Widget Death Match » round2

Widget Death Match, round 2!

chris — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:45:39 +0000

It’s finally here – Widget Death Match round 2!

Before you consider the contestants, a reminder of the results of Widget Death Match round 1: despite his (now discontinued) awesome interactive Star Trek game, Simon lost by concession to Mike’s irie Reggae Widget.

Now, Mike’s back. Initially challenged by Andrew “Wags” W., Mike put together this slick all-in-one widget. Facing such an impressive display of widgetosity, Wags never got up the guts to enter the widget octagon, but young Danny M came out from nowhere with 2 different widgets to challenge Mike: a pirates vs. ninjas game widget and his own brand of all-in-one features.

Now it’s up to you, the judges to decide! If you like a widget, leave a comment in the respective post. We’ll add up the comments and declare a winner soon.

Video, blog, and message board widget

chris — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:41:44 +0000

Danny’s quickly become a master of the KickApps App Studio, recently releasing yet another multi-faceted widget. In this case, it’s a combo widget that shows videos, blog posts, and message board discussions from KickDeveloper.com, where Danny helps moderate the message boards and answer questions about, among other things, the KickApps App Studio.

Danny’s “Pirates vs. Ninjas” widget

chris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:40:19 +0000

Here’s a new Widget from the KickApps App studio, built by widget adept Danny M. It integrates multiple flash games (one for pirates, one for ninjas) into a single widget:

Facebook Friends Feed Widget

chris — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:53:30 +0000

Danny’s warming up for Widget Death Match Round 2 with a few practice widgets, such as this Facebook widget that shows his friends feed:

Browse to Danny’s site to paste your own Facebook Friend Feed into the widget and click the “steal this” button to copy it onto your own blog.

Marissa Miller Harley Davidson Widget previews WDM Round 2

chris — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:51:38 +0000

Widget Death Match Round 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, 12/16, and people are getting nervous. Just a quick reminder of how Mike won round 1: through the semi-legitimate practice of spamming the judges with multiple widget entries. As Mike said:

Will this one win? No? How about this one? Or this one?

Ethics aside, the Mike’s tactic makes sense. The KickApps Widget Studio allows Mike to crank out eye-popping Widgets in a few minutes, and he tipped the vote with this (eye-popping) Marissa Miller Harley Davidson Widget:

The clincher was his page that allows you to add any YouTube video to this widget, a great demonstration of widgets’ flexibility and opportunities for personalization.

Mike will be back for WDM Round 2, so stay posted for more Widget Death Grips!

Widget Death Match Round 1.1?!

chris — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:00:51 +0000

Well, some people just couldn’t wait for round 2, so here are a bunch of intermission entries from various KickApps peeps:

Danny’s South Park widget, including a custom scrubber on a YouTube video.
Pam’s Think Simple widget.
Toshik’s Master Chief’s Finish the Fight widget.
Widgetmaster Mike’s mini-twitter widget, the REAL Shaq widget, Amber Alerts milk carton widget, and 2 from the FBI: Top Fugitives widget and Top Terrorists widget.

We also have a surprise entry for Round 2: Andrew “Expect the Unexpected” Wags! Look for more blood the first week of December!