I’ve been pretty dormant here on the site recently, lavishly enjoying the summer weather, friends and all that, so now that we’ve said that, let’s move on.

In the July edition of macCompanion, I wrote a simply marvelous article for anyone who has ever wondered what went into creating a basic widget for Dashboard in Tiger. I give a step-by-step guide, from downloading a free copy of Dashcode for Tiger, customizing the widget interface, and writing the Javascript to perform computations and read/write widget preferences.

If I’m further inspired or receive interest, I’ll continue work on the sample project provided. It is now one of my commonly used widgets (hence the reason I originally created it) and I’d like to share with everyone. Now that I have your interest, check the article out below.

Creating a Dashboard Widget: July Edition of macCompanion Magazine