Comments on: Channel 4 launches widget contest http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/ Tracking European web and mobile start-ups Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: » Blog Archive » Platform 4 Widget Contest Runner Up http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-120453 » Blog Archive » Platform 4 Widget Contest Runner Up Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:51:49 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/#comment-120453 [...] in December I read a post on TechCrunch UK about Channel 4 launching a competition at the Widgety Goodness conference in Brighton. The contest [...] [...] in December I read a post on TechCrunch UK about Channel 4 launching a competition at the Widgety Goodness conference in Brighton. The contest [...]

]]> By: Ben http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-81218 Ben Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:32 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/#comment-81218 I went to Widgety Goodness last week in Brighton and it was a great conference. I didn't realise that the application/gadget/widget (whatever the official name is) industry was so well developed and producing high quality stuff. At the moment I find the hardest thing is to get a viral effect or getting people to use widgets in large numbers. An example is the Office ASBO on facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/officeasbo. It's a great application but hard to get through to people when everyone has over 10 application invites/loads of notifications etc. Is there already a facebook overload? I went to Widgety Goodness last week in Brighton and it was a great conference. I didn’t realise that the application/gadget/widget (whatever the official name is) industry was so well developed and producing high quality stuff.
At the moment I find the hardest thing is to get a viral effect or getting people to use widgets in large numbers. An example is the Office ASBO on facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/officeasbo. It’s a great application but hard to get through to people when everyone has over 10 application invites/loads of notifications etc. Is there already a facebook overload?

]]> By: Fergus Burns http://eu.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-80016 Fergus Burns Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:23:39 +0000 http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/channel-4-launches-widget-contest/#comment-80016 Hi Mike Thanks for the mention. Great to hook up at widgetygoodness... had to leave early so missed the party !! Talk Soon Fergus Hi Mike

Thanks for the mention. Great to hook up at widgetygoodness… had to leave early so missed the party !!

Talk Soon
Fergus

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