This morning I had the opportunity to present at the [WidgetsLive! Conference][1] about Flex and widgets. I showed a few examples using [Ely Greenfield's DisplayShelf component][2]. One example pulled in images from Flickr. Check out the [demo][3] and the [code][4]. I also was thinking it would be cool to throw some YouTube videos into the DisplayShelf component. After a few minutes I was able to make it work with the exception that I couldn't get the reflection to not flicker during video playback. I'll need to get help from Ely to fix that, so for now I've disabled the real-time reflector. You can see the [demo][5] of the YouTube DisplayShelf widget and get the [code][6]. I also quickly turned one of the Display Shelf apps into an desktop widget using [Apollo][7]. I hope all the attendees enjoyed the session and for those who weren't there, enjoy the demos!

 [1]: http://www.widgetslive.com
 [2]: http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/2006/11/01/using-the-graphics-api-for-richer-flex-the-displayshelf-component-from-my-max-talk/
 [3]: http://www.jamesward.org/flickrWidget/flickrWidget.html
 [4]: http://www.jamesward.org/flickrWidget/srcview/index.html
 [5]: http://www.jamesward.org/youtubeWidget/youtubeWidget.html
 [6]: http://www.jamesward.org/youtubeWidget/srcview/index.html
 [7]: http://www.adobe.com/go/apollo