Is that a blog post in your Messenger window?
If you upgraded to the latest version of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows (9.0, Beta), you may have noticed a new type of status message next to your contacts which shows the latest articles they may have Buzz'd or changes made to their Yahoo Avatar.
Starting tonight, MyBlogLog is feeding in MyBlogLog activity (adding contacts, joining communities, tagging) as well as your most recent blog posts into Messenger as well. What's cool about this is that it makes your Messenger contact list really come alive, transforming it into a socially aware RSS Reader.
Now, before you IM your friend about the Celtics last night you can read their scathing blog post and adjust accordingly. Likewise, you can post to your blog and automatically notify everyone on your IM list that you're not in a particularly good mood this morning.
Messenger 9.0 Beta (sorry, Windows only)
Manage what you share
Read about that Celtics Game
What's with that Celtics game link at the bottom of the post?
Is it an ad?
Posted by: Andrew Girdwood | June 11, 2008 at 02:35 AM
Oh MyBlogLog! I never imagined this feature :o)
Next step: Yahoo! Toolbar (IE/Firefox) support, please. With BlogJuice and an alert icon with friend's new items.
Posted by: Olivier D. alias ze kat | June 11, 2008 at 04:22 AM
@Andrew - nope, just thought you might want to keep up with the NBA finals!
@Oliver - thanks, as always. Toolbar is a great idea!
Posted by: Ian Kennedy | June 11, 2008 at 07:46 AM
Very nice!! YIM has come a long way!!! Reblogged at http://www.socialwebtools.net/2008/06/yim-update-is-that-blog-post-in-your.html
Posted by: ChaCha Fance | June 11, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Wow! That sounds like such a cool feature. I'm going to have to upgrade tonight!
Thanks! :)
Posted by: Harmony | June 11, 2008 at 10:33 AM
hmm, this might be worth looking into though the last beta of Messenger I tried didn't work out too well.
Posted by: datter | June 11, 2008 at 11:12 AM
thanks. super
Posted by: ali | June 13, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Time to look at those blog posts.
Posted by: Jay | June 15, 2008 at 04:14 PM
i have already installed new yahoo messenger.
Posted by: debajyoti | June 18, 2008 at 12:05 AM
But what if you don't want your blog posts to show up in your messenger window? Can you turn it off?
Posted by: Mimi Lenox | June 29, 2008 at 09:39 PM
@Mimi - yes, you can turn off any updates from MyBlogLog from showing up in Messenger or anywhere on Yahoo via the Manage page on Yahoo:
http://manage.community.yahoo.com/vitality/
Posted by: Ian Kennedy | July 21, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Killer, and upgrading now. I always thought Yahoo IM is the best for the whole social web thing. I think Twitter even stole the idea of Yahoo's IM status message.
Posted by: Rob | August 25, 2008 at 01:06 PM