My Yahoo! Blog

World Series comes to you.

Of course, the World Series blog post falls to me. Among the team, I seem to be the only one who knows that the World Series starts this week. The Rockies play the Red Sox in what should be a good series. Am I excited? Yes. Can I share my excitement with anyone else here? No. And so I’ll share with you…

I’ve been a baseball fan my whole life. My team is the Giants and I follow them with something bordering on obsession. I think of the 2002 World Series almost every day. The Giants entered the seventh inning of game six leading the Angels 5-0, and they had a 3-2 series lead. They lost that game and the series, and still haven’t won a World Series since moving to California. One of my earliest memories is going to Candlestick Park with my dad and sitting just off first base, and being transfixed by Willie McCovey (my all-time favorite player). It’s like it was yesterday. I go to Spring Training and act like the games count. Enough said…

So of course I use My Yahoo! to follow the Giants and baseball in general. During the season, I check results and schedules using the Scoreboard module. But mostly, I use My! to aggregate baseball content from across the Web. I’ve picked my favorite sources (Yahoo! Sports, ESPN, and MLB.com) and feeds and have them scattered across my page so that I can check them in the morning and throughout the day.

To track the series, I’ve even added Red Sox and Rockies team modules to my page, and my Giants modules are, temporarily, near the bottom (and yes, that feels strange).

I hope you enjoy the series! And I hope your team wins! Because if they don’t and you’re like me, it will be a very, very long winter…

-David
My Yahoo! Product Management

Want meaty new modules? You got it.

Given that the word “My” plays fairly prominently in the “My Yahoo!” logo we stick all over the place, we figure it made sense to work hard on actually making it yours. And one thing we keep hearing again and again (from My Yahoo! users everywhere) is that you like your modules. Especially useful modules.

The bottom line is, if we expect you to make My Yahoo! your home on the Web, then we need to deliver the content that’s important to your life. Hence we’re working around the clock to add more and more relevant modules to choose from. The list keeps growing, but to whet your appetite here are a handful of new modules that are ready and waiting (available only in the new My Yahoo! beta):

• Your Mail: Preview messages from other email accounts (including Gmail), right on your page.
  
• Scoreboard: Stay up-to-date on the latest scores and news. Now with more game details right on your page.
• Weather: We’ve made it even easier to stay in-the-know. Now you can see current conditions and a 3 day forecast at a glance.
  
• Netflix: If you have a Netflix account, you’re gonna love this. See which movies are in your queue (and add to it!), what’s at home, and what new movies are available — all from one tidy module.
  

We’ve been burning the midnight oil, working on these modules too: Calendar and Address Book. Oh, and we’re not quite done with the new Bookmarks, but we think you’ll love the new options (like the ability to use it as a stand-alone module).

When more modules become available, we’ll let you know. And feel free to make suggestions about modules or anything you want to see in the new My Yahoo!.

The My Yahoo! Team