Ok, personal banking information is about as private as it gets right? Wrong. Turns out, bloggers like this, this, this, this , this, this, this, and this are sharing their personal finances and net worth with anyone who cares to read about it. For example, the author of the The Money Blog posts a bar chart of their net worth on every page of their site ($257,939 as of May 9th, 2009 in case anyone was curious).
It’s one thing to share information about what music you’re listening to via a widget, but would people really use a widget to display financial information? Well, 23% of people are apparently interested in having a widget that could display the current balance from their bank account.
Jwaala is leading the charge when it comes to socializing financial information - here’s some great examples and screenshots. They have widgets that can do everything from sharing your most recent costco purchases to charting your most recent automobile expenditures. Here’s a few example widgets below (sample data drawn from their site):
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