Friday, January 30, 2009

How far do you move your mouse cursor per day on average?

So, just how far do you move your mouse cursor in 20 weeks on your screen? My numbers in meters from mousing at work in the last five months of 2008 are shown below! Can you beat them?













































































































































































































































































Period



Machine_A



Machine_B



Total



04aug - 08aug




2548




588




3136



11aug - 15aug




944




3614




4558



18aug - 22aug




1362




3122




4484



25aug - 29aug




3028




1272




4300



01sep - 04sep




846




3403




4249



08sep - 12sep




1475




2231




3706



15sep - 19sep




1614




1005




2619



22sep - 26sep




2308




312




2620



29sep - 03oct




2636




1091




3727



06oct - 10oct




1335




1547




2882



13oct - 17oct




1176




1298




2474



20oct - 24oct




1533




1349




2882



27oct - 31oct




1736




555




2291



03nov - 07nov




1486




2405




3891



10nov - 14nov




10




3930




3940



17nov - 21nov




39




3984




4023



24nov - 28nov




0




2914




2914



01dec - 05dec




0




3026




3026



08dec - 12dec




0




4181




4181



15dec - 19dec




51




3800




3851



Totals




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69764



Note that I was working on two machines for most of the time (no, not using the two mouses in parallel ;-), and four days a week except for three days in 1-4sept.

Some statistics derived from above table are:
  • I did a whopping 69764 meters of mousing in 20 weeks

  • In 20 weeks of 4 days per week I moused on average 872.05 meters per day

  • It can be clearly seen from the table that I stopped using Machine A in the week ending 14 September.

  • On average I moused 3488.2 meters per week


I used Modometer 2.0. It's the lightest one. A bit heavier is Mouse Odometer, which also allows you to easily see how much distance you covered compared to several landmarks like the Grand Canyon, or your own defined landmarks.

Could this measurement be used to see how productive a person is? If so, I'd be gaming with my mouse all day ;-)


1 comment:

westonism said...

Kind of pathetic, but it was 11277.6 meters in 7 days.