I've always wanted to develop a widget of my blog, but didn't know how to do it! Till, I came across Widgetbox!! There, I found it so easy to develop my own widgets for free! Am sure you all will enjoy.

Yours truly is a Net novice who greatly benefits from the superlative work done by some incredible software developers. Widgetbox is one such example. All I need to do is to find sites that allow free use of third-party software and well, make use of those incredible applications. On to widgets, then!

Developing your own widgets is a breeze. Simply choose a layout for your widget, place the XML feed URL into the box, name your widget, add tags, and publish! Am sure there are other sites that offer similar services, and would love to hear from those who are more aware than yours truly.

The Wikipedia refers to widgets as a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device. This term started to become popular as Web development evolved, and gathered steam as Web 2.0 assumed strength and blogging became really popular.

Now, every site that you come across offers widgets. What does the widget do? You can copy the code of any widget and simply add to your Web site or blog, and well, the site where you got the widget from becomes active on your site or blog.