How do you like my modern art? Pretty cool, right? What if I told you that this is a picture of me playing solitaire for 34 minutes?
A couple days ago, I was reading one of my favorite blogs and it talked about IOGraphica an awesome program that tracks your mouse paths and makes them into png files. Clearly I had to give it a shot. The dots are mouse pauses and the lines follow wherever I move the mouse. An inconspicuous program stays open while I use my computer and makes awesome art while I do the most mundane of tasks.
What I really like about this program is that it is a totally new way to quantify computer use. Instead of "how much work did I get done today?", I can now ask "how pretty was my art today?". Even better is that more work on my computer makes better art!
Also, I can find trends in what I do. Below are some other pictures of me using my computer. Check out my favorite places on the screen. What do you think they correspond to?
My 5.3 Hour Magnum Opus
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