BarCamp LA This Weekend!

BarCamp LA is this weekend! What is BarCamp? BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. All attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one. All presentions are scheduled [...]

Yahoo! Music Unlimited vs. Mojo Filter Moves to YMusicBlog.com

If you haven’t already, please subscribe to YMusicBlog.  This is where Yahoo! Music will be letting you know what’s going on, from announcing a new version of Yahoo! Music Engine to exploring music recommendations to my old Y! Music Unlimited vs. Mojo Filter postings.  If it’s Yahoo! Music-related, it goes there.  I won’t continue cross-posting [...]

Yahoo! Launches “Yahoo! That Bitch!” Campaign to Combat “Google” As Verb

OK not really.  But they should.   Last night over dinner a friend (who is on the marketing side at CAA so he’s moderately qualified) suggested Yahoo! combat “Google” as a verb (you know, when someone says, “I Googled Nicole Ritchie last night”) and go with a “Yahoo! That Bitch!” campaign.  Some examples:    YOU: [...]

Sly at the Grammys?

I might watch the Grammys for the first time since Flava Flav interrupted Young MC tonight.  Naw, I’ll just have Julie Tivo it.  But here’s why: Sly actually showed up to rehearsal this week .  Sounds crazy.  Anyone know a bookie I can call to bet on if he’ll actually perform or not? http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-et-sly8feb08,0,1155579.story?… ian

New Yahoo! Music Engine Version Finally Available To Just Any Ol’ Internet User

Howdy.  The latest version of Y! Music Engine is available.  Read my lengthy post about its glorious release over at ymusicblog.com . ian