Timelapse Me

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49 points·haon99··3 comments

It's a splendid idea for a startup, and could get going with almost no real effort. Just a domain, a few example videos, a tutorial/blog, and a request for more videos. See if there are other people willing to film and upload their videos before sinking real time into it.

I think it'd be more interesting to have a timelapse addon to something like OhLife, add a webcam image to each diary entry and reconstruct them into videos as time goes on. (Except OhLife is email based, so it doesn't really work that seamlessly, but...)

I became aware of time - and how I decided to spend it - in a way that I never had before. Questions consciously presented themselves at every turn: What am I doing right now? Am I doing something interesting? More importantly, is my lifestyle something I'm proud of? Forfeiting so much of my privacy forced me to start living up to my own standards. "Should I watch another episode of Law & Order? I'll work on that essay first." On the whole, I became more productive. And there was much less, if any, drifting between daily activities. [1]

I noticed a similar effect when I started writing down how I spend my time. But it's starting to fade a little, maybe I should try this method ... although it feels kind of cumbersome.

Self-reflection can really suck sometimes, keep it up! :)

Edit: also anyone who is interested in this general topic should watch We Live in Public. It's a very lovely grim reminder of all the things that can get really strange once you start sharing your life with everyone indiscriminately.

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