Web Widgets Talk @ RefreshDC, Sep 2007

Web Widgets: What, Why, and How Will Meyer 9.20.07

Why Are We Here? (Right now, anyway) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Changing Face of the Web Decentralization is the name of the game ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],From Web 1.0 To Web 2.0 [ sic ] ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],BROWSE MSN, Yahoo SEARCH Live Search Google SHARE Blogosphere Myspace Facebook

Web Widgets: What are They? (besides a buzzword) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Widget is a category, rather than a specific technical definition

Common Widget Types Where widgets live, and what they look like ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What Can You Do With a Widget ? A mini website with viral distribution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why? What are widgets good for? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Widgets are fundamental to a distributed web strategy

The Widgetsphere It’s everywhere, and it reaches billions worldwide

More Show & Tell ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

So What’s Really New Here? Some things that make widgets (slightly) challenging ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Design & Build Lots of different options ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Distribution and Seeding Many options and growing… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tracking & Analytics Page views are going. So what matters? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Destination Compatibility All destinations are not created equal ,[object Object]

Additional Topics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Technology Directions What’s going on in the space ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Widgets and Facebook Is a FB app a widget? Do FB apps replace widgets? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Open Social Networking The brave new (purely theoretical) world ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Widgets and Advertising Yes, it’s happening ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Widget Platforms Infrastructure and tooling to power your widgets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Clearspring: WTF? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some Important Best Practices Avoid some common pitfalls ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some other Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fin ,[object Object],[object Object]

Fun for the whole family* http://widgetdevcamp-dc.org * depends on family

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