Notebooks of Scott

One of the things that I love about the internet is the wide range of information that is available. The only problem is that it is also widely spread, and I am too lazy to looking for it myself. So I have been trying to find a way to create a dashboard on my computer that didn’t require my going to a website to see it (a la Netvibes or PageFlakes). It has taken me a while, but I recently noticed that Google Desktop allows its Gadgets to be placed anywhere on your desktop. Viola! Instant dashboard. On top of that, it is right there when I turn on my computer.

I am seriously considering trying Yahoo! Widgets and Adobe Air as well. Just for comparisons sake.

Update: I tried out Yahoo! Widgets. It is by far a more aesthetically pleasing set up. However, I could not find an RSS reader that could parse anything but perfect XML, and there are few perfect XML files. So until I can find one that does so, I’ll stick with Google Desktop. Interestingly enough, neither Google nor Yahoo have created an RSS reader widget for their programs. I would have thought an RSS reader would have been the first thing to create.