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Category Archives: Widgets
First Look at OutLoud – Subscription Based AdWords for Dummies
I am a big fan of Outbrain, a content rating and recommendation service, and have been using it on my blog since it just came out. I’ve posted about its usefulness on twitter and on the company’s financing round on … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Blogging, Search, Social Media, Web, Widgets
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Tagged Bill Gross, Blogging, BlogWorld, CPC, Google AdWords, Outbrain, Outloud, Overture, Subscription Services, Widget, Yahoo Search
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The New Yahoo Homepage Signals: We Are Back
Back in Oct 2008 Yahoo was testing a new homepage. This version of the homepage has not become live yet and probably won’t given the fact that Yahoo has now a new CEO, Carol Bratz, that has a very clear … Continue reading →
Posted in Usability, User Experience, Web, Widgets
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Tagged BBC, eBay, Flickr, homepage, Myspace, NPR, Usability, Web Design, Yahoo
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How I Almost Scooped Outbrain’s $12M Round B Story
Several months ago Josh Kopelman announced a small side project called FundingSleuth. It is a free service that lets you track SEC filings made by US private companies and email alerts whenever different forms are filed, including form D that … Continue reading →
Posted in News, Social Media, Widgets
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Tagged Blogging, Breaking News, Outbrain, Rating, Venture Capital, Widget
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I Actually Like YouTube’s Embedded Video Search Bar
It seems like there are mixed feelings about this new feature. I like it though. Why? Because it allows a video viewer to avoid the need of visiting YouTube.com to search for videos, and it keeps that users for a … Continue reading →
Posted in Snap Shots, Usability, User Experience, Web, Widgets
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Tagged Search, Snap Shots, User Experience, Video, YouTube
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Discovering Navigaya – An Innovative Start Page
I just discovered Navigaya and I like it a lot. What is it? Well, if you read their about page you will find something like “an innovative open multimedia platform”. But to me it is hybrid between the Mac widgets … Continue reading →
Posted in User Experience, Widgets
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Tagged Flash, Start Page, User Experience, User Interface Design, Widgets
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Vote for Snap Shots on Mashable’s Open Web Awards
Rebloging what I posted earlier today on the Snap Blog. Nominations for Mashable’s Open Web Awards have officially opened, and we hope our faithful users, publishers and followers will help Snap Shots be voted the #1 Blog Plugin! To vote, … Continue reading →
Posted in Snap Shots, Widgets
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Tagged Blog Plugin, Contest, Mashable's Open Web Awards, Snap Shots, Voteing
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Testing PodiPodi – command line interface for a web
I am trying out a new service called PodiPodi, a command line interface for a website inspired by Enso from Humanized. Not sure yet how valuable it is, and how frequent it will be used, but I like the concept … Continue reading →
Posted in Usability, User Experience, Web, Widgets
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Tagged command line, enso, Humanized, interaction, Podipodi, User Interface Design
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A cool new Recent Readers widget from MyBlogLog
I like the new “Recent Readers” widget MyBlogLog released. The glossy design shaped as an iPhone, the simple configuration process (less is more) and the ‘flyouts’ – those little nuggest of information about a reader that appear when you point to a … Continue reading →
Posted in Social Networks, Usability, User Experience, Widgets, iPhone
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Tagged iPhone, MyBlogLog, Usability, Widget
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Gizmoz re-launches
Just tried out the new Gizmoz that was re-launched today with a nice pinky skin and a new logo. Their technology is pretty cool and the animated avatars that you can create & share are sweet. It was a bit … Continue reading →
Myspace vs. Facebook F8
Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital) posted a great one on the different approaches Myspace and Facebook have related to Widgets and their role in the new social economy. Too bad both environments still disallow a great utility such as Snap Shots … Continue reading →
Posted in Snap Shots, Social Networks, Viral Marketing, Widgets
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Tagged Snap Shots, Social Networks, Viral Marketing, Widgets
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