Daytum

One of the artists I came across in reading literature was Nicholas Feltron. He is known for his interesting info vis, or social vis, depending on what you see his work as. His well known for his annual reports on his everyday life. This obviously got a lot of attention as it's cited quite a bit and a group made his theory into a website / app called Daytum. Daytum lets users make visualisations of their actions and interactions.

This project is interesting from a psychological and sociological sense also, we all know that twitter exposed that sometimes people like to tweet about the most mundane, boring things but that usually isn't their sole purpose for being on twitter. So what if your sole purpose of being on a site is to make visualisations out of only boring mundane things? It's even interesting how they describe this service

"Whether you would like to tally an afternoon or a year, Daytum can help you collect and communicate the most important statistics in your life."

Most important? I find it interesting that people would consider what food they eat the most important statistic in their life...

On the other hand there is a positive side to tracking your 'statistics' like this, you could keep an eye on your diet or on your training. These kind of projects take info vis a step further, by telling you something personal you already know subconsciously. I must admit I find it amazing that people pay a monthly fee for this service, but they do. And they like it.

"Daytum is a web application that lets you set up any number of various displays tracking virtually anything you want, and presents it in a beautiful way."

It also shows just how important aesthetics are to users.