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February 1, 2015
There are five Quantified Self meetups occurring this week in the United States and England! The original Quantified Self group, Bay Area, will be convening in San Francisco for a lovely slate of Show&Tell talks on dating, diabetes, and more. To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of…
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January 25, 2015
Eight wonderful QS meetup groups will be getting together this week in four different countries. Belfast and New Orleans are two new groups that will be having their very first events. Belfast is starting especially strong with a mother and son show&tell on using a new continuous glucose monitor system that doesn’t require finger prick calibration….
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Fabio Ricardo dos Santos on Using Relationship Data to Navigate a Chaotic Life
January 19, 2015
I’m fascinated by self-tracking projects that focus on things that are hard to quantify. Such is the case here. Fabio Ricardo dos Santos is gregarious and likes to be around people. A lot of people. But he had a nagging sense that something was out of balance. To better understand why, he began to track his…
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January 18, 2015
There are an incredible 12 QS meetups getting together this week in seven different countries. Both Toronto and St. Louis will discuss how to use self-tracking tools to keep New Year’s resolutions. In Indianapolis, people will talk about their recently acquired tracking devices from the holidays. Geneva will be doing a review of 2014, where…
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January 12, 2015
The spirit of reflection that accompanies a new year is still present as eight QS meetups in four countries get together this week. Munich, in particular, will be discussing how to use QS tools to help track and reach goals for 2015. A common resolution is to lose weight, and weight management is the focus of…
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January 4, 2015
It’s a new year and here at QS Labs, we are looking forward to hearing about new self-tracking projects from our community in the next 12 months. One of our newest groups, Reno, will be the first QS group to ring in 2015 by sharing their stories of finding meaning through their personal data. To…
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December 21, 2014
December is a month of holidays, but it’s also a time for reflection. The group in Seattle will use their meetup on Monday as a time to reflect on self-tracking 2014. Sounds fun! To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of the over 100 QS meetup groups in the right…
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December 14, 2014
This is a very exciting week as two new QS groups, Göteberg and Ljubljana, will have their very first meetup. In Berlin, they will look at how to “biohack the holidays,” sharing techniques on preventing weight gain and avoiding hangovers during the year-end festivities, as well as a show&tell on what one person found when…
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December 7, 2014
We have a great group of meetups occurring this week in three different countries. Be sure to check them out if you are in the area! To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of the over 100 QS meetup groups in the right sidebar. Don’t see one near…
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November 30, 2014
There’s a great group of Quantified Self meetups occurring this week. The original QS group will be convening in Mountain View. The event will include talks on tracking punctuality and measuring heart-rate variability during an n-back test. If you live in the Bay Area, be sure not to miss it! Tuesday, December 2 Bay Area, California Wednesday,…
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November 23, 2014
There will be two Quantified Self meetups this upcoming Thanksgiving week (that is, if you are in the United States). To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of the over 100 QS meetup groups in the right sidebar. Don’t see one near you? Why not start your own!…
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November 16, 2014
We have a full set of Quantified Self meetups for the upcoming week. There will be 8 occurring in 4 countries. Meetups featuring talks include the always excellent London group, as well as, the Washington D.C. meetup with show&tells on tracking one’s weight for over 26 years and daily routines. The Groningen meetup will feature a talk…
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November 9, 2014
This week we have five meetups in four countries! The meetup in Warsaw will feature a show&tell on what can be learned from combining one’s genetic and microbiome data. The first QS group, Bay Area, will be having their meetup in Berkeley and will feature talks about running data and memorizing personal events. After two…
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November 2, 2014
There will be two Quantified Self meetups this week, both of which will be in the United States. I’m looking forward to seeing the Show&Tell videos that come out of these! To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of the over 100 QS meetup groups in the right…
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October 19, 2014
There will be eight meetups this week in four countries on three continents. The group in St. Louis will be talking all things activity trackers, including how to get your data out. In Stockholm, they are teaming up with a local biohacking group to talk about biofeedback. The Philadelphia group will feature a show&tell by…
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Ralph Pethica: Improving My Fitness With Genetics
October 16, 2014
One interesting aspect of personal data is how it can reveal what is unique about you. Nowhere is this more true than with genetic information coming from DNA testing kits. However, people are still at an early stage on how they apply that information to their lives. Ralph Pethica, who has a PhD in genetics, was…
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October 12, 2014
There is one QS meetup this week and it is a good one. The group in Zürich will feature a talk on using movement, EKG and EEG sensors to better understand one’s sleep phases. To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of the over 100 QS meetup groups…
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October 5, 2014
This week, there will be three wonderful Quantified Self meetups in three countries on two continents. A couple of the groups will try a different format from the classic Show&Tell program. The Indianapolis group will get lunch and watch Show&Tell videos. Meanwhile, the Oxford group will have a working session where the attendees will explore…
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Christel De Maeyer: My Journey With Sleep Monitoring
September 29, 2014
Like many people, Christel de Maeyer felt that her sleep could be better. Presenting at our 2013 conference in Europe, Christel shares what she learned from collecting over three years of sleep data. What did Christel do? Christel tracked her sleep for 2 years with various devices. She tested the effects of different variables on her sleep…
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September 28, 2014
This week there will be three meetups in three countries on three continents. The theme for the Bogotá group will be the quantification of emotions. The Brussels meetup will take a look at AmWell’s tools for monitoring stress, sleep and activity. And in Pittsburgh, they will feature casual hands-on demos before their talks. To see…