Another Widget

I’m using DashBlog right now (on my used-but-new-to-me PowerBook G4 12-inch, I’ll have you know) to tell you about The Backpack widget by Chipt. If you haven’t yet experienced Backpack, you might want to try it.

Backpack is sort of a riff on the idea of a wiki, but with a number of specialized tools. You can create pages in your Web browser, then add to them using various forms, notes and checklists. You can selectively share your page with others or use it for display to the public. (My book page, clickable at the left, is a Backpack page.) Backpack also has special Reminders that work in a number of ways — head to the special Reminders page and enter a reminder; you can then have that reminder e-mailed to you, you can subscribe to an iCal calendar file that includes the remind and so on.

Well, with the Backpack Widget, you can also access those reminders right from within Dashboard, and you can add new ones. You can also work with your personal lists and notes from within the widget interface. You can exactly edit full pages but, then again, that would pretty much make Backpack totally redundant.

If you’re not using Backpack, check it out. If you are using it, check out the Backpack Widget. This is fun stuff.

July 25, 2005 · Filed Under General Stuff