Yes, even nerdier than manual pseudo-widgets for Wikipedia faves and Wordie lists. I’m talking real, creative web widgets for embedding on your blog, Myspace and wherever else you assert your precious individuality online.
YouTube arguably democratized the widget revolution with the embeddable video. Give people code, they showed, and they’ll run with it and spread your site’s name all over the web, provided you offer something worth embedding. Now everyone’s embedding everything and it doesn’t look like they’re going to stop. Why should they? But where are the truly interesting web widgets for discriminating embedders? Scroll down.
Gaping Void widget
Embittered, cluetrained cartoonist-blogger Hugh MacLeod had his cartoon widget up and running before those other cartoonists could say “viral marketing.”
Shelfari widget
Show off your books on a virtual, clickable bookshelf. You don’t buy books just to read them, do you?
The New Yorker Cartoon of the Day
Required cubicle decoration in New York, and now on your blog? Widgetbox created this cartoon-of-the-day widget because the Cartoon Bank hadn’t thought of it yet.
Random Wikipedia Article
Let people flip through random Wikipedia articles without leaving your beautiful website. Confuse your readers and celebrate the noosphere.
Urban Dictionary Word of the Day
When you start getting really into the widgets, don’t forget to maintain your street cred with this one.
Upcoming.org badge
Too stylized for my taste, but good if you want to show off all the awesome events on your radar.
The Best Stuff in the World
Make a collage of your favorite stuff. Isn’t that what widgets are for?
Blufr Trivia
This thing’s hard not to click. Particularly if you’re a nerd.
Head to Widgetbox to browse and preview endless widgets. Am I missing any good ones?
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