After sadly reporting that my favorite video in Spanish had been removed from YouTube for copyright reasons, I am happy to announce that other people have put it back up.
For those who think Shakira need rely on her hips, this video will promptly put you in your place.
Eyes and faces have not squinched so lovely […]
There is no set date, but Dan from Google said that “soon”, inline gadgets will no longer be supported in the gadget API. From the announcement:
“I don’t have an ETA on when this will happen, but
please expect for it to happen soon. The main goal is to give you all
a heads up about this […]
There are billions of Google gadget pageviews per week. (reported in the official Google gadget blog)
There are single Google gadgets getting hundreds of millions of page views a month.
They have millions of different users, and the iGoogle homepage is being displayed at least one out of every five times Google is visited. (The number is […]
Wondering what to do with Open Social?
What I see as the biggest opportunity in Open Social is rather simple.
Regardless of what industry you are in, if you have a website that offers profile pages to your users, and have a large user base… then congrats, you can implement this idea.
The first major community in each […]
If you are an industry leader in any sector, you likely have a large and varied web presence. Your gadget options have changed dramatically with the introduction of Open Social. Prior to Open Social, most brand gadget strategies would need to create several gadgets for the different facets of your business. With Open Social the […]
The Orkut sandbox is the place where a developer can create Orkut applications, based on the Open Social APIs. I am very impressed by the documentation that is linked to in the invite email. There are several sample apps, and very clear instructions. An Open Social Aplication is basically a Google gadget on steroids. The […]
A quick look at some features in Ning that display and allow users to add gadgets. On a page in Ning networks, there exists the possibility to add gadgets it starts off by offering a few to choose from (see image at left). But it also links to what is called…
Ning Open Social Gadget Directory
Which […]
Google gadgets now has it’s own blog to (take that, Open Social!). I am no longer the only blog dedicated to Google gadgets, snif.
It lists Google gadget resources, and I discovered some new and updated stuff from it, here are some highlights.
There is a great FAQ on Google Gadgets
Gadgets get a homepage which highlights Open […]
There is now a blog for those wanting to cuddle up with the new Google Open Social…
Read the Open Social blog
Want the pretty API details?, go here
According to feedburner, the blog has no subscribers, I wonder if that will change?
There is also a FAQ
Also of note, I am the 13th member (that is lucky, right?) […]
In celebration of me staying awake pointlessly for 24 hours, I am, well, drunk. Here in image form is Google’s in depth coverage of Open Social…
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