Widget Summit Is a two-day widget conference that is going to take place on October 15-16 in San Francisco organized and hosted by Niall Kennedy of last year Widgets Live that he hosted along OM Malik, but since OmMalik is now too known to go for this and Niall Kennedy is known enough i guess he decided to go solo with this.
Here are the direct quotes from the even description:
Widget Summit is a two-day conference on widgets and content syndication. Web pages have gotten smaller, dynamic, and distributed as components within the desktop, personalized homepage, social network, blog sidebars, mobile phones, and even dedicated hardware. Today’s publishers need to reach their audience wherever and whenever they may choose to interact with content. Widgets lead the way towards a distributed web loosely joined.
Widget Summit provides a two-day industry perspective on the current state of the widget economy. Attendees will learn how to evaluate possible distribution channels and its unique audiences, explore areas of rapid growth and experimentation, and learn how to implement best practices of the widget industry. Our two-day intensive will prepare your team with the best business, developer, and partner knowledge needed to engage the emerging widget ecosystem.
Texty is one of those weird ideas that seem so odd and simple that they must be tried, so someone did. Texty is a HTML Embedded Service in the same vein that a web form or photo display, the idea is to be able to compose a post or even a simple document and embed it into a page for whatever purpose you may have without knowing squat of code. the only requiered knowledge required is how to use a word processor in the same way you would write a E-mail at hotmail.
So, it is useful and a fast way to display a html document anywhere you want as long it accepts JS.
If you still don´t grasp why someone would want this thing in Writetomyblog plus JS-Kit and you will get the concept of it better.
Labpixies is a widget start up that recently launched Moodget as it´s most high spread widget yet and celebrating the company widget number 50 so far.
A lot has changed since they started out and they have learned well what is needed to persevere in the widget industry and that is spread, high spread.. being able to distribute the very same widget to many different platforms and even mediums without the loss of quality and in the easiest way possible.
Labpixies has archived that by making any Widget to be added to the top start pages,blog platforms and social network with the click of a button while allowing the common way of doing it to all.
But even more important, is for them to start taking the widgets from the web to the Vista Sidebar in the same way. Something that started with moodget but will follow with the rest of their catalog.
The catalog counts with pretty much any kind of widget people would want to have: from tools, to news to gossip and finally games, it is all there and there are 50 of them to choose from.
Moodget is a very simple widget/gadget, you configure it to your mood of the moment, register and in a little more of a minute you can use it in the top social networks, the top start pages and Blogger with the click of a button along pretty much any website as a iframe widget, but what is even better is that you can also export it as a sidebar gadget for Windows Vista.
The option to do such a thing is what makes it stand out, becuase it really allows you to spread it if you want to and let it reach a more consolidated audience..
I wish every widget service would think of that.
My only wish would be for it to be offered in flash too as a option.
With this App you can get a pre-packaged list of feeds to read, add your own or you can see what your friends on Facebook are reading in their ‘Gator’ and grab their info.
Sharing information is the main focus of this App. You probably won’t replace your current RSS reader. However, this App does a nice job of tuning you into what others are focusing on and may prove useful in providing you ideas for future posts.
Cartoons of blogger Hugh Macleod…the ‘Gapingvoid‘ can now be added to your Facebook profile. These “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards” are a popular addition to many blogs. Get them on your Facebook today! Grab the Gapingvoid App now!
Recent news indicates that Google is close to “perfecting” their Facebook App. However, as of today 8/31/07 there is still an error greeting those attempting to install this App.
Why use it?
Supposedly when you get to use this “Search App” your search results are displayed in your mini feed. Is this the only purpose to this App besides a search function? I have three or four search options available already. Why do I need another? Also, why do I want my Facebook friends seeing what I am searching? Seems pointless to me.
The Dashboard shredder widget allows you to securely eliminate digital documents in three easy to use levels. Using this widget allows you to keep the trash for holding things that you aren’t sure you want to eliminate yet.
The levels of security include Low, Medium and High
Low is just bypassing the trash can. Not nearly as secure as deleting.
Medium shreds you data using a 7 pass shred that is compliant with the Department of Defense.
High doesn’t just shred…it basically vaporizes your digital trash. A 35 pass Gutmann algorithm makes sure there is no recovery of those files. Wow!
Joost.com Internet and TV blended…has released their API encouraging widget developers to flock to this popular spot.
Joost users have had the use of widgets such as chat, RSS and an exciting clock. Although it’s too early to see any widgets created with this new API. We can only speculate based upon the absolute insane popularity of the Facebook platform and ensuing widget storm.
The Joost API site does feature a couple of new widgets. An alarm clock, Rss reader, wiki reader and something called “What’s Similar”. This widget offers recommendations for clips like the one you are currently watching. There are all sorts of possibilities here…such as recommendation widgets for what you watch and even blog widgets that share your Joost ‘What I’m Watching’
A basic understanding of XML and JavaScript will get you started developing Joost widgets. There are, of course bugs that need to be ironed out. But this should be nothing new to developers in this field.
This is a smart move for Joost. Something that worked well for Facebook and should be emulated!.
Without a doubt the widget news of this week seems to be that slide is now generating one million widgets daily with their engine that are spread across all around the world in pretty much everyone of the top social networks.
That makes it the widget monster, pretty much as unbeatable as Myspace in their niche. but then i wonder, ok, they pretty much could do anything they wanted, they are bringing in loads of money it is not the right time for slide to offer they still care to innovate and release more advanced widgets or a widget engine so people can create advanced widgets?. that is what Slide could do to show they truly lead where it counts.
But in anyway, such landmark is pretty much historic for widgets,because that means they have reached the status where it can be said it is a mature and relevant industry in the web.
Wild Apricot Is a company that offers easy membership management Software for all kinds of organizations; from Non-Profit Organization to Hobby clubs and even just for special Events ocassions. but as with most online services of this kind right now, there is a time when you only need a very specific service wishing you could simply you could adapt it to your site without having to create another. and that is where Wild apricot wants to help out with by offering embedded services in widget form.
The widgets serve as a pretty much in the same way any embed contact form but providing a much more detailed and complete service for your site, blog or organization.
There are 6 widget services you can use and they are:
* Embedded event details and registration
* Embedded list of events
* Embedded member application form
* Embedded online donation form
* Embedded searchable member directory
* Embedded secure member profile
Splashcast, today takes off the wraps on their new and improved player. It seems that after long months of aggregating user feedback and I assume some late night coding sessions, they are ready to show off their hard work.
Here’s a peek at their handy work. (I am a sucker for beautiful English voices)
Seems they got rid of the Lt. Blue in favor of some more mechanical styles. Sure does improve the ‘Visual Strenght’ of the player!
New features and annoyance fixes are plentiful. They have added the ability to leave comments on your channel. Viewers can leave a text comment an audio comment or even a video comment. (I see naked opinions)
Navigation of items via thumbnail makes life easier. You can also title your items. These are called ‘Captions’. In the past each item was categorized based on a numbering system…blah! Personalized titles are far more appealing.
Full screen button resides right in the player now.
The send button now allows you to email an entire show or simply one item from a player.
Follow me! is a new feature that automatically notifies your friends and watchers when you have published new media to the player. Basically a simple way to subscribe to people created media and stay current with whats happening.
If you aren’t familiar with Splashcast, they give you the tools to create your own Internet television series. You are the network! Splashcast takes vidcasting not only to the next level, but a level or two beyond that. You have to check it out for yourself. My words won’t do it justice.
Just in time for the Labor Day mass exodus into whats left of the country. This little Yahoo! beauty allows you to select gas stations within a certain radius from your zip code. The information comes directly from automotive.com.
Each listing comes complete with an icon (major brands only) with distance to store and a street address to make things easier. A fuel type selection is also available.
I noticed that a phone number for each gas station is missing. Not that this is a major concern, but these places are generally convenience stores as well so it might be nice to be able to call and see if they have that ever elusive king size Snickers or maybe some baby wipes.
Showing that they can do good thing with the money the got from financing, Hi5 is opening their platform even more and now are offering a full API to use as announced here:
Text2store is a service for you to recieve copupons and deals in your cellphone by sms, but they have now entered with the same offer in form of a widget for web use, the widget is a “anywhere” widget, so it will be good in your myspace too.
The widget displays good deals and coupons you can use and it can even spill some cash your way too.
Blogger finally releases Video Uploading for all Blogger users after testing it for over a month and launching it in Blogger eight birthday, the service uses a rebranded Google Video player and engine to provide the service.
The uploading can be done directly from the user console editor in the same way one uploads a picture and even if Blogger is not providing direct embed links for the videos, these can be taken of from a post and shared everywhere, so it does can be used as avideo provider not just for your blog but for your social network or site.
A feature also close to been released is enclosures for feeds, so any Blogger Blog can also works as a netcast (Zunecast, podcast, etc.)
So, there is a lot of catching up being done by Blogger lately, so it is time for any of you to check it out again and i am not saying that only because i am very well known Blogger Zealot. i do mean it.
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