Personal Informatics Post Six: Daytum And Our Lives of Factoids

OK, this is simultaneously an odd and thought providing site in the personal informatics category. Daytum allows you to track pretty much anything you wish to in your life, from how you discover music to movies you've seen to weight fluctuations, to the type of beverages you drink each day. Here's an example of a profile of the site:



Here's how they describe their raison d'etre:

Daytum is a home for collecting and communicating your daily data. Begin tracking anything you can count and display the results immediately... or just look around and see what other members are recording.

So, at this very instant, I am guessing that half the readers are logging on immediately, intrigued. And the other half are wondering...why?

Whatever you think about the idea, it's plain that this site is beautiful, with a host of approaches to visualization that really hit the mark.In fact, founders Ryan Case and nicholas Felton have the most impressive backgrounds in information display I have ever seen.

In fact, the service offers a variety of ways to visualize data. Here's a mini screen of the array:



You can also add text fields to enhance your content when pictures alone won't cut it.

No word on how they will monetize, but one can see a variety of marketers that might love to have this information about users if those same people were willing to share it.

If you want to read more about them, check out this WSJ article that features founder Felton and his profile.

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