We had a great turnout at our last meetup in New York hosted at startup accelerator program Blueprint Health in Soho. Thank you to my co-organizers, Patrick Whitaker and Andrew Paulus , who helped pull together this recap. And thank you to the rest of my co-organizers Brian Gallegos, Mark Brooks and Konstantin Augemberg for…
At our last meetup in New York, we had a packed house at NYU’s ITP, one of our great supporters of QS here in NY. Thank you to my co-organizers, Ben Ahrens and Brian Gallegos, who helped pull together this recap for the blog. DEMO HOUR Brad Hammonds and Stan Berkow gave a large-scale, real…
Last week we had over a 100 folks attend our 16th NY Show&Tell with a Demo Hour held on Tuesday, May 8th at an incredible space that was generously provided by Digitas, a digital brand agency that has watched and supported QS closely over the years. Thank you to my co-organizers, Ben Ahrens and Brian…
-This review was written by Craig Protzel for my class DIY Health at NYU ITP (Tisch School of the Arts). In this class, students design systems of self-care that help people take stock of themselves by exploring ways to measure, reflect and act upon their health and lifestyle.- Marie Dapuch’s “Mood Tracking” is very much focused…
–This review was written by Ryan Viglizzo for my class DIY Health at NYU ITP (Tisch School of the Arts). In this class, students design systems of self-care that help people take stock of themselves by exploring ways to measure, reflect and act upon their health and lifestyle.– Moraveji asks, “What would it be like…
Ari cured himself of Crohn’s disease by experimenting with some unusual supplements, nutrition and fitness regimens, and tracking every bit of it. Four years ago, Ari was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. After a couple of years of intense pain, sixteen pills a day, and yet another visit to the hospital, he decided to take control…
Last month 75 QSers attended the New York Show&Tell #13 that was held on Wednesday, August 24th at NYU ITP, one of our regular sponsors in New York. Thank you to my co-organizer, Brian Gallegos, who helped pull together this recap for the blog. Ari Meisel Ari cured himself of Crohn’s disease by experimenting with…
In 2007, while training for an Ironman triathlon, one of the many daily QS rituals I did included waking up in the morning and strapping on my heart rate monitor before I got out of bed to measure my resting heart rate (HR). My coach had made it one of the mandatory data points I…
Over the summer at NYU’s ITP Camp for adults, I met the artist Laurie Frick who was making some breathtakingly beautiful sculptures and installations that looked a lot like our QS charts and spreadsheets. I encouraged Laurie to take a look at the data our community was producing. . In Laurie’s words, “I genuinely think…
Last night self-quantifying New Yorkers came out in the rain to witness another fascinating round of QS talks. A special thanks to our hosts Briana, Daniel and the crew at the digital innovation agency Zemoga. They’re doing some great work and be sure to check out their Follow Me app concept that they presented at our last Show&Tell….
A week ago the NY Quantified Self group convened on the 4th floor of NYU’s ITP program where over the summer I was pleased to be a part of their new ITP Summer Camp program where a bunch of us got to perform, compute, craft, process and visualize all sorts of digital stuff. It was…
About 40 or so self-quantifiers showed up despite the heavy rains on Broadway to witness another fascinating night of self-tracking projects with enough surprises to keep the interest high. Thanks to Dan O’Sullivan and Mustafa Bagdatli we got a chance to return to the well-wired labs of NYU ITP. Videos will be posted to the…
Daniel Navetta and his team at ApKmedia are putting the final coat of paint on their newly renovated loft space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that will become a hub for talented and ambitious filmmaker, artists, musicians and (I add) self-quantifiers. Their space will host photo shoots, video shoots, artist “micro-shows,” album listening parties, creative community dinners…
Before the holidays we held our 4th NY QS Show&Tell at Meetup HQ. Thanks to our hosts Scott Heiferman and Camille Alexander from Meetup and a special thanks to our new videographer, Evan Creem. Self-Tracking Tools Garfield started us off by describing Jerry Seinfeld’s “don’t break the chain concept” as a success formula for writing…
During the November NY QS Show&Tell (#3), many of us were excited to learn about the wi-fi body scale by Withings when Bethany Soule showed us how she had integrated her own Withings scale using their API into her project Kibotzer.com, a tool that helps people track their progress toward all sorts of goals. This…
Last week we had our largest turnout yet for the NY QS Show&Tell #3. Here is a recap with links. First, a special thanks to our hosts Cindy Hanson and Colin Kelly of Smart Design who not only provided us with a spectacular space but treated the group to some very smart snacks and drinks….
At last night’s NYC QS Show&Tell we gathered in the very cool tech floor of the Tisch ITP program at NYU. Thanks to Dan O’Sullivan and the rest of the faculty and staff for hosting us. We had all the best equipment you could ask for. What we didn’t have was a very good camera…
Last night was the inaugural NYC version of the Bay Area QS Show&Tell held at Parsons The New School for Design, on the newly renovated ground floor in the “Bark” Orientation Room (it’s literally covered in bark). Presentations included lots of very original and self-expressive charts of stuff tracked. Mimi Chun presented some beautiful artifacts…
