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Web Monetization: What is it?
Web monitization is an emergent technology that allows website visitors to stream ‘micropayments’ to a monetized publisher.
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Widget Bot
Sam & Janet, Ghost Hunters
When Widget Media forgot to pay Sam and Janet for some freelance work, they visited Widget HQ. Just one problem: it’s h-h-haunted!
Web Monetization, Challenges #1: User Personas
We’ve been thinking about the sort of person who might want to kick a few bucks to Widget and sites like ours every month, and the best we can come up with anecdotally (i.e., by just guessing) is that everyone who might support our site can be lumped into one of two groups.
We’re called Widget now, it’s short for “Give widget your money.”
And you may ask yourself, "Well, what is this site called?"
Work It: Quarterly Report #2
Subscribers only: Work It made another full-colour, 25+ page magazine based on episodes 9-16. Holy macaroni!
Widget awarded Grant for the Web
Hamilton-based comedy website Widget has been awarded a Grant for the Web worth $33,704 USD ($44,698 CAD).