Way back in the dark ages, when I was a mere high schooler and desperately believed that everyone else found my thoughts and life as intriguing as I did, I kept a livejournal. I deleted it after a while upon realizing that no one actually gave a damn. After talking with and reading tips from creative professionals lately, suddenly it seems like this whole "blog" thing is actually a good idea.

Personally, with twitter and blogging, I'm caught between finding it really useful and terribly narcissistic. I've found some great advice via artists/writers/talent liasons tweets and blogs. I also can receive massive amounts of irrelevant information via these networks as well, perhaps from those like myself that once believed their every waking thought was a golden nugget from the El Dorado of human experience. Hence, I've hesitated getting twitter or a workblog for the fear of it becoming terribly self-indulgent or me never keeping up with it. However, it is a cheap and easy way to get your work noticed and show your process to fans/publishers/employers.

I sort of use the dA journal here as a sort of dumping ground of experiences and what I'm doing for my own reference (they say write what you know, so I'm supposing it's helpful to remember what you know). dA's journal interface is fairly limited as to what it can do, so something more flexible may be in order. Also, not great for networking as let's face it, my views/hits are somewhat limited.

How do you guys feel about the new networks for the creative industry being spread via twitter, workblogs, facebook, myspace, etc? Is it helpful, or just another thing to keep up with?