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All About Jazz–15 Jazz widgets

December 6th, 2009

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AllAboutJazz.com appears to be the de facto source for all news about Jazz music.

With Jazz news, CD reviews, new album release information, artist interviews, concert information, photos and more, you will be able to find just about anything Jazz related.

All About Jazz has created and released 15 different widgets related to Jazz music. All widgets are embeddable in your websites to share with your readers.

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This is an example of “The Daily Download” widget that allows your readers to view a new artist, see album information and download a single Jazz .mp3 everyday.

Other widgets include:
 (These widgets are JavaScript.) visit AllAboutJazz.com/widgets

    Articles
    Birthdays
    CD Reviews
    Contest Giveaways
    Interviews
    Jazz Video Guy Presents
    Listening Party / Album Stream
    Musician of the Day
    News
    Photo of the Day
    Jazz Session Podcasts
    Quote of the Day
    This Day in Jazz History
    Upcoming Releases

Some widget details:
Most of the widgets are a simple “copy and paste” of some code to place the widget into your site. The “get code” link associated with the “MP3 Download of the Day” widget includes a well rounded tutorial on how to customize the size and appearance of your widget using some basic CSS. It does not explain the intricacies of CSS. For that they suggest you search the Internet for CSS related information.
Almost all of these widgets contain added CSS that you can easily edit to alter the appearance of the widget to conform to your website scheme.

These widgets are a great addition to any Jazz music related blog or website. They are FREE to use and FREE to enjoy.

AllAboutJazz.com/widgets

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embedit.in embed documents and more

October 7th, 2009

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Say you want to put a pdf on your blog but you don’t want to make your readers download it or have to open a pdf reader just to view it.

embedit.in is your solution.

From pictures to pdfs, text docs to video… embedit.in will give you the code embed virtually any file you want to display.
Signing in to embedit.in is really easy if you have an account with one of the following… Google, Yahoo, Twitter, AOL, WordPress or Open ID (Google = 2 clicks and I was in!)

Here is an example embedit.in pdf from 4th grade math class.

These embeds are Flash based and should work on most blog platforms. Below is an example of what the embedit.in interface looks like. Notice all the custom size options as well as background color and ability to choose thumbnails as well as links to your embed.
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It appears that embedit.in is now a part of box.net Read the full story here. Increo Solutions is now a part of Box.net

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Olark: A Very Accessible Chat Widget For Sites

October 1st, 2009

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This is a widget i actually already had reviewed under other name. The widget was called Hab.la and you can read the review as the widget olark now offer is essentially the very same one. the big difference is that now they also offer the feature of creating instant chat rooms for your website without having to visit the homepage of your website. This is a feature i first saw from chatango quite a while ago (2006) .and that Olark now got too.

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The photos are Real Size examples of the widget.

I continue to like the general look and execution of the widget but with the name change and added feature of instant chat links, Also came new pricing and while there is a free version. The free version is seriously crippled and only those with the really small blogs or really small websites would be interested into having it. But then why would they get it if they are still not getting enough visitors to justify having such a widget in the first place?.

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So why i like it i cannot really recommend it anymore because of how crippled the free version is and because i find Olark pricing plans seriously overpriced considering that there are free options with the range of their lowest paid plan ($5 a Month) and because they also not offer discounted yearly pricing options. I think that from what i seen around, half of what they are charging would be a good price and also it would serve them well if their free version was not as crippled.

Olark.com

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Samsung Mondi Reviewed

August 22nd, 2009

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Continuing with the Samsung Mondi and its Widget Loving Smartbook self. CNET Kent German reviewed it and it is a good opportunity to have a good look at it running and decide if it is for you.

However i must say that Kent got some serious disdain (bias even?) against Windows Mobile and maybe against the whole Smartbook concept.but hey maybe he is just getting old. (kidding…i think) still worth a look.

Samsung Mondi SWD-M100  via CNET

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