Widgets are the new … something?

I think I’m about to be all widgeted out. Did you see that Google announced Google Gadgets on the desktop? What are gadgets? Just another term for “widgets”.

So, my Opera 9 beta has widgets. Yahoo! Konfabulator is all about widgets. WordPress offers widgets. Google Desktop has to get in

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Widgets Everywhere – WordPress has ‘em too

Based on some feedback, it seems like maybe I should move the more family oriented (aka personal) posts to another blog. I started working on that yesterday. My first big challenge was deciding on a theme and, as I tried different themes, keeping the information in the sidebar consistent. Then it dawned

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Widgets!

I mentioned a month ago that Yahoo! had taken over Konfabulator and changed the name to the Yahoo! Widget engine. This is a great example of fun technology. There are many many widgets out there that can do many many different things.

An interesting note: Yahoo! has their own Widget Gallery now.

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