This year, I watched 55 movies, which is more than last year. That’s 114 hours of my life…

As part of my “Year in Data” effort, I visualized and analyzed the 2066 hours of focused time, mostly spent at my computer. This includes 3 classes at Georgia Tech and 21 projects in my role at the Tennessee Valley Authority as well as “intentional overhead” which doesn’t quite fall into other buckets. It includes time spent developing web apps and time teaching classes. It includes time spent watching lectures and taking exams. I’ve spent (wasted?) yet more time this year compiling a fairly comprehensive picture of all this, so the logical question is… why?

I love television, movies, music, and podcasts. I’ve been trying (a little) to get back into reading this year, but it hasn’t quite worked... We’re all familiar with Spotify Wrapped, but I’ve also pulled some screenshots from LetterBoxd and info from GoodReads. If you make it to the end, maybe you’ll find a few recommendations interesting!

One of my favorite podcasters Merlin Mann has for a while been maintaining the Wisdom Project. After hearing about it periodically on Merlin’s podcasts…