Comments on: A Widget Metaphor http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:36:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Lani Voivod http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-66866 Lani Voivod Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:02:52 +0000 http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/#comment-66866 Sooooo, what's a widget, though? Oh, wait. Allen just reminded me that we have an ADD Info Summit (starring YOU!) explaining what a widget is, we just have to post the dang thing. When we post it, we will, um, is it "Trackback"? Or maybe "Digg" it. Or something breathlessly social. By the way, I AM interested in asking you "What kind of widget can we make for OUR business, Kev?" A call is forthcoming. Great metaphor, btw. -Lani Sooooo, what’s a widget, though?

Oh, wait. Allen just reminded me that we have an ADD Info Summit (starring YOU!) explaining what a widget is, we just have to post the dang thing. When we post it, we will, um, is it “Trackback”? Or maybe “Digg” it. Or something breathlessly social.

By the way, I AM interested in asking you “What kind of widget can we make for OUR business, Kev?” A call is forthcoming.

Great metaphor, btw.
-Lani

]]> By: J.D. Iles http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-66827 J.D. Iles Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:41:41 +0000 http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/#comment-66827 Christine and I got to hear this metaphor LIVE in your office the other day, and I think it does a great job of explaining the widget concept. I think I had pretty much written of Facebook and My Space as not even being relevant to business, but you changed my mind in about 5 minutes.... Christine and I got to hear this metaphor LIVE in your office the other day, and I think it does a great job of explaining the widget concept. I think I had pretty much written of Facebook and My Space as not even being relevant to business, but you changed my mind in about 5 minutes….

]]> By: Chief Nut http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-66745 Chief Nut Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:34:06 +0000 http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/#comment-66745 OH YEAH! We could go on and on all day long refining the metaphor. However, I see you get the idea that the cart is IN the city ... which brings a piece of your business directly to the people. How it gets there is less important. Using widgets to bring your wares to the masses is what it's all about. Thanks for the comment Mike! OH YEAH! We could go on and on all day long refining the metaphor. However, I see you get the idea that the cart is IN the city … which brings a piece of your business directly to the people. How it gets there is less important. Using widgets to bring your wares to the masses is what it’s all about. Thanks for the comment Mike!

]]> By: Mike Persson - NH Patent Attorney http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/comment-page-1/#comment-66712 Mike Persson - NH Patent Attorney Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:20:17 +0000 http://www.acorncreative.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-widget-metaphor/#comment-66712 Interesting concept. However, I dont know whether I agree completely with your cart metaphor. Perhaps I am just ignorant to many of the types of widgets that are out there but, to use your metaphor, it seems to me like you dont wheel the cart into the city. Rather, people from the city find you and like what you are offering. You then offer them the cart and then they wheel it to the city and set it up for you. You travel to the city periodically to restock the cart with new wares; i.e. your content, but you arent actually planting the cart in the city. The people from the city are, which makes it more likely that other people from the city will accept its prescence there and sample your wares. The fact that others are working for you seems like the cool part to me. Then again, I am a patent attorney. What the heck do I know? Interesting concept. However, I dont know whether I agree completely with your cart metaphor. Perhaps I am just ignorant to many of the types of widgets that are out there but, to use your metaphor, it seems to me like you dont wheel the cart into the city. Rather, people from the city find you and like what you are offering. You then offer them the cart and then they wheel it to the city and set it up for you. You travel to the city periodically to restock the cart with new wares; i.e. your content, but you arent actually planting the cart in the city. The people from the city are, which makes it more likely that other people from the city will accept its prescence there and sample your wares. The fact that others are working for you seems like the cool part to me. Then again, I am a patent attorney. What the heck do I know?

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