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    This is Called Serendipity

    February 27th, 2007 by Stephen

    Posted in Blog, Communication, Content, Global Microbrand, RSS, Web 2.0 |

    If you're new here, Welcome! To learn more about what this site is all about click here [link]. Thanks for visiting!

    I was reviewing the Ultimate GTD Index this morning, and I followed the link to this post ( Shift Happens ). You need to go there and watch the video. Then come back and finish reading.
    It’s okay, I’ll wait.

    You may have noticed a button on the right-hand sidebar of To Do or Else, all the way at the bottom, called Blidget Badge. The mission:

    Wigetbox widgets make blogging better, smarter and easier.
    We Make Widgets Come AliveOnce a widget is on your blog, you can reconfigure it to your heart�s content without going near HTML. Developers can fix bugs and upgrade your widget�s functionality without you having to re-install the HTML code.
    We Make Your Blog Smarter

    Widgetbox widgets can respond to your blog posts and website content. We call these widgets �Tag Aware�. Here�s some things you can do with it. We�ll be adding more smart blog features in the coming months.
    Widget Panels

    Widgetbox widget panel lets you drag and drop widgets onto a special panel in your blog. Never deal with widget installation again!

    How very interesting. I took a few minutes to build a blidget, you can find it in the upper left sidebar. Check it out. Let me know what you think you can do with this. I will play with it some more, and give an update.

    UPDATE: Lawrence Coburn at Sexy Widget posts a review of WidgetBox here:

    Widget service provider Widgetbox (site, review) has just launched Blidgets � a tool that lets publishers convert RSS feeds into Flash widgets.

    Widgetbox joins SpringWidgets and MuseStorm as providers of Flash RSS widgets, along with start pages like YourMinis and PageFlakes.

    Converting your RSS feed into a widget with Widgetbox has a couple of advantages. For example, the Blidget tool makes it easy to add an image to your widget, which can be helpful for branding or presentation purposes. Publishing a widget through Widgetbox also signs you up for Widgetbox�s free stats package which tracks page views by date and page views by domain. Finally, there�s a distribution aspect as well. Publishing with Widgetbox automatically drops you into Widgetbox�s widget gallery, which in my opinion, is the most polished and well presented widget directory out there.

    I had no problems finding the Blidget tool, which is located prominently on the Widgetbox home page. One very minor point that I appreciated � although I wasn�t logged in when I launched the tool, it didn�t direct me immediately to the login page. It let me build my widget, and THEN allowed me to login. Little things like this can make a big difference in adoption.

    Read the whole thing, then pop over to WidgetBox and check it out.

    If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/5v62n7. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen


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