I'm not sure how many of you have heard of the new web service called Newsvine, but I'm sure you will soon. Newsvine is a service that seeks to aggregate, categorize and present the latest and greatest in both mainstream and citizen journalism, all my attempting to make the latter much, much easier (both to create and to access). All this, and they plan to pay those who contribute content as well based on the amount of traffic that your pages on their site generate. Right now, the project is in private beta (you have to be invited by a current member). I heard about it on both Twit and Inside the Net. I highly suggest you listen to this past week's episode of Inside the Net to learn more about Newsvine. It's a really exciting development in the world of web-based news services. Not only does it provide great access to content and allow you to rank it (much in the mode of Digg.com), but it also provides a great interface in which to view it. I have a limited number of invites left, but I'm reserving them for either people I know personally, or by reputation, to be promising citizen journalists/commentators. If you think you fall into either of those categories, drop me a line, and we'll see if we can't get you hooked up with an invite. That's all for now.

Well, winter break is over, and it's time to head back to school. It's already shaping up to be an intersting one for me. I'm taking nine hours of grad credit, and carrying an incomplete from last semester for a total of twelve. Six of the twelve are creative writing heavy, so that should be fun (Finally, an excuse to seriously work on my novel!). I'm also seriously weighing the possibility of running for student body president here at Missouri State University. I'm growing tired of supposed student "leaders" who lack any sort of vision for the future of this institution outside of their time here. The registration deadline is looming on the horizon, and I have yet to find a running mate, but I'll be sure to keep you posted. I'm going to try and post more frequently this semester (yeah, that's what I always say), including some fic excerpts if the muse strikes me. That's it for now.