If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you may have noticed that posts have been a little less frequent and a bit more sporadic over the last few weeks.  We want to assure you that we haven’t gone anywhere, we’ve simply been hard at work launching some critical and exciting projects and re-designing our own website and blog plus working on the release of our upcoming Digital Directory in beta this weekend.  We think our website is cleaner, clearer, and better practices our design and development methodologies (less is more).  We hope you like the new look and invite your feedback, positive or negative.  Blog posts will be back to regular in the coming weeks and we look forward to having some guest bloggers, some social networking site reviews, and more local LA social media / web coverage.

We’re also working diligently on the alpha launch of an innovative and usable social networking website for one of our clients.  More details and a review/case study coming soon! We also have a kick-ass custom-built e-commerce website with countless customizations and innovative features launching soon. Our team is hard at work to launch both projects.  Again, more details and a review/case study coming soon.

In addition to our operational work, we’ve also been busy networking and attending industry events, interviewing for opening positions, and have been quite busy with some great client relationships.  In the coming days we’re launching a European and Asian division and website of Epsilon Concepts, we’ll be tripling our ad budget, and we’ll be looking to beef up our team more and more in the new year, despite the slowing economy.

We’re also planning a revolutionary website concept in outsourcing/offshoring that combines many facets in a unique and compelling way.  Everything is in stealth-mode now, but it’s been something I’ve been working on the details for, for about 4 years now.  We really think it will change the way businesses do business, across the globe.  More details coming soon.

Additionally, I recently posted a review of You2Gov.com here on the blog and a press release was generated out of it that was distributed though many media sources.  Check out the press release on Forbes here.

I was also mentioned by Fast Company blogger Francisco Dao of The Killer Pitch in his blog post on The Smart Show entitled “The Next Generation Of Entrepeneurs”.  Thanks for the mention, Francisco!

Finney and Sam were in attendance at last week’s Digital Drinks event here in LA at The Roosevelt and enjoyed the pool atmosphere and the great company!  Thanks to everyone who said hi!

Until next update, have a good weekend!

-Robby

Static (e.g. stale) websites are a thing of the past. By adding a widget or two to your website, mySpace page, Facebook profile, eBay store, etc… you can easily and affordably enhance your web presence.

According to Wikipedia, 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. They are derived from the idea of reusable code that has existed for years. Nowadays other terms used to describe web widgets including: gadget, badge, module, capsule, snippet, mini and flake. Web widgets often but not always use DHTML, JavaScript, or Adobe Flash.”

Here’s a list of some of the widget resources out there (e-mail us if you think something should be added to this list!):

• Google Gadgets (”Google Gadgets are miniature web objects that you can copy & paste into your own webpage, for free”)
• Widgetbox (”world’s largest directory and gallery of web widgets”)
• SpringWidgets (”a widget directory for the desktop and the web”)
• Yourminis (”widgets for your blog, website, startpage, and desktop”)
• WordPress Widgets (enhance your WordPress blog with widgets)
• Shopit (”Shopit’s storefront profiles, portable store widgets and networking tools are built for social commerce; use them to buy, sell, trade, or to just promote yourself, anywhere on the web”)
• Cartfly (”you can customize your portable store to fit your business’s look and style; the emphasis is on a simple interface with a fast setup that will help you get your store out and about on the web in no time”)
• Cooqy (”create customizable widgets you can embed in your website, blog or social networking page; the widgets are free for non-eBay web pages; using the widgets on eBay pages such as item listings is free if you have fewer than 500 active listings; it’s $4.95 per month if you have more than that”)
• FormLogix (”FormLogix is an online form builder tool for creating web databases and web forms; forms may be embedded in your website, blog, or may be used internally”)

A note about widget selection: remember, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Exercise care and judgment when choosing your widgets and remember, less is still usually more. So only add a widget or two when it actually enhances and adds value to your web presence instead of distracting or overwhelming your visitors.

Related Reading: Widgets Are The New Black

A Sample Widget: