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Ads and Widgets: two battlefields, one solution
There’s a war raging on out there and I ain’t talking ’bout Pakistan, Palestine, Iraq or Darfur. I’m talking ’bout the [...]

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We wanted our shirts to be classy, eco friendly and above all, wearable. We’re printing on these bamboo based shirts, sponsored by Platform 4. They look and feel wonderful and every participant gets one that will actually fit them.

Naturally sustainable BAMBOO is rapidly emerging into the fashion world. Fabric woven from bamboo yarn is light, [...]

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Widgets make a big splash on the Net - USATODAY.com
Americans, meanwhile, are fast catching on to the joys of the snazzy new mini-programs. Awareness and use of widgets among online users, which was less than 5% in early 2007, has zoomed to more than 39% and 26%, respectively, says JupiterResearch.
Venture capitalists have taken note. Lightspeed [...]

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Ori Soen announces his announcement!
Riding The Storm
We are glad to announce that MuseStorm will be sponsoring the first European Widget conference, Widgety Goodness in the UK in December.
MuseStorm CEO, Ori Soen, will be speaking at the event and will share real case studies and success stories with the audience.
MuseStorm will also be [...]

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In a nod to the direction of Joost and it’s integral widget platform, they announced today ‘Coke Bubbles’. Joost are working hard to get developers to make Joost widgets and are hosting a series of developer days around the world. Colm O’Connor from Joost is also speaking at Widgety Goodness where we expect cross fertilisation [...]

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Mediapost report that measurement is a big hurdle to spending on emerging media. Widgets are certainly emerging media - and we’ve got a good handle on the tracking, reporting and metrics aspect of the widgetsphere.
Measurement Seen As Hurdle to Ad Spend On Emerging Media - 11/15/2007  
According to a survey by Gundersen Partners among [...]

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We’re very pleased to announce that Matthew Trewhella, one of the engineers who’s worked very closely on OpenSocial, will be speaking at Widgety Goodness. His presentation will be “The Programmable Web”, and will cover the development of gadget applications and Web 2.0 and Google’s efforts in this space, including OpenSocial.

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Our friends at TechcrunchUK are co-hosting the reception after Widgety Goodness, and we’re opening it up to the wider Brighton coder, hacker, development and entrepreneurial community for what promises to be a great meeting of minds. Watch this space for more details.

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Visited the venue this morning to talk over details such as quality of snacks and reception drinks. It’s going to be great - and the venue will add to the general goodness of it.

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Finally I’ve almost nailed down the speaker schedule with one or two surprises still in process. It’s 95% done and it’s looking great - this is widgety talent on a grand scale.

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