Think of Widgets As Lego Blocks

Because new technologies often intimidate people, I'm always on the hunt for a good analogy to make people feel more comfortable.

I particularly liked this very simple analogy comparing widgets to Lego blocks made by David Weiden, a partner at Khosla Ventures in a recent AP article.

He says:

"You don't have to do a deal with Yahoo, Weiden says. "You just encapsulate the content and attach a thing like a Lego block to it so it will attach to anything that takes Lego blocks."

(photo by Huladancer)