Operating System

Can Google tell when you're happy? Joseph Price tears open his online data to define his quantified self in this strange, intimate, analytics love story.

Running time: 55 minutes, no intermission

About the Show

Joseph Price, writer, performer

Joseph Price is a playwright, storyteller, and technologist. He has told stories on stage with The Stoop, Story League, Mortified, and SpeakeasyDC, where he is also a teacher.

Other Capital Fringe credits include This Digital Life: Basic Instructions for Coping with the 21st Century (playwright), The Sin Show (performer), Logic, Luck and Love (co-director), and e-Geaux (beta) (co-producer, performer) which was featured on NPR's All Things Considered.

Amy Couchoud, director

Amy Couchoud is a director, teaching artist and producer who has been involved in the Washington, DC performing arts community for almost 15 years. She is currently a faculty member at SpeakeasyDC and an associate of Pinky Swear Productions.

Other Capital Fringe credits include Chocolate Jesus and Chocolate Jesus: The Resurrection (director), The Sin Show (co-director), Logic, Luck and Love (co-director), and e-Geaux (beta) (co-producer, director).

Data

All attempts have been made to present data as honestly and transparently as possible. All aggregated data has been matched with a corresponding Data Accuracy Meter score.

Sample Data Sets

The following sample data is available for your consideration:

☞ 2012 Credit Card Purchases Mint ☞ May 2012 Music Plays last.fm ☞ Sep 8th, 2012 Location History* Google Latitude

*If the Google Latitude data doesn't load on your first try, please return to this page and try again. If asked to open if your web browser or a native Google app, choose web browser. You do not need to give Google your current location if prompted.

DAM Scores

All computed data featured inside of Operating System is matched to a corresponding Data Accuracy Meter (DAM) score out of 100. The higher the DAM score, the more reliable the data is. This is our best attempt at personal statistical significance and personal transparency.

DAM scores are calculated via the following formula:

Let t = total possible data set, t > 0;
a = available data, 0 ≤ a ≤ t;
c = subjective confidence, 0 ≤ c ≤ 10;
s = subjective sensitivity, 0 ≤ s ≤ 10.

The subjective accuracy of the data is then equal to:

the mathmatical formula [(a^3/t^3)-3(a^2/t^2)+3(a/t)]*log(0.9c+1)*(1-0.03s^2+0.002s^3)

Names

Some names have been changed out of respect for privacy.

Special Thanks

Operating System wouldn’t have been possible without:

Gwendolyn Fernandez for love, patience, and support.
Corey Csuhta for website design and Latex conversion.
Daniel Bumgardner for lighting design and board assistance.
Mark DeCelles for calculating the DAM.
TJ Dorch for lights and board operation.
Chuck Harmston for date math and Excel formulas.
Google for Search, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, YouTube, Android, and Latitude.
Julianne Brienza and Capital Fringe for the invitation to participate in fallFringe.