influence peddling
after reading about it in TimeOutNY last week, NYWiki could be my new obsession. essentially the site is modeled after such entities as the Wikipedia - the free online encyclopedia that let's users create and edit entries. the concept here is similar: users build the site from the ground up, adding information as they go about everything from neighborhoods to newspapers and restaurants to cemeteries. the site has only been public for a little over a week, and it's still pretty spartan so i encourage everyone to go and add something about something. it could be cool to look back in a few months and see something useful that you've helped to build and i know there's a fount of knowledge out there pining away for some sort of relevance.
more info on the Wiki concept here. apparently the name is adapted from the Hawaiian word for "quick".