Here’s a quick post for today to announce 4 new QS Show&Tell meetup groups that were recently born: 1. Brussels, organized by Candide Kemmler – Candide has jumped right in, already joining London QS organizer Denis Harscoat in a French radio interview about Quantified Self. 2. Washington DC, organized by Daniel Gartenberg – their upcoming meetup…
Here’s a video clip on health tracking from RedeTV!, one of Brazil’s biggest TV stations. Steven Dean, organizer of the New York QS Show&Tell meetup group, gives a great overview of some tools he uses to track his health, and a Brazilian doctor weighs in with his perspective on the benefit to patients. It’s in…
I’ve been thinking for some time about the connection between self-tracking and mindfulness. At first glance they seem to be very different – picture the wired-up gadget wizard sitting next to the unadorned meditating guru. But step to the side and look from a different angle, and you may see meditation and self-tracking as two…
Join us for our second meetup. Details here: http://www.meetup.com/quantifiedself-toronto/
The contents of this blog will be transferred to a different server over the next few days. Hopefully readers won’t witness any disruption in access but there always seem to be a hiccup or two in these migrations. Careful readers may notice a slight change in appearance once the blog arrives on its new server….
At tomorrow night’s Bay Area Quantified Self Show&Tell, we are going to focus on transportation, consumption, and energy. Our meeting is in the incredible Autodesk design gallery at One Market Street, and there are some terrific talks planned. Some of the talks will be about tracking the things we buy, and in anticipation of this,…
Gary Wolf’s TED talk on the Quantified Self was just released today, so if you’re here because of that, a hearty welcome to you! Here are some helpful links if you are new to this blog. QS is a collaboration of users and tool makers interested in self-knowledge through self-tracking. For more on this, go…
A few exciting things have happened in the past week that I wanted to highlight. Two New Groups There are now 10 global Quantified Self Show&Tell Meetup groups, with the newest ones in: – San Diego, organized by Ernesto Ramirez, John Amschler, Cece O’Connor, and Gregg Masters, and – Toronto, organized by Carlos Rizo and our own…
Quantified Self is excited to be part of HealthCamp again this year, with a self-tracking discussion session led by Gary Wolf. And yes, it’s the same day as our Quantified Self Show&Tell Meetup at Autodesk. October 6 will be a full day. This is a guest post from Maren Connary, organizer of HealthCamp and QS regular:…
Let’s extend a warm welcome to our brand new Quantified Self Show&Tell Meetup groups! Quantified Self Amsterdam, powered by James Burke, Joost Plattel, and Maarten den Braber – first meeting September 20. Chicago Quantified Self, powered by Bryan Campen, Jessica Charlesworth, and Jeff Heath – first meeting September 30. Seattle Quantified Self, powered by David…
Some things are easy to measure. Time, money, exercise, calories, location – all of these are relatively straightforward to repeatably determine or calculate. But how does one go about measuring happiness? What about compassion, or public influence, or creativity? These are more intangible, harder to pin down to a number that means anything. Douglas Hubbard has…
Don’t be shy – come to a QS Show&Tell meetup! Say you’ve been reading this blog for a while. You’ve watched some self-tracking Show&Tell videos, read about some of the experiments people are doing, and now you’re thinking of coming out to a physical meetup. Great, this post is for you! Here is a schedule…
If you know basic web development but haven’t got a clue how to build iPhone apps, Jonathan Stark has written a book you might want to read. It’s called Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and the full text is free (for now) at http://building-iphone-apps.labs.oreilly.com/
How do I quit smoking, or start a running program? Drink tea instead of coffee, or eat more vegetables and less sugar? What about focusing on one task at a time instead of checking my RSS reader every 20 minutes? If you are facing questions like this in your life or as part of your…
For any of you who are working on projects that address unmet medical needs, here is an announcement about a new competition, with three $15,000 prizes. Dear Self Quantifiers, I would like to spread the word about an upcoming competition NSF Partnerships for Innovation program in the Sacramento area (information is posted below). It is…
Here’s your chance to learn how to live longer, and save money too. Christine Peterson is hosting the first Personalized Life Extension Conference, October 9-10 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott. She is offering a $100 discount on the $275 registration price to all Quantified Self members who register with the discount code “QS”.
Last week, I wrote a post recruiting self-quantifiers who live in Pittsburgh for face-to-face interviews at Carnegie Mellon University, but not many responded. Thankfully, a QS reader informed me of Skype’s ‘Share Screen’ feature. Now, I am writing again to recruit participants, but this time the interviews will be remote using Skype’s ‘Share Screen’ feature….
Many of us are bothered by the conflict between wanting to take advantage of web services for the management of personal data and our desire to have all of this data on a local drive. Poyozo is a new service that scrapes personal data and returns it “home.”
Last March some UC San Diego researchers published a nice paper called Thick Film textile-based amperometric sensors and biosensors that gets into some of the details of printing biometric sensors on clothing. In this charming video, a UCSD undergraduate prints a sample biometric sensor on fabric. Below is an excerpt from the UCSD press release…
A post calling for Quantified Self entries to Institute for the Future’s contest, BodyShock: ideas to transform lifestyles and the human body to improve health in the next decade.
