As I started this assignment, I was skeptical about how much data I would create, especially on a day in which I was not particularly busy. However, I quickly realized that passively, just through receiving texts and emails, I was already creating a substantial amount of data. I also realized, after looking back on the data I created, that, while there was a lot of data I created, it would be easy to misinterpret some of the data and end up with a relatively inaccurate guess about how I spent my day.
Data Log from 12am to 11:59pm on February 8th, 2015
12-1am
Watched YouTube videos
Sent/received >100 texts
1-2am
Watched YouTube videos
Sent/Received ~50 texts
2-3am
Watched TV
Watched YouTube videos
3-4am
Took pictures
Sent ~25 texts
Watched YouTube videos
Sent emails to ~50 people
4-5am
Logged out of Google account
Logged into different Google account
Edited 6 Google docs
Updated MIT mailing list
5-6am
Created Google doc and spreadsheet
Sent emails to ~10 people
Showered
Plugged in computer and phone
Set alarm for 10am
6-9am
Slept
9-10am
Received phone call
Wrote note on iPhone Notes App
Sent/received ~75 texts
10-11am
Snoozed alarm 3 times
Sent emails to about 100 people
Updated MIT mailing list
Deleted note on iPhone
Received phone call
Sent ~25 texts
Made 50 phone calls
11am-12pm
Swiped into MIT Dining Hall
Logged out of Google Account
Logged into Google Account
Logged out of Google Account
Logged into Google Account
Edited 2 Google Docs
Sent/received ~50 texts
12-1pm
Left dorm (footage on security cameras)
Turned on lights in class room
Received ~10 texts
3-6pm
Swiped into dorm
Received ~10 texts
6-7pm
Swiped into MIT dining hall
Sent/Received ~75 texts
Sent emails to about 1500 people
7-8pm
Went of Facebook
Logged out of Google account
Logged into Google account
Updated Google docs/spreadsheets
8-9pm
Printed ~12 pages
Updated MIT mailing list
Sent/received ~50 texts
Sent emails to about 50 people
9-10pm
Went of Facebook
Watched YouTube videos
Sent/received ~20 texts
Sent emails to ~50 people
10-11pm
Signed into Stellar
Downloaded 2 assignments from Stellar
Submitted assignment on Stellar
Set alarm for 11:59pm
11-11:59pm
Live streamed TV
Sent/received ~25 texts
Sent emails to ~100 people
Alarm went off
Totals for day:
Texts sent/received: >500
People reached via email: ~2000
Number of emails received: ~200
Phone calls made: 50
Phone calls received: 2
Number of different Google accounts signed into: 4