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Ani DiFranco



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Status: Single
City: Buffalo
State: New York
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/15/2006
Friday, May 09, 2008 
While I have given myself a promotion from "intern" to "social networking maven," I'm still confused by all of this "widget" business. Am I alone here? What exactly is a widget?

Well, for our purposes (and the purposes of this blog), a widget is a little box that we've embedded into our profile that does lots of stuff. And this thing is really neat-o, people.

In one little box, you have Ani info at your fingertips, including tour dates, news updates, music, graphics, and even video.

Check it:


Banner 2 Banner 1 go!


Just click on the "grab it" button in the upper right hand corner, and you'll have tons of Ani stuff right on your own MySpace page. And the widget is so clever that it self-updates, so you never have to do anything but sit back and catch up with your favorite little folksinger.

And while you're checking out the widget, click on the video tab and check out the new video clip we've posted from the new Live at Babeville concert DVD. It's a clip of Ani performing her brand-new song, "Present/Infant," and if my opinion counts for anything (it DOES) it's my new favorite song.

Watch it. Love it. Do it.


Stay righteous,


Amanda
Mike
Mike Wilson

 
Thank you Miss Maven.
:)
 
Posted by Mike on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:14 AM
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Feel Quiet

 
Your promotion is well-deserved Amanda. Without you, we'd have to wait for RBR to post some handbills or snailmail some postcards to catch up.

 
Posted by Feel Quiet on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:14 AM
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V!n Maietta

 
widgets sound wonderful.
you should write a folk song about them :)
 
Posted by V!n Maietta on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:15 AM
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Shannon -The Cinnamon Cowgirl McCloud
Shannon McCloud

 
HAY AMANDA! SheeIT if I knew what a widget was I'd have some real pics of me posted! As for Ani, I trt and track her down wherever she is!

Thanks righteous babe.


Shannon
 
Posted by Shannon -The Cinnamon Cowgirl McCloud on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:19 AM
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Sharez

 
A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation.


:)
 
Posted by Sharez on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:22 AM
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Saidajaq

 
Lmao!!! Excellent question. In the UK a Widget, for many years, has been a small devise in cans of ale that keeps it just fizzy enough. So when I saw them all over myspace I was somewhat confused too.


peace and love

Jaq x
 
Posted by Saidajaq on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:23 AM
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Shannon

 
-laughsss- Yes!!
I was drinking a Guiness with a widget in it when I happened across this.

But it is so very awesome!
yay!
 
Posted by Shannon on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 3:32 PM
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Kiern Moran

 
Prior to the internet a widget was a divice placed in beer cans to give them bubbles and prior prior to that widget was just a general engineering term to descibe a nameless useful device. Anyhow keep up the good work.

 
Posted by Kiern Moran on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:23 AM
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SURVIVOR

 
right on, I put it on my site right now, I love you !!!!!
Yeah widgets are cool I am diggin em.

 
Posted by SURVIVOR on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:25 AM
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Craig Hughes

 
Clearly, a 'widget' is a thingumy, doohickey or whoosiewhatsit.


Whatever it is, it's pretty cool ... now I want one.

 
Posted by Craig Hughes on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 12:29 AM
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atmoravi

 
it is a great looking widget that is also very practical!
i posted it on my Livejournal blog.

you might wanna check reverbnation. com - they let you make pretty usefull for bands widgets too!
 
Posted by atmoravi on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 8:26 PM
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imapixie

 
A Widget is my ex fiance's mother's maiden name ;)
 
Posted by imapixie on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 8:27 PM
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Ashtray Girl
Becca Badass

 
Way to go with the widget!! Widgets are pretty nifty little things :)
 
Posted by Ashtray Girl on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 8:31 PM
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tich vango,

 
a widget is a female wodget, love ani then download my songs for free available now for a few days only,
ani rocks
 
Posted by tich vango, on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 10:19 PM
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Kelly

 
A Widget is also located in some British canned beer such as Tetley's to give you the optimum pour. Or my 2 year old would tell you Widget is one of the characters on Wow Wow Wubsy her favorite cartoon. Your widget is also very cool.

 
Posted by Kelly on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 3:31 PM
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Ashtray ®

 
Love your widget !!

( OK, maybe "love" is too strong of a word in regards to a widget , lets say instead ; "strongly like" your widget !! )

Have a GREAT memorial day weekend !!
 
Posted by Ashtray ® on Monday, May 26, 2008 - 4:51 PM
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Inky Glass
Inky Glass

 
Hey Amanda,

In MAC land Widgets are part of the dashboard and help u "drive" ur computer better.


They in no way have anything as cool as Ani info at my fingertips...But there is a guitar chord widget and a weather one, and pacman too.


Peace out,

Heidi
 
Posted by Inky Glass on Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 5:30 PM
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