Space. The final frontier. Also, our latest widget. I am totally ruining the cadence and meaning of this iconic phrase.
Yes, we just completed a new widget. The NASA Image of the Day widget. We are fans of space and space exploration. If you are also a fan of these things, put this widget on your site.
Born from our inability to find anything similar, we present to you Wishlist. Our first Widget/Web App. (Wigapp? Wapget? Anyone?)
Wishlist is a an application with which you can keep a wish list of things you would like, and then show those things on your website with our handy widget. The unique part of this simple project, however, is that it lives entirely on Widgetbox. Besides our description page and a bookmarklet, this application is built for working in the Widgetbox distribution platform. We did this for a couple of reasons, but the most prominent is that we want to test how an application in Widgetbox might perform.
So, without further ado, we officially launch version 1.0 of Wishlist: powered by WidgetNest in to the wild. We realize that it is very simple, but we already have plans for improvements and extra features. So, until then, please enjoy and let us know what you think.
Thanks.
Interesting article on TechCrunch about high-traffic widgets/widget providers. Just to compare, we get about 4-5 million views a month, though that is page views and not uniques. Still, for not being a widget platform or distributor, we do pretty well.
There is a lot going on in the widget world, especially ours. We are increasingly busy with projects and client work. I am constantly amazed that something I considered a hobby would turn in to a little self-sustaining business.
WidgetNest is not a widget provider or a distribution service. We let other people tackle that problem. Instead, we create the widgets themselves and it has been incredibly rewarding. In fact, today I was checking out a new podcast over at CNET called The 404. I was amazed to see a little friend of mine - a multimedia player I helped make a while back for Castfire, “an enterprise class platform for podcasting and videocasting.” I spent a lot of time on that player, and it is fun to see it around the internet.
I would like to congratulate MixerCast for their new series of funding. I do not know anyone on the team over there, but I do like their work. Anyway, as I said, there is a lot going on in the widget world.
Keep your eyes open, we have a lot going on.
Brides.com just released some new countdown widgets on Widgetbox. Here is one:
And guess what? We made them! Yep, Brides.com, through Widgetbox, asked WidgetNest to help them develop some wedding countdown widgets. It was a great and fun project.
Looks as though Widgetbox is hiring. As stated in a comment to a different post.
To your comment about job openings…Widgetbox IS GROWING! I know you
might not be looking, but I’ve got to throw out the shameless plug for
anyone that is. We’re always looking for bright, enthusiastic people
that will help grow our team and make our product even better. If
anyone is interested in a position with Widgetbox, send your resume to jobs@widgetbox.
Neat, I wish them luck in finding a good candidate. And if they are still looking next August, I might be more interested (and graduated).
Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday
Interesting story about Google’s ventures in to the web platform space. While not what I was imagining originally, this does seem to fit in better with Google’s main goals. It will be interesting to see how this effects the widget space.
As an aside, this year really has turned out to be the year of the widget, with all these web companies providing ways to integrate what are essentially widgets in to their platforms. Widgets really are a compelling application development arena. I know I sure like it.
Want to know which candidate widget is doing the best? It depends on what numbers you look at.
On Facebook, Obama has a commanding lead. On Google Gadgets, Ron Paul is above the rest. On the general internet, Huckabee is tops.
Along a somewhat related note, we have created the Candidate Widgets Facebook Group. Please, get your candidates’ app and put it on your Facebook profile.
Here are the results (so far) from Widgify’s poll:
See anything wrong with this graph generated by Vizu? “Help you make $$$” comes in on top at 33.3% but is has a medium sized bar. What? - Someone needs to debug their graph software. I am also disappointed that only 33 people have answered the poll so far. Why? Because even though I did not think up this poll I was very interested in seeing how it turned out and 33 is probably not a large enough sample size to be representative of the population.
Oh well. At least we can all laugh at the mismatched graph.
