How can I track down what is filling my HD but clears with a restart?

Recently started seeing 12GB of free disk space slowly filling over the day and I'm uncertain how best to track down and remove the cause.  Towards the end of the day, I see the "startup disk almost full" error and my computer comes to a crawl.  A restart rescues the space, so I'm guessing /tmp or swap?
Anyone have suggestions on starting to track down the problem?  Thanks.
Macbook Air
Mountain Lion

mhadjar wrote:
I'd consider using an external drive (flash or mass storage) for the files you use less often to free up disk space. You have a lot of inactive memory and your swap is around 2GB so you aren't too bad there. Obviously launching iPhoto might cause some swapping as well as iTunes.
Was this screenshot with iTunes/iPhoto opened or closed?
I think you meant to ask this question of the OP rather than me.

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