The buzztracker widget is done! I finished it up earlier this week. It lets you add buzztracker to your dashboard layer on Apple's OS X 10.4 Tiger.

The widget is available for download from apple.com's widget section. I added some development notes /tips on making widgets to the widget homepage over at buzztracker.org.

Making this was surprisingly easy considering I am not a software developer. Starting from absolutely no knowledge of widget production to the final product took about a week of on and off work. Most of the time was spent refining the interface — learning some photoshop tricks to achieve that Apple Look. I also learned that Javascript is fairly robust and simple to implement although the debugging process is awkward and hacky.

While it's entirely possible I'll never make another widget for the rest of my life, it was a fun project. And if the buzztracker.org log files are anything to go by, the twofold increase in traffic to the site means the exposure gains for the project were well worth the small time investment.