What is a Widget?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 2, 2006
For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications.
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