President’s Day – Becoming a data point

Below is a log of potential data points I created by interacting with the world and technology on February 19th, 2018.

Data collected/created on my devices:

  • Phone
    • Browsed FaceBook, multiple times in the day
    • Used FaceBook Messanger to send and receive messages.
    • Check new email messages in the Gmail application
    • Used safari to check my MIT email, opened new messages and replied to one
    • Googled movie times for Black Panther at the AMC Boston Common theater
    • Browsed Instagram, used the explorer feature to look at new accounts and dog pictures
    • Received and opened Snapchats
    • Health data – steps and floors gained
    • WhatsApp – opened new group messages
    • Used the Transit app to check bus times, allowed location services to know where I was
    • Photos created celebrating partners birthday
  • Computer:
    • Created a new Microsoft Word doc and saved it to Dropbox
    • On DropBox, uploaded two documents onto Stellar, downloaded multiple PDF’s for classes and stored them on my DropBox
    • Used Spotify application to listen to a Spotify generated playlist.
    • Rented a movie from iTunes with my AppleID and iTunes gift card money
    • Used Asana website to create new tasks and mark some as complete
  • PS4:
    • Opened HBO Go app, watched TV Series Big Little Lies
    • Opened YouTube app and watched two videos
  • House:
    • Water and electricity usage in apartment by me and my partner

Data collected/created in the world:

  • Travel data:
    • Charlie Card used on E Green Line, at Kendall red line stop, and on the 1 bus
    • Captured Security camera footage from multiple trips.
  • Lunch:
    • Physical receipt from lunch
    • Data created in operating system of Veggie Galaxy for food ordered
    • Debit card transaction for meal
  • Out about town – security camera footage at Pandemonium, Bookstore, Cheap-o records, AMC Boston Commons
  • Birthday memories for my partner, birthday wishes created in the world

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haleymei

Master of City Planning student within the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.