What We Are Reading
Ernesto Ramirez
August 22, 2015
What We Are Reading Newsletter from Aug 22, 2015
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QSEU15 Preview: Morris Villarroel on Slowing Time with a Lifelog
Steven Jonas
August 21, 2015
The 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference will commence in less than four weeks, bringing together the QS community to share what they’ve been learning with personal data. Anyone who engages in any sort of self-tracking discovers that the data collected is not a mere recording of some aspect of your life. Rather, engaging with and…
QSEU15 Preview: Ellis Bartholomeus on Doodling Mood
Ernesto Ramirez
August 21, 2015
In just four short weeks we’ll be kicking off the 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference, and we are so excited to hear from old friends, learn from new members, and interact with some wonderful toolmakers. It’s going to be a great time. As you may know, we build our conference programs from the ground up…
Oura Ring on Kickstarter: Sleep and Activity Tracking On A Finger
Gary Wolf
August 18, 2015
I first got a look at the Oura ring at the Quantified Self Public Health Symposium last May. I was surprised that the Oura engineers had managed to get sleep and activity tracking into a bit of jewelry the size of a ring, and ever since I’ve been deeply curious to experiment for myself. Although…
Meetups This Week
Steven Jonas
August 16, 2015
We have two great Quantified Self meetups occurring this week. St. Louis will have talks on crowdsourcing clinical research and tracking for athletic performance. After Austin‘s show&tell talk on using eeg’s to improve everyday performance, they will have a roundtable discussion. To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list…
What We Are Reading
Ernesto Ramirez
August 15, 2015
What We Are Reading Newsletter from Aug 15, 2015
2015 QS Visualization Gallery: Round 4
Ernesto Ramirez
August 13, 2015
We’re excited to share another round of personal data visualizations from our QS community. Below you’ll find another five visualizations of different types of personal data. Make sure to check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 as well! Name: Damien Catani Description: This is an overview of how I have been doing today against my daily habit targets….
QS15: A Review
Ernesto Ramirez
August 11, 2015
In just little more than a month we’ll be convening in lovely Amsterdam for our 2015 Quantified Self Europe Conference. While some might call us crazy since we just wrapped on our big QS15 Conference in San Francisco, we like to think that we’re on a tour, inviting people from around to world to engage and…
Meetups This Week
Steven Jonas
August 9, 2015
There will be three Quantified Self meetups this week. Zürich will have a toolmaker talk from Boonea on taking a quantified approach to relationships and personal networks. 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?…
QS Radio: Episode #4
Ernesto Ramirez
August 7, 2015
We’re back with another episode of QS Radio! In our fourth episode we learn a bit about Steven Jonas, and the many different trackers he’s using and then it’s on to a great show&tell interview g with Mark Leavitt, co-organizer of the Portland QS meetup group about his experience with measuring HRV and it’s effect…
Meetups This Week
Steven Jonas
August 3, 2015
Five Quantified Self meetups are getting together this week. Manchester will be talking about data dashboards and Berlin has a great slate of talks on blood glucose tracking, transitioning to a Colemak keyboard layout, and how to look for signals from one’s body. To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the…
Why Quantified Self Show&Talks are Amazing
Steven Jonas
July 30, 2015
I have had the esteemed pleasure for the last couple of years of helping speakers at Quantified Self conferences put together their talks. It’s a lot of work for me, but more so for the speakers. At the QS15 Conference last month in San Francisco, I took the opportunity to not only express my appreciation…
2015 QS Visualization Gallery: Part 3
Ernesto Ramirez
July 28, 2015
We’re excited to share another round of personal data visualizations from our QS community. Below you’ll find another five visualizations of different types of personal data. Make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 as well! Name: Edward Dench Description: All recorded flights I’ve taken. Tools: Manual entry into openflights.org (there is an interface using…
Damien Catani: Tracking 7,459 Dreams
Ernesto Ramirez
July 27, 2015
After going through a life crisis during his teenage years, Damien Catani turned to tracking his dreams to help “rebuild his sense of self.” Eighteen years and seven thousand dreams later Damien shared his tracking process and what he’s been learning at the QS15 Conference and Expo. In his data he found patterns for the…
Meetups This Week
Steven Jonas
July 26, 2015
There are four Quantified Self meetups occurring this week. Highlights include St. Louis giving a recap of the QS Global Conference that occurred last month in San Francisco. As well, the always excellent London meetup will be getting together. To see when the next meetup in your area is, check the full list of the over…
Runkeeper & Research: The Keeping Pace Study
Ernesto Ramirez
July 23, 2015
Yesterday evening I laced up my running shoes, connected my bluetooth headphones, turned on my Spotify playlist, and most importantly, hit “Go Running” on my Runkeeper app. About an hour later and I had run 6 miles at a decent pace of around 8 minutes per mile. And I knew this thanks to Runkeeper. Founded…
Quantified Self Public Health: Stephen Downs on Building a Culture of Health
Christopher Snider
July 21, 2015
[Editor’s Note] This May we hosted our second Quantified Self Public Health Symposium in San Diego at the University of California, San Diego. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation we brought together 150 researchers, toolmakers, individuals from government institutes, and science leadership. During the meeting we had multiple conversations, talks, and show&tells that…