I opened my Yahoo! Mail page this evening to check my email and noticed there’s a whole new version of interface. Like everyone else they’re providing the opportunity to do more "social" stuff like updating a status. The general appearance and layout has been cleaned up and sharpened a bit too.

I’m still working on some in-depth feature improvements. Texting isn’t new, unless I can get it to really work this time then that would be an improvement. The discussion about what’s new with social networking stuff included a twitter icon and YouTube, but still working on what’s involved in that …read more

Another great online application I was reminded of while at Blog World Expo 08 is picnik. I’m should be ashamed that I haven’t shared this site for you all yet. It’s a great app that does just about everything most users would want with regards to photo-editing, while all the time being FREE!
Tris Hussey showcased this little app during his "How to be More than a Blog: New Media Integration" session.
Check-out this list of features you can take advantage of in the completely free version of picnik:

Fix your photos in just one click
Use advanced controls to fine-tune your …read more

I thought it might be interesting to share a recent blog post by my friend Brian Layman, whom I work with at b5media. He has shared recently on his blog some correspondence between him and Yahoo concerning what appears to be a desired upgrade to one of their services.
Have you had this kind of service from Yahoo!? I’d love to hear your own stories, but let’s get this issue exposed and blown wide-open to as many people as possible.
Angry letter to Flickr/Yahoo by Brian Layman

We’ve all taken a piece of a paper and tried to fold it into something else. Growing up I used to make little paper frogs that would hop across my school desk. Once I was able to fold a crane, never to be able to repeat it again.
Richard Sweeney has taken the task of folding, cutting and creasing paper to an absolute high-art form.

The transformation of flat sheet material into three dimensional forms is my central motivation, and working with paper and synthetic sheet materials I take a hands-on approach. Using this process I can gain a better insight into …read more