Visualization of data has caused me so much pain that I am thinking about taking some time off. The pain I have is in my hands mostly because I have to constantly work on the laptop and computer and laptop and computer and on and on and on. I loved working on the laptop but now it is getting to the point where I am thinking about the next invention to replace the laptop.
Is there something out there that can replace the laptop. Have we not advanced enough to be able to get some new gadget that can get the work done just like a laptop does. If there was, then it would have replaced the laptop already. Coming back to data visualization, there is so much data in the world and we need to get as many insights from the data as possible.
The input that is given through the keyboard causes pain, it is a constant pain which needs to be taken care of. With the current scenario of the world, we have to think about what we need and not what should we be doing all the time. Gathering of data is a big task. How much did you walk today. How many steps did you walk today. There are apps which can record all the steps you have walked. The data will be recorded and you can see it. Gather the data for a month or 3 months or a year. Get as much data as possible. Then you need to visualize the data.
Divide the steps walked based on the day of the week. How much did you walk when looking at all the Mondays or all the Tuesdays or all the Wednesdays or all the … remaining days. You will get a pattern. What does that pattern tell you. It tells you that either you walk too much or you walk too little or you walk just the perfect amount or whatever. You have to study it carefully to understand yourself.
Now you can ask the question… What can I do with that information. Well, what is it that you can do with that information. You can just look at it and feel good and leave it at that. That would be a waste of time. You can look at it and make changes to your life based upon health requirements and you can get the perfect number of walks that is needed to be healthy.
Now coming to my pain in the Hands due to data visualization. I can gather data about how much pain I am in while doing work on the laptop. Data that has to be collected is to find out how much time do you spend on the laptop everyday. How much of it is work and how much of it is just useless things like watching useless videos or reading useless blogs or whatever. Then the data that is to be collected is, how much pain do you experience. Give it a number from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest amount of pain and you cannot function while feeling that much pain. It is also important to collect data about exercise and eating habits to come to a good conclusion.
Gather this data everyday for some time. Then you can study the data to understand how much time is the ideal time to spend on a laptop. The real point is that you do not want to be spending hours on end on the laptop. It is not a good thing. You need to experience life. Do new things. There are so many things that people do and you can take inspiration from that. Don’t make your life revolve around the 3 stupid gadgets which are TV, Computer and Mobile Phone. These three things are just ruining the life of all the people. Data Visualization should be a very happy work and not a pain in the hands type of work. You are the one to create that change. So go ahead and do it.
