Following on the heels of Nick Feltron’s popular annual report, Dan Meyer has taking life tracking into a new medium with his animated 2009 annual report.

Nick Feltron, graphic designer and co-creator of data tracking website Daytum, has just announced the fifth edition of his annual Feltron report.

A new iPhone application offers to help you understand how happy you are, and what makes you happy, by tracking what factors are associated with your personal happiness.
The TrackYourHappiness application is actually part of psychology research being performed by Matt Killinsgworth at Harvard.  The site identifies the mission of the project as a
“new scientific research project that aims to use modern technology to help answer this age-old question. Using this site in conjunction with your iPhone, you can systematically track your happiness and find out what factors for you personally – are associated with greater happiness.”
Upon signing up for the program, [...]

We love to know where things are and companies that offer online tracking services tend to do better, no matter what their business is. When UPS first started offering online tracking in late 1995, it got around 100,000 requests.  Last December, UPS got 27.3 million requests per day. Today, there are services to track our flights, the buses in our neighborhood, even where the money is going.  What does this growing consumer demand say about our culture?
Perhaps it is the sense of security and accountability that comes with following your purchases online, but the trend also indicates our constant need [...]

Taking your phone to bed has up until now meant answering e-mails and working until it is time to shut off the lights. Not anymore. With the new iPhone Passion application your lovemaking can be rated on a scale from 1 to 10, or “bad” to “perfect”. By strapping the phone to arm or belt, users are rated on duration, activity and climax.