It's more than obvious that this blog has fallen into the old internet cliche of the "unupdated website." At one point I had dreams of frequent updates, reviews, editorials, daily traffic, etc. But the opportunities life has presented me have and always will take precedence over having a "successful" or traditional style blog. My work at Hofstra and the emerging world of new media has left little time for such an indulgence, albeit an important one.
Instead I have decided to repurpose this blog and use it as a portfolio for my latest work. Trends in blogging have also pointed me in this direction. There are now millions of voices online, all trying to grab the attention of a generation that barely has the time to read a traditional article all the way through. We have moved instead into a network of quick and powerful interactions, via free tools such as Twitter and even Facebook. The goal of the game is to make the most out of your connections on a variety of levels. This makes the old-school blog look more like a practice in egoism rather than constructive social development.
Instead of reading every post on several blogs daily, people now rely on these new networking tools to refine and curate information for them. That is why I will use this blog in conjunction with these tools to allow greater access to my work, and ultimately, greater interactivity.
Over the next few months I will post my observations from my trip in South-Eastern Poland (boy, I do love roadtrips). I will also publish some of my favorite work from my time at Hofstra University, where I recently graduated with a degree in Journalism. I urge you to comment me, but I'd like it even more if you would follow me on twitter.com/AFSienko -my new base of operations.
Thanks!
-Andrzej
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