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Widgets 101Justin Thorp

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Widgets: They’re Not Just for Econ Class Any More

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Definition

A piece of Web content that

I take from one place and

put somewhere else.

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How many of you have seen a widget before?

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YouTube

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A YouTube Video

InputOutput

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My Blog

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Apple Dashboard - Weather

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Apple Dashboard

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Where have I been?

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My Facebook Profile

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81%Of all Web users saw a widget in Nov. 2007

(ComScore)

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148 million people saw a widget in Nov. 2007 (ComScore)

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But Why?

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Express Yourself

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Photo by topgold - http://flickr.com/photos/topgold/312364/

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My Facebook Profile

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Dilbert on Facebook

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Share

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Photo by gemsling - http://flickr.com/photos/gemsling/338385210/

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Sharing a Movie Trailer

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Indiana Jones

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Indiana Jones

Me

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E-mail You:http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/indianajonesandthekingdomofthecrystalskull/medium_t1.html

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Make Your Life Easier

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http://flickr.com/photos/59953599@N00/1267104775/

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iGoogle – Personalized Start Page

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Widget Examples

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My Information Flow

Me

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Questions

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Will you be my friend?

• Justin Thorp - Developer Community Manager

Clearspring Technologies

http://clearspring.com

http://clearspring.com/blog

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justin@clearspring.com

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the widget network.