Alexandra Carmichael

February 8, 2012

I had the great pleasure of attending a QS meetup in Los Angeles this past weekend, hosted by Eric Blue. There was a great group there, 30 or so folks. One great comment in the introductions was from someone near the end of the circle saying, “This is totally blowing my mind!”

Eric has put together a compilation of slides and links from all five LA meetups so far. Here it is:

Show & Tells

1. Ernesto Ramirez gave a presentation (My Bits of Fit) on his Fitbit data and activity patterns, including some great visualizations (Thanks to @chloester)!
• Slides at http://www.slideshare.net/e_ramirez/my-bits-of-fit
2. Marina gave a presentation on InsideTracker (bloodwork analysis & recommendation) and her own project for tracking Happiness – the Ultimate Answer
• Slides at Inside Tracker – QS LA Presentation
• The Ultimate Answer
• Introduction to the Happiness Formula
3. Brian Dorsey gave a presentation on his product Work Food Out
• Site at http://workfoodout.com/
4. Eric’s presentation on location tracking and personal travel journal
• Slides at http://www.slideshare.net/ericblue76/la-quantified-self-meetup-1011-location-tracking
5. Eric’s personal device collection, along with other QS devices in the market, and future devices
• Slides at http://www.slideshare.net/ericblue76/la-quantified-self-meetup-0811-device-show-tell
6. Eric’s personal project (TRAQS.me) for consolidating his Quantifed Self device data into a central dashboard
   • Demo at http://traqs.me
   • Slides at http://www.slideshare.net/ericblue76/traqsme-presentation

Other Links

• Chloe Fan – Visualizations for My Bits of Fit
• Fitbit + Google Spreadsheets = Awesome
• Fitbit Hacks – Eric’s original unofficial API to scrape data
• Fitbit’s Official API
• Cake Health
• Healthcare.gov
• Avado
• InDinero.com
• Creating the Ultimate Personal Travel Journal
• Eric’s Personal Memex Project
• GeoLocation (GPS) and Self-Tracking
• Gordon Bell’s My Life Bits Project