in life there are ups and downs,
and sometimes more down than up,
sometimes we lose our dearest,
we try to recover, sometimes we succeed, other times we don’t,
it all depends on nadim the cable guy!
i brought him my computer so many times i can’t remember…
when it was old
when it suddenly died on me,
when it needed a format etc…
i am not gonna get all emotional on you now, but i figured out why we become so sad, so lost, desperate and slightly hysterical, when we are forced into sudden formatting.
you would think that i am talking about unrecoverable data, important photos, projects you nearly finished and don’t have back up somewhere else…
but NO! it is (1st for me) the 9 GB of music you’ve been growing on your itunes all these years and suddenly pouff!
it’s all the emoticons you’ve been collecting from here and there on msn…
it’s all those bookmarks you saved on your safari…
it’s all these little things,
that, when accessible, had little meaning,
now i want to share something with you:
meet Nicholas Felton
he is 31 years old
lives in new york city
spends his spare time developing DAYTUM
he made a statistical report on every single detail in his life for a year (here 2007), artists he likes, music he listened to, how many times, every place he’s been, every way of transportation he used, every meal he had (including how many times he had sushi, chicken, red meat, fish…), photos he’s taken, with who, and how many times, movies he saw, his favorites, books he read, every drink he had… you name it, he hasn’t forgot a thing!
AND he’s done it beautifully!
and that my friend is trust worthy information design!





P.S. every new year, i make a resolution to do this, and just about the third day i manage to lose track