Hacking the Coffee Maker - Caffeine Viewer

The colmeia group recently installed their Caffeine Viewer project where they hacked their coffee maker to log their "insane coffee consumption" in real-time. Every time a person presses a button …

How Much Time Do You Waste on Your Computer?

A few months ago, I started monitoring how I spent time on my computer to procrastinate less. One month later, I found that the way I kept track of what …

Citizen Science, Personal Sensing with GPS-Equipped iPhone (Among Others)

With the unveiling of the brand new iPhone 3G, Twitter has been buzzing with excitement. One of the more interesting new iPhone features is built-in GPS. Your iPhone will know …

Data Visualization Gets Personal - Putting Data Into Your Hands [PROJECT]

Want to have some fun and win an Amazon gift certificate in the process? Read on. Personal data visualization has a huge advantage over other types of visualization. Personal visualization …

Using Mobile Phones to Understand Ourselves and Motivate Change

Mobile technology has come a long way from those foot-long phones hooked up to a shoe box sized battery pack. With bluetooth, GPS, cameras, and Internet connections, mobile phones nowadays …

How to Stop Procrastinating - One Month Report

About a month ago, I started my self-experiment to stop procrastinating. I tried these two strategies: Make a to-do list every night to lay out what will get done the …

A Self-experiment - My Mid-month Report

Two weeks ago, I vowed to stop procrastinating using two strategies: Make a to-do list every night to lay out what will get done the next day Enable the Greasemonkey …

How to Stop Procrastinating So that I Am Not a Bum - A Self-experiment

I waste way too much time doing completely useless stuff when I should be working. I'm ready to stop procrastinating.

Man Takes a Picture of Himself Every Day for 6 Years

Noah Kalina took a picture of himself every day for six years (and still going); above is all of the pictures put together into a time lapse. Now that's …

Appeal of Visualizing My Life in Data

Admittedly, ever since the Spring quarter ended, I've either been preparing for my internship at The Times or have been occupied by the internship. I haven't given much thought to …