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Just a quick note this morning. It seems there’s been a flurry of extra activity over at Docstoc this weekend.

Jasan Nazar and friends have moved on up to the west side of Santa Monica into their new digs.

Now not right next door to the Google but a stones throw away. Apparently things are going well with the young start up after a busy year of growth. And so it should be. They’ve been doing some impressive work both behind the scenes and for all their users.

If you have a blog or are simply looking for any kind of legal or business document it is the place to go. Store your own private docs, embed others on your site, share via email, even get your docs indexed in the SERPs.

All in all a very valuable place to be. Congratulations Jasan and crew. I’ll have to stop by and take you up on that drink offer.

I know, it’s been a while since I’ve actually penned anything here. And truthfully, I haven’t felt the urge to regurgitate the already abundant rantings on social media and twitter.

That being said I ‘ve had a couple of invites in the past week so Im going to check them out and get back by the end of the week with some thoughts, views and reviews.

Kwippy is a Twitter like IM, microblogging utility. Yes, I know. Another one. This one appears to have a few different twists to it. More than the restricted 140 characters for starters.

I’ll play with it a bit and see what the results are by the end of the week. Will this be another time suck? Oh for sure, but it may be fun so why not.

I guess the biggest point of interest here is getting in at the Beta stage. The whole early adopter mentality, though it’s debatable, other than the I was first here, what it’s worth in the long run.

Will Kwippy give Twitter and Pownce and some of the others a run for there money? It does seem to be picking up some leverage and user base over the passed few weeks form what I’ve been seeing.

I’ll go and play for a bit and see how it feels.

Next on my list of “what to try out this week” is Socialmedian

Socialmedian is another in the beta phase. It’s a news sharing site that allows you to share your favorite stories, news clips with your friends there and in other social sites. Same ol same ol?

Pretty simple again really. Not a Digg clone but something with a twist. Though I can already see a problem with the multiple networks section.  Is there really a need for 20 networks about web 2.0? Should they not all be grouped together? I’m just sayin’.

Anyway, I’ll be there all week and picking it apart to see what works for me and what sucks dog balls. The GUI looks pretty user friendly.

Of course my struggle with all this is finding what works for me and not allowing attention to be spread out over the other 999 sites that will suck my time and productivity.

To be able to combine the social aspect of it all and still be productive. Being a freelancer there is always the temptation to avoid actual real billable work. Never a good thing. At least at this point for me.

So, that’s my plan of attack for this week along with some ongoing projects. More on those later. Let’s see if I can save you some grief and frustration this week.

With so many membership sites coming in to your inbox of late have you seen these two? Social Media and Social Marketing sites are popping up all over the place. Or is it just because that’s my focus?

Two of the latest entries are on the Ning platform. One of them, brought to us by the infamous Jack Humphry of the Friday Traffic Report and Authority Black book. The tagline here is, “Web 2.0 Curious? Hang out with social marketing mavens here at Friday Traffic Report’s Social Marketing Central and learn all there is to know about social site marketing!” So far so good and the membership is growing quite steadily over the last few days. Let’s face it Jack knows his stuff. If you’re looking for Social Marketing Central this is a place that is going to be or should be high in your list.

The second of the these sites has to do more with Social Media. The creator of this one is Digidave. One of the people I’ve met through my involvement over at Digg. It’s looking like a meeting place for all those that are involved in the Social Media part of the web. A good group of the top Diggers are there so you can be sure there’s going to be a great exchange of ideas and information.

If you have any involvement in Social Media or want to learn from some of the best around, then this is going to be a great place to come and play.