Giant RSS button

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 29th 2007

Comes straight from photoshopcandy.com

designed by Aaron Ovadia
Aaron Ovadia rss_feed_icon

Bzzster! bookmarks widget–Share your ‘Marks as you find them

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 28th 2007

Bzzster! rocks!
It was late when I got this in the mail…but I plan on writing this up proper…in the AM.
In the mean time…go get your self a Bzzster! widget.

Bzzster.com
Bzzster signup
Bzzster widget

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NY Times Crossword widget

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 28th 2007

Yes…you get to play right in the widget…at least in the “Not for MySpace” widget.

Where can I get it?

LabPixies.com/nytimes

NY Times Classic Crossword

Above you will find the MySpace version

Below you will find the full version.

Using JavaScript allows this widget to be playable right on the page where it’s located. Unfortunately this also limits your customization abilities. There are no size options or ability to add or change widget titles. There is a color border option…but you are limited to what LabPixies allows you to choose from.

LabPixies.com/nytimes

ToonDoo.com Comic Strip Creator

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 28th 2007

ToonDoo.com has a pretty cool Drag and Drop Comic Strip Creator.

ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities.

You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!

Where can I use it?
ToonDoo looks to be friendly for most platforms…including MySpace!

Do I have to sign up?
You do if you want to create a comic strip.
You don’t if you want to display comics created by others. (just have to find the embed codes)

I believe each comic strip comes with an RSS feed and Digg and del.icio.us submit links.

I like the slide…scroll effect! (I had to remove the widget…it doesn’t play well in my post area.)

(click to see image)

Please comment on this product…I’m interested in your opinions.

TechCrunch story about ToonDoo

Golf Now.tv– video widgets

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 27th 2007

Steal this!…Makes these very viral.

If you want a widget with very hot Keri Murphy talking about golf…grab one!

I would like to see GolfNow.tv become an advertiser on WidgetsLab.com

I am trying to find the widget below… but…so far, no luck.

SpotBack ratings widgets

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 26th 2007

SpotBack.com–Information is spotty at best (pun intended)

Beta testing right now…seems to be a widget for rating things…including posts.

Try them out if you can…both in this post are working widgets.

I will post more info when I find it…

Do great minds think alike?

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 26th 2007

Feed timing and comparisons.

TwitThis– adds Twitter effect to blogs

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 26th 2007

TwitThis.com is the location for the simple “TwitThis” widget.

What is it?
TwitThis is widget that allows your readers to tell the Twitter community that they are reading your blog at this very moment. It uses a type of Java bookmarklet that pops open a smaller window and asks you to log in to Twitter to “TwitThis”.

Why would I use it?
Twitter is very viral at this point and the web is all about catching on to the fast moving wave. In hopes of getting noticed. Say John Edwards happens to view your blog because of a search and he “TwitThis” about your blog. Thousands of people follow him on Twitter alone. These people would be exposed to your link because of “Twit This”.

How do I get this?
Simple…go to TwitThis.com
There is no sign up necessary. Just grab the code and go.

Observations
I think TwitThis should incorporate a per post link instead of just the entire site link. It’s good to get visitors to your site…but most people want to share specific content, not main links.
(there is a Word Press plugin but I haven’t tried it and…not everyone uses Word Press)

TwitThis needs to put some advertising on their page. Catch the wave dude!

Traitcloud– tag cloud for your traits

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 26th 2007

Traitcloud is an attractive widget that allows your profile viewers or blog readers to vote for your traits. If your most endearing trait is missing…your viewers can add it. (lets say Butt Head)

Where can I put it?
This is a MySpace friendly widget…for whatever thats worth anymore. If you can place it on MySpace …you should be able to use it anywhere…including TagWorld, Bebo and even Blogger. It’s Flash based which makes welcome just about everywhere.

Can I customize it?
Not through the traitcloud website. You may be able to edit the code though. I see options for different sizes in the code. But this sometimes doesn’t work well with rounded corners and background images.
Color choices are laid out in the code and are easy to understand. You’ll need a HTML color code that can be found at Visbone.com/colorlab

How do I get it?
Sign up requirements include a name, email address and trait. Not sure what the email address is needed for. Nothing is indicated as to whether you get notified of votes or added traits. Go to traitcloud.com to get your traitcloud

Mashable/Traitcloud covers more about the service. I’m just mainly interested in the widget and what can be done to modify it.

ScribeFire 1.4(previously Performancing for Firefox)

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 25th 2007

ScribeFire makes it so you can blog without having to leave the site that your information is located on.

ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox) is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.

ScribeFire (previously Performancing for Firefox) is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. You can drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing, take notes, and post to your blog.

Version 1.4 changes:

* Rebranding of Performancing for Firefox as ScribeFire
* Improved support for Blogger accounts
* Improved file upload support
* Added support of the new Wordpress.com API

Get ScribeFire for Firefox
Visit ScribeFire.com

An excellent tool that keeps getting better.

Widgetbox v1.5 Released

by Derek Anderson	Stumble this!	March 25th 2007

This comes directly from WidgetBox.com/blog

Widgetbox.com released version 1.5 Friday night.

This release improves the ability of a widget to “go viral”. In particular:

* Get It Now. When someone sees a widget out in the wild, like on a blog or MySpace, they can get it right there, without going back to Widgetbox. New and existing widgets get this automatically — be they Flash or HTML/Ajax — and it works on every site, including MySpace.
* New places to install widgets. Most notably, no-code installs to Google homepage, Netvibes, Pageflakes, and “email this widget to a friend”.

In addition, there are hundreds of small features, usability improvements and perhaps an easter egg or two.

Enjoy!

WidgetBox is a simple solution for adding and changing widgets on your blog.

Snipperoo.com also offers a widget management tool and a large widget selection as well.