On April 14th I start my new gig as Principal Designer at LinkedIn. I’ve been a huge fan of LinkedIn for years. The potential seems enormous and I think it will be challenging and fun.
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Yahoo! Buzz can highlight anything - a major news event, an intriguing video or image, or an interesting blog post - and instead of editors, real people vote and search for their favorite stories to determine the top rated content from across the Web. Yahoo! Buzz ranks the most popular content of the moment using a unique approach that combines consumer votes with search popularity to give a story a Buzz Score.

Stories with a high Buzz Score can be featured in the Today Module on the Yahoo! Front Page. This opens up the Yahoo! front page to the best content chosen by users as well as traditional content chosen by editors.

We worked very hard on Buzz and we hope you like it. Here’s what ReadWriteWeb had to say about us (view story).
Go to http://buzz.yahoo.com/ and try Yahoo! Buzz for yourself.
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Not only is the new user experience less disruptive, the video loads in a fraction of the time it did with the old player. To see it in action, go to http://www.yahoo.com/. Sometimes there is a video available on the first tab, if not, click on the video tab and you will see a collection of the most popular videos of the day.

You can choose from over 2 million modules to display on your customized page. To add a module, click “Personalize This Page”. The “Extravaganza” opens (that’s what we call it internally) at the top of your page. You can browse, search and preview modules from the extravaganza. When you find one you like, simply click “Add”.

New Modules
We have added tons of new and redesigned modules to My Yahoo! The new portfolio module let’s you track your stocks, and the new movies module keeps you informed about new movies opening in your area. Many of the modules were designed by the My Yahoo! design team. Others were developed by other groups both inside and outside of Yahoo!

Open Modules
Use My Yahoo! as your aggregator of information across the internet. You can monitor your Facebook friends, check your Netflix queue, and keep track of your Yahoo! and Gmail inboxes.


Customize The Look of your My Yahoo! Page
Choose from over 40 different My Yahoo! themes. We are adding more all the time. Just go to Personalize this page and click “Change Color”.
