Phil Butler Unplugged

Just when you thought no widget had been left unturned, JS-Kit released another cool one today. The Score widget is a fairly simple tool that emulates the thumbs up voting widget on Digg. However, this variant is a good deal more powerful in that it enhances the blog or site it is deployed on. [...]

Widgets, sometimes the simple mention of the word brings to mind visions of cute little tools that perform cute little functions so many are enamored with. While some of these cool tools do actually perform valuable tasks and help users, most are simply worthless except for short term entertainment.
Consider that the total U.S. unique viewers [...]

A host of startups have addressed the need for people to aggregate and manipulate links in the last two years. From social bookmarking sites to browser extensions, links have been perhaps the most acted upon element of Web 2.0. However, I think what we are looking for is not a “path” back to some static [...]

AdaptiveBlue has just released some fantastic widgets that add value to any blog or website. I talked with Adaptive CEO Alex Iskold today and he was very excited about the growth of Adaptive, Smartlinks and particularly about these latest features. These widgets are for books, movies, stocks, recipes, stars and celebrities and other interests. [...]