MyYahoo ...

First of all, let me warn you that the geek rating on this post will be through the roof. So, read on at your own risk.

I've been using the MyYahoo service since it first debuted. It's a great service that lets you build a custom web page - cherry picking only the content that's appealing to you. But the content selection has always been limited to that which Yahoo and partners could serve up. Extensive, perhaps, but limited by nature.

That's about to change.

I've been trying a beta version of the latest MyYahoo upgrade. Its key feature is support for syndicated web content (RSS and other XML-based schemes). If you're not familiar with this, let me just say that there's been a quiet revolution occuring out on the web. Thousands of sites have started making content available in a form that's easily digested and integrated by other content management systems.

So what's the point? Well, my new Yahoo page is now packed with content from friends' blogs, my local newspaper, Time magazine, Dave Barry, and others. If you use MyYahoo, and fancy yourself a web aficianado, then you might want to check it out.