Ernesto Ramirez

July 1, 2015

With all the self-tracking applications, devices, and services out there it can be hard to make sense of all the data you’re collecting. Anand Sharma ran into this situation in 2014 when he started thinking about his data and how he wanted to use it to help him understand himself, optimize what he cared about, and help him tell the story of his life through data. He tackled this problem by creating a personal website called Aprilzero that let him publicly expose his data and insights. After a large influx of positive feedback Anand, along with a few collaborators, has launched Gyroscope, which enables individuals to use his visualization and aggregation system. We were excited to have Anand at our Bay Area meetup group a few months ago, where he told us the story of hw this all came together and what he’s been learning in the process.

To learn more about Anand, and his journey to create Aprilzero and Gyroscope check out his journal.