Testing Yahoo! 360

I asked and got a Yahoo! 360 invite from Dave Winer. You can now find my Yahoo! 360 space at http://360.yahoo.com/anaulin. Not yet clear what will I do with it, though.

Random thoughts after playing around Yahoo! 360 for some 10 minutes, in no particular order:

  • Extremely easy to use, integrated with the whole Yahoo! system. You can use your existing Yahoo! login.
  • Offers what today seems to be the basic life-online toolkit: social networking, blogging, photo albums. Additionally you can display your Yahoo! Groups on your Yahoo! 360 page, and you can check other's Yahoo! IM status and show your own.
  • I like the 'Blast' thingie. I might find some use for something like that on this page.
  • No tagging anywhere, though you can put your friends into categories.
  • No integration with other services such as del.icio.us, Technorati or Flickr.
  • I agree with what already has been commented elsewhere about Yahoo! 360 not being aimed to the 'techiest' among us.
  • They provide feeds of whatever contents you create.
  • There are apparently no skins or any other way to customize the look of your page. Not even the basic color-scheme controls of Yahoo! Groups. Annoying. Very.
And of course, I can now invite you, dear reader, to join Yahoo! 360. So if you are interested in trying this new Yahoo! service, just drop a comment with your e-mail address and I will invite you.

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