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A widget that gives you “conventional wisdom”

April 29th, 2008

by Al Merkrebs, April 29, 2008 @ 4:38 p.m. PDT

There are still a thick handful of analog publications we rely on, including Newsweek, which lands in our snail mail box every Tuesday.

If you’re like us, we first flip through the pages to find one of our favorite Newsweek features: “Conventional Wisdom.”

Conventional Wisdom offers a take on the hottest newsmakers and headline grabbers in the worlds of entertainment, media, politics, news, business… the world at-large. Newsweek calls it a “distillation of the ever-changing thinking of beltway pundits and the chattering classes.”
 
But there’s no need to thumb through magazine pages to find it.

Just use the widget, fresh with daily “wisdom” and ready to install.

And if conventional wisdom is not your interest, Newsweek offers several other widgets that provide coverage on discreet areas, such as technology and science, health, international news and top ten stories of the week.

Pros: Easy to install to a number of social sites or embeddable to a Web page.

Cons: Not available as a desktop widget, unless you use a tool like Amnesty Cube to convert it to desktop form.

Coolness factor: 4/5

Engine required: None. Can be “uploaded” to a large number of social sites, or embedded into any web page.

Get the widget: here

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