The web has all sorts of data, but it’s sorely missing yours. If you request an account from Daytum, you can change that.

The site lets its users collect data about themselves and share it via beautiful charts. Track your coffee consumption, how often you exercise, or anything else that matters to you.

One of the site’s creators, Nicholas Felton creates a personal annual report each year that shows his year in data. Through gorgeous visualizations, Felton shows off the mundane. And now you can, too.

Felton gave a talk about the history of Daytum at the Future of Web Design. His slides are embedded below:

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Using the site is super easy. You can drop in, add some data, and drop out. There’s also a Twitter submission system, for adding your data on the go.

The site is so simple, yet has a number of options for users. There’s lots of room for improvement, such as an API to allow some automated inclusion of data. Overall, this is a fun, easy-to-use site that’s worth checking out.

See also:

• Google Data Visualization Opens a New Web
• Google Trends Takes on the Flu
• Google Spruces up Spreadsheets
• Mint’s New Investment Graphs Showcase Personal Recessions

Given the enterprisey feel of this announcement, it’s easy to miss the big picture for the web. Google is encouraging companies to open up their data. The future of the web is one big mashup, but that requires every service to have an API. It helps to have Google encouraging that behavior.

When the Visualization API was first released, it looked like a replacement for Excel charts. Now it’s bringing these charts, and the data inside them, to the web at large.

See also:

• Mint’s New Investment Graphs Showcase Personal Recessions
• Mash Your Own Geodata: Google Adds More Custom Mapping Features
• Google Trends Adds Site-Comparison Feature