escape to insanity

Throughout 2009, I recorded several dozen statistics about a) the pop culture I consumed, b) the people I talked to, c) the beer I drank, d) the places I visited, e) the vehicles I took to those places, and f) the amount of sleep I enjoyed each day. Those statistics spread across several thousand cells of a spreadsheet, which I then condensed and animated into the 2.5-minute video clip embedded below.

Dan Meyer has put together a really great short video summarizing some of his activities over the last year. In the same sort of tradition as Nicholas Felton’s Annual Report, it’s an interesting snapshot of someone’s life down to some nitty-gritty details.

Plus I’m just a sucker for infographics.

Designer/infographic guru Nicholas Felton released his much-anticipated Annual Report today, and the internet marveled. For the last few years he’s put out a summary of his year’s activities – the number of hours worked, number of drinks enjoyed, etc. While it might sound boring at first (”who cares how far this guy drove last year?”) it’s put together in a pretty impressive display.

While I think his 2008 Annual Report was a little cooler-looking, this year’s Annual Report (compiled from over 500 survey cards he handed out over the year) is still very well-done. Bravo, sir.

Check out the Feltron 2009 Annual Report.