Widgets for the Masses-- Cool Tools, 2008 AALL Annual Meeting
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Category:Computers & Internet | Tags:widgets, aall, cssis
Created:on 2008-07-10 | Updated:on 2008-07-17
This list features the links from my part of the Cool Tools presentation at the 2008 AALL Annual Meeting in Portland.
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Apple - Downloads - Dashboard
Popular Dashboard Widgets: Language translator, iStat Pro (system monitor), Sing that iTune!
more fromwww.apple.com
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Firefox Add-ons
Useful Add-ons: NoScript (stops bad scripts), Zotero (organizes research), Web Developer Toolbar; not all add-ons working Firefox 3
more fromaddons.mozilla.org
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Google Desktop Gadgets
Useful Gadgets: Weather, Traffic, To-do list, Calculator, RSS Stream
Useless but amazingly popular: Virtual Flower Potmore fromdesktop.google.com
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Yahoo! Widgets
Popular Widgets: Yahoo! Finance, Sys Monitor, Desk Calendar, PostIt
more fromwidgets.yahoo.com
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Facebook | Application Directory
Useful Apps: WorldCat, PreCYdent, JSTOR Search, Visual Bookshelf
more fromwww.facebook.com
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iGoogle Gadgets
Popular Apps: CNN, How to of the Day, Gmail
more fromwww.google.com
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MySpace Apps: Featured Applications
Popular: Movies, SuperPoke, Playlist.com Music Video Playlists
more fromapps.myspace.com
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My Yahoo!
Widgets are mostly RSS feeds
more fromcm.my.yahoo.com
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Google Gadgets For Your Webpage
Customize the widget and copy and paste the code or link.
more fromwww.google.com
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Meebo Me widget
Create a chat box on your website
more fromwww.meebome.com
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Plugoo
Create a chat box for your website
more fromwww.plugoo.com
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WordPress › WordPress Plugins
Popular: All in One SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemaps, Sociable (add links to social networks)
more fromwordpress.org
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50 Great Widgets For Your Blog
Not all of these are useful to libraries but it's a fun article.
more frommashable.com
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Leafletter: Interactive Media Sharing - Create & Share Leaflets
In beta. Create interactive media viewers.
more fromleafletter.com
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LibX - browser plugin for Libraries
Create a ibrary tool bar to search your catalog, Google Scholar, and more.
more fromlibx.org
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Conduit.com - Free community toolbar Builder in a Few Easy Steps
Create a toolbar
more fromwww.conduit.com
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Widgetbox
Create your widget using step-by-step instructions.
more fromwww.widgetbox.com
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Sprout Builder
create Flash widgets
more fromsproutbuilder.com
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Pipes: Rewire the web
manipulate data from the web
more frompipes.yahoo.com
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Microsoft Popfly
Requires Silverlight installation; works best in FF2 on a Mac
more fromwww.popfly.com

