That’s it kiddos, end of the road.
It’s hard to put into words the impact that Y! Live had for all of us. What started out as an experiment in live broadcasting, resulted in not only some revolutionary moments, but some pretty funny ones as well.
If there is one thing that I love about the social web, is its ability that it has to bring people together. We have been lucky enough to act as a platform for countless stories of love and friendship that might have never began if not for Y! Live. Heartbreaks, laughter and battles all played out, in real time, live, streaming to the world, in front of everyone to see.
I want to thank you all so much for sharing your lives with us, and making these last 9 months totally epic. I speak for the entire gang when I say that this project will be truly be missed, and as for myself, I want everyone involved to know how honored I feel to have been lucky enough to be a part of this experience.
So with that, I encourage you to take a stroll down memory lane and look back on Y! Live, NAO!
Our mission here on the Brickhouse team is to quickly develop product ideas that can add value to Yahoo! as a whole. To do this effectively we constantly evaluate our early-stage products and sometimes have to make the hard decision to move on, in order to continue exploring new territory and developing new products.
So it is with great sadness that I share the news that Yahoo! Live, a Brickhouse project in social broadcasting will be going off the air on 3 December 2008. We’d like to thank everyone who has participated. Without all of you, Y!Live would not have built the strong community that it has. It has been really interesting (and entertaining) to see all of the ways broadcasters have used Live, developing it into a place for all sorts of social interactions.
We hope you can join us in our town hall this Wednesday to toast Yahoo! Live. For more out of Brickhouse, check out the recently launched fire eagle, and keep an eye on next* to stay posted on what we’re doing next.
Heya BBS!
Today is indeed bittersweet for your dear Tilly. As many of you heard during the TownHall, today is going to be my last day helping out with the Y! Live community.
These last few months have been not only magical, but I would say they could be considered the best 3 months of my life. I will carry the memories and moments we shared together deep in my heart, and cherish each and every one of you as a the unique and special snowflakes that you are.
Recently I was approached with the opportunity to pursue my real passion, researching and developing a way for unicorns to live in the vacuum of space. This, on top of starting up the national stadium tour for my christian death metal band’s new album “Jesus Rides the Dinosaur”, and maintaining my farm of mudkips, it felt like the right time for me to spread my wings and adventure new options.
Not to fear, my precious, you are not alone. In my absence, our comrade Angela will be your liaison to the Y! Live team, as well as the go to girl for any concerns you may have regarding the community. Please be kind to her, and act as the respectable and classy citizens that you always have.
In closing, I feel the need to share with you one of the more beloved and treasured moments that I experienced here during my time with Y! Live. I can remember it like it was yesterday. Imagine if you will a full moon without a cloud in the sky, working late at the Brickhouse office when all of a sudden the lights went out. In a panic, the first person I turned to was Eric Fixler. His words that day will stay in my mind forever. “You’re movin’ with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air.” I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, “Nah, forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!” I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, “Yo holmes smell ya later!” Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.
…to accomodate an event at the office. See you there at 3:30!
Thank you guys for another awesome Y! Live Town Hall session! Sorry this weeks broadcast was all choppy and full of lag. Turns out that the laptop we were running on (mine of course) was set to go through too many interweb tubez and caused the stream to get all clogged up. Problem solved, and next weeks show should run easy breezy!
But even through the crappy quality, you guys brought some awesome feedback to the table! Some of the big things that were discussed is the idea of introducing moderators, or perhaps a way to invite users to your channel personally and give broadcasters the tools to keep any riff raff from ruining their live experience. Rest assure that the team is busy as we speak brainstorming ideas on how to make the community more safe to use, as well as keeping things fun and open.
The idea that I loved the most was about possibly having a Y! Live meet up! If you broadcast your party, I promise that the team here would be stoked to hang out and watch the event! And like I said, if you are ever in the bay area, drop us a line! We are totally down for hosting a shindig here if your interested in getting the chance to meet the team that runs things behind the scenes.
See ya next week! And if you had an idea that wasn’t directly addressed during the meeting, always feel free to drop it on the suggestion board! We always look forward to hearing from you!
Later gators!
Tilly
We were honored to have an illustrious guest make a cameo appearance on Yahoo! Live yesterday and today - Jordin Sparks logged in as J-Speezy and chatted it up with her fans, and even did a few renditions of No Air and Tattoo for us all! It was a great broadcast - Jordin, we hope to see you online again soon!
Can’t make it out to South Beach for the annual Winter Music Conference this year? No worries, this year you can join the fun from the comfort of your own cube by checking out Y! Live’s Winter Music Conference streaming site. We’ll be there next week (starting Tuesday 3/25 and ending Sunday 3/30) and will bring you the biggest DJ’s, live interviews, and poolside cams (in between margarita breaks, of course).
What will you see? Some live sets we’ll be covering: Paul Oakenfold, Moby, Paul Van Dyk, Satoshi Tomiie, Adam Freeland, Mark Farina, Roger Sanchez, Armand Van Helden, Steve Lawler. Some concerts and parties we’ll be at: Oakenfold Bourne Sessions, X-Mix Productions, Marine Parade, Ultra Music Festival, Remix Hotel Beatport pool party, SAW Recordings, Stealth, Defected in the House, CR2 Live and Direct.
We’ll bringing you this live coverage in partnership with Birago Jones from the SAW Recordings XM Show and the Syndicated Beats podcast, and with special our special Y! Live guest host Tilly Key.
Catch all the the action at http://wmc.live.yahoo.com, this page will be dedicated to WMC all week and will feature the top WMC streams along with a schedule of upcoming events.
Also, drop us a note at ylive-contact (at) yahoo-inc (dot) com if you’ll be at WMC and would like to broadcast while there, or otherwise just hang out. Look forward to seeing you all in South Beach and on Y! Live.
Keep up with the good times with Natalie at SXSW today - here’s the lineup:
Pattern is Movement 12pm
Port O’ Brien 12pm
Evangelicals 12:30pm
Shout Out Louds 12:45
The Weakerthans 1pm
Crystal Castles 1:30pm
Children 2pm
Grand Archives 2pm/10pm
Kaki King 2pm
The Slits 2:30
The Apes 3:30pm
Longhorne Slim 4pm/11pm
MGMT 4pm/10pm
Lightspeed Champion 4pm
Yeasayer 4:30pm
A Place To Bury Strangers 5pm
British Sea Power 5pm
Joey Cape 5:15pm
Why? 5:30pm
Mika Miko 6:15pm
Matt and Kim 7pm
Reykjavik 7pm
Woodhands 7:40pm
The Ting Tings 8pm
The Virgins 8pm
Phantom Planet 9:30pm
Pissed Jeans 9:30pm
X 10pm
Flosstradamus 10:15pm
The Cool Kids 11:00pm
Vampire Weekend 11:00pm
Nico Vega 11pm
A-Trak 11:30pm
Reckless Kelly 11:30pm
Akron/Family 12am
The Vines 12am
Kid Sister 12:10am
Paramore 12:45am
Thurston Moore w/Band 12:45am
Robyn 1am
The Legendary Shake Shackers 1am
The English Beat 1am
An Albatross 1:30am
Phantom Planet (DJ Set) 2am
Since the launch of Yahoo! Live one month ago, my life has been filled with a wide range of emotions. One of our users, known as “Digga” Dame Lee, has been a tremendously positive force in my and many others’ lives since he started broadcasting him and his family’s lives for the World to see. If you haven’t seen his channel which is consistently in the top 5 most popular of the site, visit Digga here.
Dame Lee II, the son of Dame and LaTamra Lee has made several appearences in Digga’s many live performances. Early in the morning on February 26, cries were heard out on the still-rolling Y!Live broadcast from a quite amazing show the night before. When I heard the wails were the result of 3 month old Dame Jr.’s death, my heart dropped.
Digga is pictured the night before the tragedy holding Dame Jr.
When Digga returned on camera, his 300+ viewers slowly started realizing what happened. The baby had died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), which is an unexplainable cause of death in infants under the age of 1. After visiting Digga’s house to pay our condolences and offer any support we could, the Y!Live team was forever changed from this untimely loss.
For those who would like to help, a PayPal donation account has been set up in remembrance of Dame Jr.
Our hearts go out to the Lee family.
Sincerely,
The Yahoo! Live team
Just finished a great recording session with the Trackrunners - we spent about 3 hours with them live, giving them ideas and feedback as they composed a new track. The Y! Live audience chose the topic (pickup lines, heh), and the Trackrunners put down the beats, melodies, rhymes right there as we watched. The result is a brand new mp3, available for you all to download - just head over to myspace.com/thetrackrunners and download the opening track, “What I Gotta Say.” Nice job Trackrunners, hope to see you guys on again soon.
