important thing I wanted to bring up was that If you're following me anywhere else (i.e Twitter, FB, Digg) my names there are all the same, Cre8tv Rec (well, mostly the same.)

What's new on the menu

So first, by virtue of me knowing more, I can write more--AWESOME!! I also plan to attempt to expand the scope of my blog to incorporate communication phenomena from sources other than social networking sites, but that's kind of on the back-burner (maybe of another stove!) But rest assured, I'm definitely back on the horse. I guess I can see where Green Day was coming from--now that September ends, it's time to be woke up!

Stay tuned friends and foes...

The evolution of networking: How Legit

Im back, after a long but uneventful Labor Day weekend. I think that it was this break that has inspired my latest entry. I had an uninterrupted opportunity to browse the web and explore several sites that I had previously planned on visiting in a systematic pattern (which I probably will still attempt to do--for the sake of classification!)

So among my latest discovery is a site called Howlegit.com. The concept is not exceptionally unique, but it does allow the user to interface with the content in a way that, up to now, has not been seen before.

In a nutshell, the user decides whether the content is accurate or "legit" or whether or not its hype. Its definitely appropriate that this format would be debuted in an entertainment website; after all, other than politics no other information category seems to be more convoluted and misdirected.

Whats interesting is that this seems to be the primary intent of most social bookmarking, and social news sites--to provide access to the most information, unfiltered and allow the user to decide what they feel is relevant. The beauty of this site is that it provides a platform to discuss a particular category; compared to other sites, the focus is very narrow. The exhaustive nature of most sites can be overwhelming, unfortunately, but sites with a specific focus tends to allow users to peruse through the content and be able to keep it in context. The site is far from perfected, but as the next step in the use of social networking to access information, I believe we might be witnessing a developing trend.