Yesterday I downloaded the Google API for creating gadgets within Google desktop. I’m reading through some tutorials and some of the documentation. Overall they seem pretty simple to create. At the core there is some XML and some JavaScript. If you can edit/write those you have what it takes to make a gadget.

Included in the API are some tools for building (Designer) and a debugger. I was able to create my very own gadget within minutes. Granted it was only a “Hello World” gadget but I’m still learning