One Economy

The MIE Toolbox is a CMS for distributing viral widgets around the web. A widget is distributed by inserting a javascript tag on a web page, referencing a given toolbox ID. The application than returns javascript which manipulates the DOM adding the toolbox content, CSS, images, scripts, etc. It consists of:

• Toolbox, the core component of the system which is a container for all other items and is used to render the widgets.
• Toolbox Themes, reusable styles applied to toolboxes
• Basic Toolbox Items, where content is entered directly
• RSS Toolbox Items, where content is pulled from a remote feed
• Resource Locator Toolbox Items, which integrates with One Economy's RL API and presents users with a zip code entry form. Results are returned via AJAX and displayed in the toolbox item.

This was another amazing experience working with the One Economy team. Read about the MIE Toolbox as a case study for Drupal as an application framework and see a widget in action in the launch post.

I have had the great pleasure of working with the team at One Economy Corporation since last December on their exciting new venture, PIC.tv, the Public Internet Channel, a network with a public purpose. always on. What exactly does this mean? A snippet follows below, but you can visit the site to learn more.