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The BEST Pseduo Potato Salad!!

Happy 4th of July weekend.  I wanted to share with you the best tasting potato salad ever... If you like dill and mustard and an awesome vinigretty sauce OH and want it low carb too  yup this is for you!  Now, I do this exact recipe using cauliflower instead of potatoes but you do whatever you want!

Most potato salads aren’t what they could be—the potatoes are mushy or the vinaigrette is bland. Here’s how to make perfect American-style potato salad every time.

Serves 4 to 6.  

Make sure not to overcook the potatoes or the salad will be quite sloppy. Keep the water at a gentle simmer and use the tip of a paring knife to judge the doneness of the potatoes. If the knife inserts easily into the potato pieces, they are done.

Ingredients

2	pounds Yukon Gold potatoes , peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
1 1/2	teaspoons table salt
3	tablespoons dill pickle juice , plus 1/4 cup finely chopped dill pickles
1	tablespoon yellow mustard
1/4	teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2	teaspoon celery seed
1/2	cup mayonnaise
1/4	cup sour cream
1/2	onion, red (small) , chopped fine
1	rib celery , chopped fine
2	hard-cooked eggs , peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice (optional)

Instructions

1. Place potatoes in large saucepan with cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to boil over high heat, add 1 teaspoon salt, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

2. Drain potatoes thoroughly, then spread out on rimmed baking sheet. Mix
2 tablespoons pickle juice and mustard together in small bowl, drizzle pickle juice mixture over potatoes, and toss until evenly coated. Refrigerate until cooled, about 30 minutes.

3. Mix remaining tablespoon pickle juice, chopped pickles, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, celery seed, mayonnaise, sour cream, red onion, and celery in large bowl. Toss in cooled potatoes, cover, and refrigerate until well chilled, about 30 minutes. (Salad can be refrigerated in airtight container for up to 2 days.) Gently stir in eggs, if using, just before serving.

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May 07, 2009

NewsGator Unveils Updated Social Sites 2.7
Introduces New Innovation Management Features

This morning NewsGator announces the unveiling of Social Sites 2.7 -- the latest version of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007-based enterprise social computing product -- with groundbreaking new functionality for enterprise social computing: innovation management.  Called Social Sites Ideas, this new solution captures, vets and advances fresh, new employee suggestions for improving business results.  This feature is ideal for product development, cost reduction programs, business process improvements, customer service enhancements, going 'green' and more.

Social Sites Ideas makes it easier than ever for employees to offer new ideas for consideration throughout an entire organization.  Colleagues can "vote up" and add detailed comments to an idea they like, invoking the wisdom of the crowd.  Employees are notified of relevant new ideas, votes and comments.  The best ideas are then promoted to management for final review and implementation.

Social Sites Ideas is the only innovation management solution fully integrated into an enterprise social computing environment.  Crucially, then, innovation is made an organic part of the social computing workflow, not a siloed application, with noteworthy actions reported in activity streams. 

As NewsGator Vice President of Products, Brian Kellner explains, “all companies have great ideas, but only the organizations that have an easy, established process for identifying, evaluating and advancing them can truly benefit from those ideas.  That’s innovation. Since all computing is becoming social, enterprise social computing and Social Sites in particular are natural platforms for innovation management. Social Sites Ideas adds the necessary structure to drive the innovation process without adding a costly new enterprise application.”

Indeed, Kevin Dehoff, Booz Allen Vice President, declared in 2007 with respect to the company’s Global 1000 Innovation study that, "with increased competition leading to thousands of new products being released every year, companies must improve their innovation processes to succeed.” Disciplined processes around ideation, project selection, product development and commercialization are indicators of success, the report found.

Using Social Sites Ideas, employees can view or search proposed innovations within individual communities or across them all, and can filter by an idea’s popularity or status. Managers can blog about the progression of ideas through the discussion and implementation phases, and user profiles include a history of ideas that the user has proposed. Organizations can create private communities, or “campaigns,” for confidential idea cultivation in closed groups. Any community can further collaborate on new ideas in dedicated wicks.

Owen Allen, Microsoft Sr. Product Manager for SharePoint ISV partners, says that "Social Sites Ideas is a good example of the type of social business application that can be built on top of Office SharePoint Server 2007 to help an enterprise enhance their competitive position.”

Other new features in Social Sites 2.7 include:

• Activity Stream Email Digest: Users can now stay connected to enterprise social networks via enterprise or mobile email through an email digest that reports colleague and community activities every 24 hours.
• New Web Parts: display a social network graph of a user’s implicit professional relationships; a list of the colleagues following a particular user; and, for administrators, user activity over the past 30 days.
• New community features: Community creators can add blog, wiki and announcement modules to communities, and site administrators can add or limit these additions.
• A simple yet powerful RSS reader: Users can easily read, mark, tag, clip, rate and initiate discussions around stories in their own feeds or in those that are centrally managed by the NewsGator Enterprise Server.

For more information about Social Sites Ideas and Social Sites 2.7, visit http://www.newsgator.com/business/socialsites/default.aspx.

Also, you can read the press release in its entirety here.

This morning NewsGator announces the unveiling of Social Sites 2.7 -- the latest version of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007-based enterprise social computing product -- with groundbreaking new functionality for enterprise social computing: innovation management.  Called Social Sites Ideas, this new solution captures, vets and advances fresh, new employee suggestions for improving business results.  This feature is ideal for product development, cost reduction programs, business process improvements, customer service enhancements, going 'green' and more.

Social Sites Ideas makes it easier than ever for employees to offer new ideas for consideration throughout an entire organization.  Colleagues can "vote up" and add detailed comments to an idea they like, invoking the wisdom of the crowd.  Employees are notified of relevant new ideas, votes and comments.  The best ideas are then promoted to management for final review and implementation.

Social Sites Ideas is the only innovation management solution fully integrated into an enterprise social computing environment.  Crucially, then, innovation is made an organic part of the social computing workflow, not a siloed application, with noteworthy actions reported in activity streams. 

As NewsGator Vice President of Products, Brian Kellner explains, “all companies have great ideas, but only the organizations that have an easy, established process for identifying, evaluating and advancing them can truly benefit from those ideas.  That’s innovation. Since all computing is becoming social, enterprise social computing and Social Sites in particular are natural platforms for innovation management. Social Sites Ideas adds the necessary structure to drive the innovation process without adding a costly new enterprise application.”

Indeed, Kevin Dehoff, Booz Allen Vice President, declared in 2007 with respect to the company’s Global 1000 Innovation study that, "with increased competition leading to thousands of new products being released every year, companies must improve their innovation processes to succeed.” Disciplined processes around ideation, project selection, product development and commercialization are indicators of success, the report found.

Using Social Sites Ideas, employees can view or search proposed innovations within individual communities or across them all, and can filter by an idea’s popularity or status. Managers can blog about the progression of ideas through the discussion and implementation phases, and user profiles include a history of ideas that the user has proposed. Organizations can create private communities, or “campaigns,” for confidential idea cultivation in closed groups. Any community can further collaborate on new ideas in dedicated wicks.

Owen Allen, Microsoft Sr. Product Manager for SharePoint ISV partners, says that "Social Sites Ideas is a good example of the type of social business application that can be built on top of Office SharePoint Server 2007 to help an enterprise enhance their competitive position.”

Other new features in Social Sites 2.7 include:

• Activity Stream Email Digest: Users can now stay connected to enterprise social networks via enterprise or mobile email through an email digest that reports colleague and community activities every 24 hours.
• New Web Parts: display a social network graph of a user’s implicit professional relationships; a list of the colleagues following a particular user; and, for administrators, user activity over the past 30 days.
• New community features: Community creators can add blog, wiki and announcement modules to communities, and site administrators can add or limit these additions.
• A simple yet powerful RSS reader: Users can easily read, mark, tag, clip, rate and initiate discussions around stories in their own feeds or in those that are centrally managed by the NewsGator Enterprise Server.

For more information about Social Sites Ideas and Social Sites 2.7, visit http://www.newsgator.com/business/socialsites/default.aspx.

Also, you can read the press release in its entirety here.

NewsGator Unveils Updated Social Sites 2.7 Introduces New Innovation Management Features

This morning NewsGator announces the unveiling of Social Sites 2.7 -- the latest version of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007-based enterprise social computing product -- with groundbreaking new functionality for enterprise social computing: innovation management.  Called Social Sites Ideas, this new solution captures, vets and advances fresh, new employee suggestions for improving business results.  This feature is ideal for product development, cost reduction programs, business process improvements, customer service enhancements, going 'green' and more.

Social Sites Ideas makes it easier than ever for employees to offer new ideas for consideration throughout an entire organization.  Colleagues can "vote up" and add detailed comments to an idea they like, invoking the wisdom of the crowd.  Employees are notified of relevant new ideas, votes and comments.  The best ideas are then promoted to management for final review and implementation.

Social Sites Ideas is the only innovation management solution fully integrated into an enterprise social computing environment.  Crucially, then, innovation is made an organic part of the social computing workflow, not a siloed application, with noteworthy actions reported in activity streams. 

As NewsGator Vice President of Products, Brian Kellner explains, “all companies have great ideas, but only the organizations that have an easy, established process for identifying, evaluating and advancing them can truly benefit from those ideas.  That’s innovation. Since all computing is becoming social, enterprise social computing and Social Sites in particular are natural platforms for innovation management. Social Sites Ideas adds the necessary structure to drive the innovation process without adding a costly new enterprise application.”

Indeed, Kevin Dehoff, Booz Allen Vice President, declared in 2007 with respect to the company’s Global 1000 Innovation study that, "with increased competition leading to thousands of new products being released every year, companies must improve their innovation processes to succeed.” Disciplined processes around ideation, project selection, product development and commercialization are indicators of success, the report found.

Using Social Sites Ideas, employees can view or search proposed innovations within individual communities or across them all, and can filter by an idea’s popularity or status. Managers can blog about the progression of ideas through the discussion and implementation phases, and user profiles include a history of ideas that the user has proposed. Organizations can create private communities, or “campaigns,” for confidential idea cultivation in closed groups. Any community can further collaborate on new ideas in dedicated wicks.

Owen Allen, Microsoft Sr. Product Manager for SharePoint ISV partners, says that "Social Sites Ideas is a good example of the type of social business application that can be built on top of Office SharePoint Server 2007 to help an enterprise enhance their competitive position.”

Other new features in Social Sites 2.7 include:

• Activity Stream Email Digest: Users can now stay connected to enterprise social networks via enterprise or mobile email through an email digest that reports colleague and community activities every 24 hours.
• New Web Parts: display a social network graph of a user’s implicit professional relationships; a list of the colleagues following a particular user; and, for administrators, user activity over the past 30 days.
• New community features: Community creators can add blog, wiki and announcement modules to communities, and site administrators can add or limit these additions.
• A simple yet powerful RSS reader: Users can easily read, mark, tag, clip, rate and initiate discussions around stories in their own feeds or in those that are centrally managed by the NewsGator Enterprise Server.

For more information about Social Sites Ideas and Social Sites 2.7, visit http://www.newsgator.com/business/socialsites/default.aspx.

Also, you can read the press release in its entirety here.

NewsGator Rocks with the Discovery Channel and How Stuff Works!

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Discovery Channel and HowStuffWorks.com Unveil New Syndication Offerings for Publishers

April 21 2009 7:30 AM | Link

Portable widgets and ‘related topics’ provide valuable and trusted content to enhance engagement and readership

DENVER, April 21, 2009 — Discovery Channel and HowStuffWorks.com today introduced syndicated content offerings for online news publishers’ Web sites. Discovery Channel has launched a portable widget to fill a growing need on the Web for credible science and technology news. HowStuffWorks.com has debuted a “Related Topics” feature, which links to contextual content behind the daily news headlines. Both products are powered by NewsGator’s Syndication Service.

Discovery Channel’s Science and Technology News Widget
From cutting-edge medicine and renewable energy to nanotechnology and flying cars, Discovery Channel’s portable widget features science and technology news from its award-winning Discovery News service. Since 1998, Discovery News has produced breaking news and in-depth coverage and analysis of technology and space-related news, as well as developments in earth sciences like meteorology, geology and ecology. With credible and compelling science and technology content updated daily, the new portable widget provides publishers such as online news organizations with a turnkey solution to bolster science and technology coverage and engage online audiences.

“With our high-quality engaging content, Discovery Channel has always been a trusted source for people online who want to explore the rapidly advancing world of science and technology,” said Iain Langridge, vice president, operations, digital media, Discovery Communications. “Using NewsGator’s service, we provide publishers a way to deepen their consumer experience with original science and technology news from a credible brand in an easy-to-distribute-and-digest package.”

HowStuffWorks.com’s Related Topics Links
HowStuffWorks.com, the Web site famous for demystifying the world, is on a similar mission to better inform visitors while supporting publishers. HowStuffWorks.com’s new “Related Topics” offering allows visitors of a participating newspaper’s or content partner’s site to follow related topic links next to a story they are reading and discover articles that illuminate the original story.

“People want to know more about the world around them. The news tells readers what happened, HowStuffWorks.com explains why and how,” said Jason Hoch, vice president, product development, HowStuffWorks.com.  “From the ways in which a tornado forms to the science behind multiple births, the new ‘Related Topics’ modules offer readers more in-depth information on the latest headlines allowing them to learn more and further satisfy their curiosity.”

“Succeeding on the Web means putting your content where your consumers want it, when they want it, and NewsGator’s Syndication Service does that by making it easy to share content with other sites in ways that benefit both the publisher and the audience alike,” said Walker Fenton, general manager of NewsGator’s media and data services division. “Our offerings bring tremendous value to publishers by giving them greater access to high-quality content from trustworthy and recognizable brands like Discovery Channel and HowStuffWorks.com.”

The new Discovery Channel and HowStuffWorks.com offerings seamlessly integrate into a publisher’s Web site – augmenting the publisher’s existing content with relevant partner information that increases page views and ad revenue, improving search engine optimization and increasing lift. The offerings are available to qualified media companies, and there are no maintenance or resource requirements.

For information, visit http://dsc.discovery.com/widgets/newsgator/signup-page.html and http://www.newsgatorwidgets.com/hsw/.

Full Press Release and info here

All Things Green (Rabbits and Limes)

I am sooo proud of my honey and his company.  Jeff is one of the partners at Slice of Lime.  One of their clients Big Green Rabbit just placed in two of the webby honoree categories!  If you are not familiar with the Webby's think of it this way, the Webby's are to websites what the Oscars are to Film, Emmy's to TV, Grammy's are to Music YOU GET IT NOW!  Slice of Lime placed in two categories:

Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics and Youth 

Here is a snippet:

With nearly 70 categories, Website entries make up the majority of Webby Awards Winners, Nominees and Honorees. Some are beautiful to look at and interact with. Others are a testament to usability and functionality. And a handful excel across the board. To be selected among the best is an incredible achievement worthy of praise -- and perhaps a little bragging.

As a result of the superior quantity and quality of sites entered, the 13th Annual Webby Awards recognized sites and teams that demonstrated a standard of excellence.

Of the nearly 10,000 entries submitted to the 13th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15% were distinguished as an Official Honoree. This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of work. Congratulations to all of our Official Honoree selections!

GO HONEY AND GO SOL AND BGR HOOORAY!!

See all Honorees here

 

Just another day at the office

February 24, 2009

New Variety.com iPhone App & Widget!

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I'm excited to let you know that Variety.com has just launched a brand new iPhone app along with a widget on their site (seen at right), both powered by NewsGator.  Variety is one of the premier sources of business news covering the entertainment and media space, and its new iPhone app allows readers non-stop access to the most compelling entertainment industry buzz.

The iPhone app was developed using NewsGator's content syndication services and Reed Business' Search Zibb on Demand search engine.  Neil Stiles, President and Publisher of the Variety Group explains that their audience "includes some of the world's most powerful professionals and busiest stars, all of whom want information as and when it happens" and that the new Newsgator-powered iPhone app and widget give them "a competitive advantage" that offers their readers "greater choice in a market with an ever increasing number of media outlets."

In addition to the speed of content delivery, the iPhone application and widget both allow users to select only the content they're interested in, whether that's news, reviews, videos, photos, or interactive tools.  As Walker Fenton, GM of NewsGator's Media & Consumer Products, explains, "the media landscape is changing, and publishers are looking for creative ways to increase revenues while holding the line on costs.  Viral content syndication meets this need head on and, in the case of the Variety Widget and iPhone app, rides the world's relentless interest in movies and entertainment."

How exactly does it work?  NewsGator servers drive content quickly and continuously to the iPhone app and widget, and NewsGator's Editor's Desk application provides control and customization directly to the media source, allowing Variety to edit its content feeds on the fly.   The content within the app and the widget is generated through Zibb, the business-to-business search engine of Reed Business, one of the premier providers of business information to the world. 

Check out the cool new iPhone app and widget today!

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loading... <div class="ngOuterBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxOverflow_${BuzzId}"> {for Post in Data} <div class="ngWidgetPostTitle"><a href="${Post.HtmlUrl|html}" onclick="${AttentionClickJS(Post)}" target="_blank">${Post.Title|default:"(no title)"}</a></div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDate">Published ${Post.PubDate|format:"MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"}</div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDesc">${Post.Description|retargetLinks|excerpt:115, "...", false, [], true, []}</div><br> {forelse} No posts found. {/for} <div class="ngForMore"> <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=photoGallery&starting=1" target="_blank">For More Photos »</a> </div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="285" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> </div> <div class="ngOuterBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxOverflow_${BuzzId}"> {for Post in Data} <div class="ngWidgetPostTitle"><a href="${Post.HtmlUrl|html}" onclick="${AttentionClickJS(Post)}" target="_blank">${Post.Title|default:"(no title)"}</a></div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDate">Published ${Post.PubDate|format:"MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"}</div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDesc">${Post.Description|retargetLinks|excerpt:115, "...", false, [], true, []}</div><br> {forelse} No posts found. {/for} <div class="ngForMore"> <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=news_front" target="_blank">For More News »</a> </div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="285" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> </div> <div class="ngOuterBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxOverflow_${BuzzId}"> {for Post in Data} <div class="ngWidgetPostTitle"><a href="${Post.HtmlUrl|html}" onclick="${AttentionClickJS(Post)}" target="_blank">${Post.Title|default:"(no title)"}</a></div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDate">Published ${Post.PubDate|format:"MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"}</div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDesc">${Post.Description|retargetLinks|excerpt:115, "...", false, [], true, []}</div><br> {forelse} No posts found. {/for} <div class="ngForMore"> <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=reviews_front" target="_blank">For More Reviews »</a> </div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="285" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> </div> {eval}jQuery.noConflict();{/eval} {var maxWidth = 294} {var videoAspectRatio = 16/9} <div id="ngWidgetBox_${BuzzId}" class="ng_buzzContainer"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr height="6"> <td width="6" class="ngOuterBoxHeaderL"> </td> <td class="ngOuterBoxHeaderR"></td> </tr> </table> <div class="ngOuterBoxContent"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent" style="padding:5px;" id="ngVideo_${UniqueId}"> <div style="margin-bottom:10px;"> <a href="#" class="ngWidgetPostTitle" style="font-size:1.2em;font-weight:bold;padding:5px 8px 0;color:#990000;"></a> </div> <div class="ngVideoContainer" style="overflow:visible" style="margin-bottom:10px;"> <div style="width:100%"><!-- sizing placeholder --> </div> </div> <div class="ngStripContainer" style="margin-top:10px;"> <div class="ngScrollLeft" onclick="${AttentionJS("custom1")}" style="cursor:pointer;height:50px;width:12px;float:left;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position:center center;background-color:transparent;background-image: url(${NGBaseUrl}/NGBuzz/Images/leftArrow.png);"></div> <div style="float:left;"> <div id="ngStrip_${UniqueId}" style="height: 50px; visibility:hidden;"> <ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:none;"> {var firstVideoPost, firstVideo, firstVideoThumbnail} {for Post in Data} {var videos = ng_GetVideos(Post)} {var thumbnail = (Post.MediaRSS && Post.MediaRSS.Thumbnail ? Post.MediaRSS.Thumbnail.Url : null) } {if videos.length > 0} {eval} if(!firstVideoPost){ firstVideoPost = Post; firstVideo = videos[0]; firstVideoThumbnail = thumbnail; } {/eval} <li style="float:left;list-item-type:none;margin: 0px 5px;"> <img src="${thumbnail|default:BuzzAppUrl + "/images/filmstrip.gif"|html}" onclick="${BuzzObjJS}.showClip(this, ${GetPostObjJS(Post)});${AttentionClickJS(Post)};" class="ngThumbnail" style="cursor:pointer;height:50px;display:block;border:0px;" title="${Post.Title|html}" alt="${Post.Title|html}" data-videoUrl="${videos[0].url|html}" data-videoMimeType="${videos[0].mimeType|html}" /> </li> {/if} {/for} </ul> <span><!--need this for sizing --> </span> </div> </div> <div class="ngScrollRight" onclick="${AttentionJS("custom1")}" style="cursor:pointer;height:50px;width:12px;float:left;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position:center center;background-color:transparent;background-image: url(${NGBaseUrl}/NGBuzz/Images/rightArrow.png);"></div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="235" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> {eval} var $ = jQuery; AddPostRenderCallback(function(){ var widgetBox = $("#ngWidgetBox_" + BuzzId) widgetBox.css("width", Math.min(widgetBox.width(), maxWidth) + "px"); //figure size of filmstrip window, and show strip var strip = $("#ngStrip_" + UniqueId); var stripContainer = $("div.ngStripContainer", "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId); var thumbStrip = $("ul", strip); var stripWidth = (stripContainer.innerWidth() - $("div.ngScrollLeft", stripContainer).outerWidth() - $("div.ngScrollRight", stripContainer).outerWidth() ); strip.css({ width : stripWidth + "px", visibility : "visible", overflow : "hidden" }); //remove sizing placeholder $("span", strip).remove(); //figure out size of all thumbnails and size filmstrip //prevents wrapping thumbs onto new line var innerWidth = 0; $("img.ngThumbnail", thumbStrip).each(function(){ innerWidth += $(this).outerWidth(); }); //needs to be big so we can see stuff, needs to start out small so it doesn't blow the layout when we're measuring things thumbStrip.css("width", "5000px"); strip.scrollLeft = 0; var thumbsVisible = Math.floor(strip.width() / (innerWidth / $("img.ngThumbnail", thumbStrip).length)) - 1; thumbsVisible = Math.max(1, thumbsVisible); //build filmstrip widget var stripWidget = strip.serialScroll({ items : "img.ngThumbnail", prev : "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId + " .ngScrollLeft", next : "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId + " .ngScrollRight", axis : "x", constant : false, duration : 400, step : thumbsVisible }); var titleContainer = $("a.ngWidgetPostTitle", "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId); var videoContainer = $(".ngVideoContainer", "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId); function playVideo(Post, videoUrl, videoMimeType, thumbnail, autoPlay){ var vcWidth = videoContainer.innerWidth(); var vcHeight = Math.ceil(vcWidth / videoAspectRatio); videoContainer.css({height : vcHeight + "px", width:vcWidth}); var html = create_player_markup(videoUrl, videoMimeType, vcWidth, vcHeight, autoPlay, true, {thumbnail:thumbnail, enablengthumbnail:true, wmode:"window"} ); videoContainer.html(html); titleContainer.html(Post.Title); titleContainer.attr("href", Post.HtmlUrl); titleContainer[0].onclick = AttentionClickJS(Post); } BuzzObj.showClip = function(thumbnail, Post){ var t = $(thumbnail); var videoUrl = t.attr("data-videoUrl"); var mimeType = t.attr("data-videoMimeType"); var thumbUrl = t.attr("src"); playVideo(Post, videoUrl, mimeType, thumbUrl, true); }; playVideo(firstVideoPost, firstVideo.url, firstVideo.mimeType, firstVideoThumbnail, false); }); {/eval}

I'm excited to let you know that Variety.com has just launched a brand new iPhone app along with a widget on their site (seen at right), both powered by NewsGator.  Variety is one of the premier sources of business news covering the entertainment and media space, and its new iPhone app allows readers non-stop access to the most compelling entertainment industry buzz.

The iPhone app was developed using NewsGator's content syndication services and Reed Business' Search Zibb on Demand search engine.  Neil Stiles, President and Publisher of the Variety Group explains that their audience "includes some of the world's most powerful professionals and busiest stars, all of whom want information as and when it happens" and that the new Newsgator-powered iPhone app and widget give them "a competitive advantage" that offers their readers "greater choice in a market with an ever increasing number of media outlets."

In addition to the speed of content delivery, the iPhone application and widget both allow users to select only the content they're interested in, whether that's news, reviews, videos, photos, or interactive tools.  As Walker Fenton, GM of NewsGator's Media & Consumer Products, explains, "the media landscape is changing, and publishers are looking for creative ways to increase revenues while holding the line on costs.  Viral content syndication meets this need head on and, in the case of the Variety Widget and iPhone app, rides the world's relentless interest in movies and entertainment."

How exactly does it work?  NewsGator servers drive content quickly and continuously to the iPhone app and widget, and NewsGator's Editor's Desk application provides control and customization directly to the media source, allowing Variety to edit its content feeds on the fly.   The content within the app and the widget is generated through Zibb, the business-to-business search engine of Reed Business, one of the premier providers of business information to the world. 

Check out the cool new iPhone app and widget today!

New Variety.com iPhone App & Widget!

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loading... <div class="ngOuterBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxOverflow_${BuzzId}"> {for Post in Data} <div class="ngWidgetPostTitle"><a href="${Post.HtmlUrl|html}" onclick="${AttentionClickJS(Post)}" target="_blank">${Post.Title|default:"(no title)"}</a></div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDate">Published ${Post.PubDate|format:"MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"}</div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDesc">${Post.Description|retargetLinks|excerpt:115, "...", false, [], true, []}</div><br> {forelse} No posts found. {/for} <div class="ngForMore"> <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=photoGallery&starting=1" target="_blank">For More Photos »</a> </div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="285" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> </div> <div class="ngOuterBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxOverflow_${BuzzId}"> {for Post in Data} <div class="ngWidgetPostTitle"><a href="${Post.HtmlUrl|html}" onclick="${AttentionClickJS(Post)}" target="_blank">${Post.Title|default:"(no title)"}</a></div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDate">Published ${Post.PubDate|format:"MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"}</div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDesc">${Post.Description|retargetLinks|excerpt:115, "...", false, [], true, []}</div><br> {forelse} No posts found. {/for} <div class="ngForMore"> <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=news_front" target="_blank">For More News »</a> </div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="285" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> </div> <div class="ngOuterBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent_${BuzzId}"> <div class="ngInnerBoxOverflow_${BuzzId}"> {for Post in Data} <div class="ngWidgetPostTitle"><a href="${Post.HtmlUrl|html}" onclick="${AttentionClickJS(Post)}" target="_blank">${Post.Title|default:"(no title)"}</a></div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDate">Published ${Post.PubDate|format:"MMM d, yyyy h:mm a"}</div> <div class="ngWidgetPostDesc">${Post.Description|retargetLinks|excerpt:115, "...", false, [], true, []}</div><br> {forelse} No posts found. {/for} <div class="ngForMore"> <a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=reviews_front" target="_blank">For More Reviews »</a> </div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="285" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter_${BuzzId}"><div></div></div> </div> {eval}jQuery.noConflict();{/eval} {var maxWidth = 294} {var videoAspectRatio = 16/9} <div id="ngWidgetBox_${BuzzId}" class="ng_buzzContainer"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr height="6"> <td width="6" class="ngOuterBoxHeaderL"> </td> <td class="ngOuterBoxHeaderR"></td> </tr> </table> <div class="ngOuterBoxContent"> <div class="ngInnerBoxHeader"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInnerBoxContent" style="padding:5px;" id="ngVideo_${UniqueId}"> <div style="margin-bottom:10px;"> <a href="#" class="ngWidgetPostTitle" style="font-size:1.2em;font-weight:bold;padding:5px 8px 0;color:#990000;"></a> </div> <div class="ngVideoContainer" style="overflow:visible" style="margin-bottom:10px;"> <div style="width:100%"><!-- sizing placeholder --> </div> </div> <div class="ngStripContainer" style="margin-top:10px;"> <div class="ngScrollLeft" onclick="${AttentionJS("custom1")}" style="cursor:pointer;height:50px;width:12px;float:left;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position:center center;background-color:transparent;background-image: url(${NGBaseUrl}/NGBuzz/Images/leftArrow.png);"></div> <div style="float:left;"> <div id="ngStrip_${UniqueId}" style="height: 50px; visibility:hidden;"> <ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;list-style:none;"> {var firstVideoPost, firstVideo, firstVideoThumbnail} {for Post in Data} {var videos = ng_GetVideos(Post)} {var thumbnail = (Post.MediaRSS && Post.MediaRSS.Thumbnail ? Post.MediaRSS.Thumbnail.Url : null) } {if videos.length > 0} {eval} if(!firstVideoPost){ firstVideoPost = Post; firstVideo = videos[0]; firstVideoThumbnail = thumbnail; } {/eval} <li style="float:left;list-item-type:none;margin: 0px 5px;"> <img src="${thumbnail|default:BuzzAppUrl + "/images/filmstrip.gif"|html}" onclick="${BuzzObjJS}.showClip(this, ${GetPostObjJS(Post)});${AttentionClickJS(Post)};" class="ngThumbnail" style="cursor:pointer;height:50px;display:block;border:0px;" title="${Post.Title|html}" alt="${Post.Title|html}" data-videoUrl="${videos[0].url|html}" data-videoMimeType="${videos[0].mimeType|html}" /> </li> {/if} {/for} </ul> <span><!--need this for sizing --> </span> </div> </div> <div class="ngScrollRight" onclick="${AttentionJS("custom1")}" style="cursor:pointer;height:50px;width:12px;float:left;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position:center center;background-color:transparent;background-image: url(${NGBaseUrl}/NGBuzz/Images/rightArrow.png);"></div> </div> </div> <div class="ngInnerBoxFooter"><div></div></div> <div class="ngInlineAd"> <iframe src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/zibb.en/widgets;pub=variety;widget=${BuzzId};sz=234x60;ord=123456?" width="235" height="60" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" align="center" border="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> {eval} var $ = jQuery; AddPostRenderCallback(function(){ var widgetBox = $("#ngWidgetBox_" + BuzzId) widgetBox.css("width", Math.min(widgetBox.width(), maxWidth) + "px"); //figure size of filmstrip window, and show strip var strip = $("#ngStrip_" + UniqueId); var stripContainer = $("div.ngStripContainer", "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId); var thumbStrip = $("ul", strip); var stripWidth = (stripContainer.innerWidth() - $("div.ngScrollLeft", stripContainer).outerWidth() - $("div.ngScrollRight", stripContainer).outerWidth() ); strip.css({ width : stripWidth + "px", visibility : "visible", overflow : "hidden" }); //remove sizing placeholder $("span", strip).remove(); //figure out size of all thumbnails and size filmstrip //prevents wrapping thumbs onto new line var innerWidth = 0; $("img.ngThumbnail", thumbStrip).each(function(){ innerWidth += $(this).outerWidth(); }); //needs to be big so we can see stuff, needs to start out small so it doesn't blow the layout when we're measuring things thumbStrip.css("width", "5000px"); strip.scrollLeft = 0; var thumbsVisible = Math.floor(strip.width() / (innerWidth / $("img.ngThumbnail", thumbStrip).length)) - 1; thumbsVisible = Math.max(1, thumbsVisible); //build filmstrip widget var stripWidget = strip.serialScroll({ items : "img.ngThumbnail", prev : "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId + " .ngScrollLeft", next : "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId + " .ngScrollRight", axis : "x", constant : false, duration : 400, step : thumbsVisible }); var titleContainer = $("a.ngWidgetPostTitle", "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId); var videoContainer = $(".ngVideoContainer", "#ngVideo_" + UniqueId); function playVideo(Post, videoUrl, videoMimeType, thumbnail, autoPlay){ var vcWidth = videoContainer.innerWidth(); var vcHeight = Math.ceil(vcWidth / videoAspectRatio); videoContainer.css({height : vcHeight + "px", width:vcWidth}); var html = create_player_markup(videoUrl, videoMimeType, vcWidth, vcHeight, autoPlay, true, {thumbnail:thumbnail, enablengthumbnail:true, wmode:"window"} ); videoContainer.html(html); titleContainer.html(Post.Title); titleContainer.attr("href", Post.HtmlUrl); titleContainer[0].onclick = AttentionClickJS(Post); } BuzzObj.showClip = function(thumbnail, Post){ var t = $(thumbnail); var videoUrl = t.attr("data-videoUrl"); var mimeType = t.attr("data-videoMimeType"); var thumbUrl = t.attr("src"); playVideo(Post, videoUrl, mimeType, thumbUrl, true); }; playVideo(firstVideoPost, firstVideo.url, firstVideo.mimeType, firstVideoThumbnail, false); }); {/eval}

I'm excited to let you know that Variety.com has just launched a brand new iPhone app along with a widget on their site (seen at right), both powered by NewsGator.  Variety is one of the premier sources of business news covering the entertainment and media space, and its new iPhone app allows readers non-stop access to the most compelling entertainment industry buzz.

The iPhone app was developed using NewsGator's content syndication services and Reed Business' Search Zibb on Demand search engine.  Neil Stiles, President and Publisher of the Variety Group explains that their audience "includes some of the world's most powerful professionals and busiest stars, all of whom want information as and when it happens" and that the new Newsgator-powered iPhone app and widget give them "a competitive advantage" that offers their readers "greater choice in a market with an ever increasing number of media outlets."

In addition to the speed of content delivery, the iPhone application and widget both allow users to select only the content they're interested in, whether that's news, reviews, videos, photos, or interactive tools.  As Walker Fenton, GM of NewsGator's Media & Consumer Products, explains, "the media landscape is changing, and publishers are looking for creative ways to increase revenues while holding the line on costs.  Viral content syndication meets this need head on and, in the case of the Variety Widget and iPhone app, rides the world's relentless interest in movies and entertainment."

How exactly does it work?  NewsGator servers drive content quickly and continuously to the iPhone app and widget, and NewsGator's Editor's Desk application provides control and customization directly to the media source, allowing Variety to edit its content feeds on the fly.   The content within the app and the widget is generated through Zibb, the business-to-business search engine of Reed Business, one of the premier providers of business information to the world. 

Check out the cool new iPhone app and widget today!