10th Week
For our blog post this week we were asked to chronicle some every day activities through a website called Daytum. This website, Daytum, provides a way to log data that occurs frequently. We downloaded the app in class to see how the program functioned. You can record tons of different information about your daily habits and routines. We, as a class, decided to try and record on Daytum how often we drank a beverage, changed cloths, and talked with people. The concept behind Daytum is a bit eerie to me. I would prefer to not dwell on how often I repeat the same behavior because after conducting the experiment and recording the data daily the results were staggering and always more than I expected.
Furthermore, I thought that the app wasn’t very user-friendly and could have been simplified to become an easier process. Also, the use of the information is not very feasible or in my opinion necessarily consistent. What I mean by this is that I think my daily routine, in terms of what we recorded, can not be properly represented within just a fews days. I think to have an accurate representation the recording of this data would have to go on for quite a while. In class, we discussed a man who has been recording in this way for years. He recorded data of every thing he did every single day for years. Now, while this would be the most accurate way to create a logical and accurate line of information I don’t think the a level of user error is being considered. How often was this man forgetful? What accountability can he be held to? Could he be falsifying data? These are just some of the questions that I think correlate with our discussions in class about the dangers of online information.
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