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-lifelogging

1. ONE PHOTO EVERY MINUTE
One Year On

2. THE GIST
• Taking a photo every minute
• Started on 8/18/2012
• Presentation on QuantifiedSelf.com
(“Rob Shields”)
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BATHROOM

3. WHAT’S NEW?
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MEXICO
MARKET
SHOPPING

4. 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
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JIGSAW PUZZLE
HOME

5. 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
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DRUMMING
HOME

6. IMPROVED SOME THINGS
• Harness upgrade
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7. IMPROVED SOME THINGS
• Harness upgrade
• Along with a camera change
• Tragic Frisbee-related accident
• This is the last photo the old camera took
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FRISBEE

8. 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
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GROCERY SHOPPING
FRED MEYER

9. IMPROVED SOME THINGS
• Wireless Photo Sync
• No manual transfer from the camera when
the computer is on the same Wi-Fi
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RESTAURANT: SUSHILAND PEARL

10. 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: SKYFALL
MOVIE THEATER: INSIDE LLOYD
MALL
DANIEL CRAIG (ACTOR | SKYFALL)

11. 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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TV
TV: DOWNTON ABBEY
HUGH BONNEVILLE (ACTOR | DOWNTON ABBEY)
MAGGIE SMITH (ACTOR | DOWNTON ABBEY)
HOME

12. SOME THINGS BECAME
TEDIOUS
• Actually looking at the photos
• ?!?
• Isn’t that the point?
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4TH OF JULY
FIRETRUCK
PARADE
WALKING

13. LIFE REWIND
• Working on a
project to play
back any day
• Photos, GPS, tags
• Early, early
stages
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14. SOME THINGS HAVEN’T
HAPPENED
• I don’t really use it for searching my life
• …yet
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CONCERT
FLOYDIAN SLIPS
BACKSTAGE

15. 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
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WALKING

16. STARTING TO EXPLORE THE
DATA
• Getting metadata into MySQL
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WHITEBOARD

17. FACES
• More than 1,000 identifiable people
• 266 in June, 2013
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QUANTIFIED SELF
PUPPET LABS

18. PEOPLE SEEN IN JUNE
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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19. PEOPLE SEEN IN JUNE
16
Wife’s
Birthday
Party
14
12
Starlight Run
10
8
6
4
2
0
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Grand Floral
Parade
Daughter’s
Birthday
Party
Road Trip

20. GAME OF THRONES
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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21. GAME OF THRONES SCREEN
TIME
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
6/3/2013
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6/10/2013

22. GAME OF THRONES SCREEN
TIME
30
25
20
Daenerys Targaryen
15
Barristan Selmy
Bran Stark
10
Jon Snow
5
Arya Stark
Cersei Baratheon
Tyrion Lannister
Catelyn Stark
0
6/3/2013
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6/10/2013

23. GILMORE GIRLS
16
Rory
14
12
Jackson
Dean
10
Lane
8
Lorelai
6
Paris
Sookie
4
Emily
2
0
Michel
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Kirk
Luke

24. CONTEXTUAL TAGS
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DRIVING
ROADTRIP: MT. RUSHMORE

25. WHAT I DID - JUNE
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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26. WHAT I DID - JUNE
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
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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

27. HOW MUCH I DID IT
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
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28. HOW MUCH I DID IT
2500
2000
TV
1500
1000
Work
QS Meetup
500
Home
0
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Roadtrip
Driving

29. HOW OFTEN I DID IT
HOME
21.30%
ROADTRIP: MT. RUSHMORE
19.41%
WORK
10.61%
TV
DRIVING
0.00%
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7.83%
5.08%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%

30. HOW OFTEN I DID IT
HOME
21.30%
ROADTRIP: MT. RUSHMORE
19.41%
WORK
10.61%
TV
7.83%
DRIVING
5.08%
POKER
0.68%
HIKING
0.56%
QUANTIFIED SELF CO-OP
0.54%
RESTARAUNT: BASKIN AND ROBINS
0.05%
BATHROOM
0.04%
0.00%
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5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%

31. • The.Rob.S@gmail.com
THANKS!
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ROADTRIP: MT. RUSHMORE
PRISON MUSEUM
BATHROOM