Comments on: Widgets, or the Blog as christmas tree http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/ A blog on entrepreneurship, user experience, and web innovation. Published by Fred Oliveira. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mi otro blog… » Blog Archive » Consejos para (futuros) bloggers (II) http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-5825 Mi otro blog… » Blog Archive » Consejos para (futuros) bloggers (II) Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:17:27 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/#comment-5825 [...] En Folksonomi se proponen 7 maneras para optimizar tu blog en un artículo que tiene relación con el publicado en Webreakstuff donde se recomienda evitar convertir los blogs en “árboles de Navidad” a base de incluir widgets de todo tipo. [...] [...] En Folksonomi se proponen 7 maneras para optimizar tu blog en un artículo que tiene relación con el publicado en Webreakstuff donde se recomienda evitar convertir los blogs en “árboles de Navidad” a base de incluir widgets de todo tipo. [...]

]]> By: Is your blog too heavy? http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-5356 Is your blog too heavy? Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:33:47 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/#comment-5356 [...] This was recently illustrated by the case of A VC Blog, where Fred’s site got so bad, it warranted its own “wow, my blog is slow” post. Fred from Webreakstuff gave him the lowdown about what was actually causing the unbearably slow page loads. [...] [...] This was recently illustrated by the case of A VC Blog, where Fred’s site got so bad, it warranted its own “wow, my blog is slow” post. Fred from Webreakstuff gave him the lowdown about what was actually causing the unbearably slow page loads. [...]

]]> By: andreas http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-5245 andreas Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:14:43 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/#comment-5245 “Find the feed URL and lets get out of here, now!”. Your right. That is what my brain is screeming almost everytime I visit a new site. Nice! “Find the feed URL and lets get out of here, now!”.

Your right. That is what my brain is screeming almost everytime I visit a new site.

Nice!

]]> By: Fred http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-5236 Fred Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:42:42 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/#comment-5236 Good point Josh, that distinction clearly needs to be present. Still, the point here is that most people (in their blogs and websites) are adding clutter, not adding value. There is, in fact, a bunch of widgets that are relevant given the right context, but the vast majority of widget instances out there are for the "bling"-value, not information relevance. Blog widgets are the new wrist watch, golden tooth and car hydraulics system (useless, but some people still thing others care). Good point Josh, that distinction clearly needs to be present. Still, the point here is that most people (in their blogs and websites) are adding clutter, not adding value. There is, in fact, a bunch of widgets that are relevant given the right context, but the vast majority of widget instances out there are for the “bling”-value, not information relevance. Blog widgets are the new wrist watch, golden tooth and car hydraulics system (useless, but some people still thing others care).

]]> By: Josh http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-5233 Josh Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:05:27 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/#comment-5233 I think it's sort of interesting that you have this rant about widgets (and some of it I agree with), but then you include a screenshot of a widget that could actually *add* value to a blog. If you write a hockey blog, don't you think that the day's hockey scores and latest news from ESPN might be of interest to your readers? Your issue seems to be with personal widgets--ones that provide information that is really only of use to you (the weather in your hometown, the music you've just listened to, your flickr photostream, etc.) ... But there is another breed of informational widgets that could easily compliment your blog or website with useful, relevant content that readers would want to know. I think you need to make that distinction. I think it’s sort of interesting that you have this rant about widgets (and some of it I agree with), but then you include a screenshot of a widget that could actually *add* value to a blog. If you write a hockey blog, don’t you think that the day’s hockey scores and latest news from ESPN might be of interest to your readers?

Your issue seems to be with personal widgets–ones that provide information that is really only of use to you (the weather in your hometown, the music you’ve just listened to, your flickr photostream, etc.) … But there is another breed of informational widgets that could easily compliment your blog or website with useful, relevant content that readers would want to know.

I think you need to make that distinction.

]]> By: James Livine http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-5229 James Livine Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:17:48 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2006/10/blog-widgets-as-christmas-tree/#comment-5229 On top of my Xmas tree: Webwag.com ! On top of my Xmas tree: Webwag.com !

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