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One thing you might enjoy is recording your screen for yourself, and then replaying it at 10x speed. I’ve done this before and it allows you to get some of the

One thing you might enjoy is recording your screen for yourself, and then replaying it at 10x speed. I’ve done this before and it allows you to get some of the feeling of “being watched” with none of the privacy or security problems. Also sometimes it’s neat to see the crazy process of building something, particularly if there is ui or visual design tools involved. Also, I do think there is a whole additional level of understanding needed to practice or “work out” in front of an audience. There is some flourish to it, even if you are mostly doing your thing, you may have more round corners than you might otherwise. It is definitely a different experience.

justinlloyd 6y ago
I run a piece of software called TimeSnapper on my machine that takes a snapshot every 10 seconds of the entire desktop area. I have recordings going all the way back to the very beginning of 2006. It is incredibly interesting to watch some of those old recordings to see what I was working on that month.
- freedomben 6y ago
  That looks cool. Too bad there's not a Linux version. I suspect you could code a screenshot every 10 seconds in bash pretty easily anyway.
  - o-__-o 6y ago
    Drop this into a crontab with your desired frequency: DISPLAY=:0 import -window root "$HOME/Pictures/screenshot-$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M').png" Requirements ImageMagick installed Improvements You can change the date +FORMAT for a more readable filename. See the date(1) manpage. Caveats You may need to change your DISPLAY to match your actual X11 server. You may need to add XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority depending on your X11 ACLs. Probably doesn't work with Wayland, but nothing works with Wayland so YMMV.
- ShorsHammer 6y ago
  This sounds amazing, essentially a video diary without the omissions of a real diary. I'd love to see watch my work sped up like this. At 30fps you could see your entire day in 90 seconds.
  - justinlloyd 6y ago
    https://otakunozoku.com/video/working.flv https://otakunozoku.com/video/working.flv A month's worth of work in a couple of minutes. Captured way back in early-ish 2013. Sorry about the .flv, that's what web video kinda was back then if you wanted it to work on multiple browsers.

justinlloyd 6y ago

I run a piece of software called TimeSnapper on my machine that takes a snapshot every 10 seconds of the entire desktop area. I have recordings going all the way back to the very beginning of 2006. It is incredibly interesting to watch some of those old recordings to see what I was working on that month.

freedomben 6y ago
That looks cool. Too bad there's not a Linux version. I suspect you could code a screenshot every 10 seconds in bash pretty easily anyway.
- o-__-o 6y ago
  Drop this into a crontab with your desired frequency: DISPLAY=:0 import -window root "$HOME/Pictures/screenshot-$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M').png" Requirements ImageMagick installed Improvements You can change the date +FORMAT for a more readable filename. See the date(1) manpage. Caveats You may need to change your DISPLAY to match your actual X11 server. You may need to add XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority depending on your X11 ACLs. Probably doesn't work with Wayland, but nothing works with Wayland so YMMV.
ShorsHammer 6y ago
This sounds amazing, essentially a video diary without the omissions of a real diary. I'd love to see watch my work sped up like this. At 30fps you could see your entire day in 90 seconds.
- justinlloyd 6y ago
  https://otakunozoku.com/video/working.flv https://otakunozoku.com/video/working.flv A month's worth of work in a couple of minutes. Captured way back in early-ish 2013. Sorry about the .flv, that's what web video kinda was back then if you wanted it to work on multiple browsers.