one photo every minute for a year
DESCRIPTION
This is a presentation that I gave at the Quantified Self Conference in October 2013. I talk about what I've learned in taking a photo every minute, and show some of the data that came out of it, like how much screen time individual characters got on Game of Thrones. This is a follow-up to apresentation that I gave a year earlier: http://www.slideshare.net/robshields180/search-your-life-with-lifeloggingTRANSCRIPT
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ONE PHOTO EVERY MINUTE One Year On
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THE GIST
• Taking a photo every minute
• Started on 8/18/2012
• Presentation on QuantifiedSelf.com (“Rob Shields”)
Rob Shields ([email protected]) BATHROOM
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HOW MANY?
• Over the course of the year, I took 285,724 photos
• A stack of photos more than 7 stories tall
• 781 photos a day
Rob Shields ([email protected]) JIGSAW PUZZLEHOME
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HOW MANY?
• That’s 196 GB of photos
• Or 536 MB a day
• Not bad, considering that most photos are 1944x2592
• That’s about what I had guessed last year
Rob Shields ([email protected]) DRUMMINGHOME
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IMPROVED SOME THINGS
• Harness upgrade
• Along with a camera change
• Tragic Frisbee-related accident
• This is the last photo the old camera took
Rob Shields ([email protected]) FRISBEE
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IMPROVED SOME THINGS
• Time between charges
• Now can run for about 2 days (vs. about half day)
• I thought it was the picture taking that drained the battery
• Turned out the drain was trying to talk to the cell network
Rob Shields ([email protected]) GROCERY SHOPPINGFRED MEYER
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IMPROVED SOME THINGS
• Wireless Photo Sync
• No manual transfer from the camera when the computer is on the same Wi-Fi
Rob Shields ([email protected]) RESTAURANT: SUSHILAND PEARL
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SOME THINGS BECAME TEDIOUS
• I started off tagging all the photos every day in Picasa
• Two kinds of tags:
• “People” tags
• “Context” tags
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MOVIE: SKYFALLMOVIE THEATER: INSIDE LLOYDMALLDANIEL CRAIG (ACTOR | SKYFALL)
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SOME THINGS BECAME TEDIOUS
• I started off tagging all the photos every day
• Not any more
• Takes 10+ minutes a day
• …but I’d like to get back to it
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TVTV: DOWNTON ABBEYHUGH BONNEVILLE (ACTOR | DOWNTON ABBEY)MAGGIE SMITH (ACTOR | DOWNTON ABBEY)HOME
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SOME THINGS BECAME TEDIOUS
• Actually looking at the photos
• ?!?
• Isn’t that the point?
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4TH OF JULYFIRETRUCKPARADEWALKING
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LIFE REWIND
Rob Shields ([email protected])
• Working on a project to play back any day
• Photos, GPS, tags
• Early, early stages
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SOME THINGS HAVEN’T HAPPENED
• I don’t really use it for searching my life
• …yet
Rob Shields ([email protected])CONCERTFLOYDIAN SLIPSBACKSTAGE
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SOME THINGS HAVEN’T HAPPENED
• I don’t really use it for searching my life
• …yet
• It’s too cumbersome
• Physically
• Interface
• Getting the data in the first place
Rob Shields ([email protected]) WALKING
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STARTING TO EXPLORE THE DATA
• Getting metadata into MySQL
Rob Shields ([email protected]) WHITEBOARD
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FACES
• More than 1,000 identifiable people
• 266 in June, 2013
Rob Shields ([email protected]) QUANTIFIED SELFPUPPET LABS
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PEOPLE SEEN IN JUNE
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
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Starlight Run Grand Floral
Parade
Road Trip
Wife’s
Birthday
Party
Daughter’s
Birthday
Party
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GAME OF THRONES SCREEN TIME
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
6/3/2013 6/10/2013
Daenerys Targaryen
Cersei Baratheon
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Catelyn Stark
Tyrion Lannister
Bran Stark
Barristan Selmy
Arya Stark
Jon Snow
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0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
GILMORE GIRLS
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Rory
Lorelai
Dean
Lane
Emily
ParisSookie
Luke
KirkMichel
Jackson
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WHAT I DID - JUNE
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
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TV: The Voice
TV: Nova
TV: Mythbusters
TV
Roadtrip: Mt. Rushmore
Starbucks
Koji
Applebees
Hampton Inn
Home
Friends’ House
Driving
Bathroom
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HOW MUCH I DID IT
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Home
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Roadtrip
Work
TV
QS Meetup
Driving
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HOW OFTEN I DID IT
5.08%
7.83%
10.61%
19.41%
21.30%
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%
DRIVING
TV
WORK
ROADTRIP: MT. RUSHMORE
HOME
Rob Shields ([email protected])
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HOW OFTEN I DID IT
0.04%
0.05%
0.54%
0.56%
0.68%
5.08%
7.83%
10.61%
19.41%
21.30%
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%
BATHROOM
RESTARAUNT: BASKIN AND ROBINS
QUANTIFIED SELF CO-OP
HIKING
POKER
DRIVING
TV
WORK
ROADTRIP: MT. RUSHMORE
HOME
Rob Shields ([email protected])