My Presentation at Widget Web Expo '08 London, where I discussed some issues regarding building blog enhancing widgets like Zemanta and what are its effects on interface decisions.

1. Building Blog Enhancing Widget Jure Cuhalev [email_address]

2. Web widget is a hack in a system designed to push technical and conceptual boundaries of existing infrastructure

3. we can make a service that seems to “ understand ” what you’re writing about and can provide better recommendations Contextual technology

4. Blog enhancing It's a rainy afternoon here. I wish I would have a Persian Kitten to keep me company. What can we add?

5. Blog enhancing It's a rainy afternoon here. I wish I would have a Persian Kitten to keep me company.

6. Blog enhancing It's a rainy afternoon here. I wish I would have a Persian Kitten to keep me company. hyperlink + tags, articles videos, maps and other annotations

7. lots of text lots of platforms Issues how to provide consistent and reliable experience?

8. 2 main approaches

9. Pre-publish OpenCalais Tagaroo extending Wordpress Zemanta extending Typepad

10. Post-publish Apture as a Javascript layer Jiglu tag cloud widget (keyword based)

11. Cross-Domain AJAX Limitation 1 (how to transport lots of text)

15. Lots of platforms Limitation II