Data centres to off-centre opinion

I’m lucky enough to have received an invite to the beta of Threadsy. In their own words: threadsy is the world’s first integrated communications client! it combines your existing email, Facebook, and Twitter accounts into a unique, enjoyable experience.

Earlier this year I wrote a post asking for just such a thing, however now I’ve got it I’m faced with the question of trust. Do I trust Threadsy with my usernames and passwords for Twitter, Facebook, Live Mail etc? How do I know Threadsy is legitimate & secure? The answer is I don’t. I have to make up my own mind based on their privacy policy and reputation. The one thing they have going for them is the fact they were featured on Cnet – a site I do trust. In other words, trust by association, which is just like life: you build trust through recommendation/association and experience.

I’ve known about Twittervision for a while; basically it plots twits on a map of the world in near real-time. Its fun to sit and watch for a minute or so, but I can’t help but think it needs some filtering and aggregation to make it truely useful.

For example, a filter/search box allowing you to enter a term would show you the relevant twits relating to that subject from around the world. Watching this for a few minutes (or even better, some ability to record and see a timeline) would show you what different parts of the world thought about the subject.