I’d like to present to everyone in the QS community the results from my research. I’ve spent almost a whole year now, conducting research for a masters degree in applied anthropology at San Jose State University. For the last six months or so, my research has focused on the QS meetup groups. In my MA…
We started Quantified Self as a casual meeting for users and makers of self-tracking tools. Now that our project has evolved into an active, international community, I’d like to offer a concise description of what it’s about. This will help if you are organizing a Quantified Self show&tell, giving a talk, or launching an independent…
The power of the Quantified Self community is in the individual stories of self-tracking and self-experimentation that QS’ers around the world are sharing with each other. With this post, I want to invite you, if you haven’t already, to share your story – what did you do? How did you do it? What did you…
Four new Quantified Self Show&Tell meetup groups have started up in the past few weeks, so we want to give them a warm welcome here! Dublin, Ireland – started by Mark Matthews and Ronan McDonnell Raleigh, North Carolina – started by George Saines Lousiville, Kentucky – started by Chris Hall and Joe Wheeler South Florida…
Now that there are so many QS events happening around the world (July alone has eight events!), we decided to put together a global QS calendar to keep track of all of them. If you’re traveling, or have friends in other cities you’d like to tell about a meetup, you can now see all upcoming…
Five new Quantified Self Show&Tell meetup groups have started up since our recent conference, so we want to give them a warm welcome here! Tulsa, Oklahoma – started by Jim Meehan Portland, Oregon – started by Ioan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – started by Theodore Wheeland Victoria, British Columbia – started by Rasool Edinburgh, Scotland – started…
While I don’t think a local QS meetup would normally warrant the attention on the main blog, we’re having a bit of a special event at the local Vancouver group next week, that I wanted to share with a larger audience than I might otherwise be able to reach. I know this one comes hot…
With 26 QS groups around the world now, chances are there’s a meetup somewhere near you. Here are some upcoming QS Show&Tells to check out: April 27 – QS Seattle #2 April 28 – QS London #4 April 28 – QS Vermont #1 May 16 – QS Amsterdam #3 May 28-29 – Global QS Conference…
Here’s a snapshot of where Quantified Self is now and how we’ve grown in the past year – the chart titles summarize the growth extrapolated out from 10 months to a full year. Thanks and congratulations everyone!. QS Meetup Members Grow 3x Number of QS Groups Grows 6x Check out the newest QS groups in…
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…
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…
