“How can I define what makes me happy and what makes me sad, what is good for me?” In 2012 Benjamin Bolland was finishing up his undergraduate degree and working on a new start-up. He found that his moods were constantly changing and wondered if there was something he could do to make sense of…
It’s commonly believed that we sleep away approximately a third of our lives. Is it good sleep? Does it help us refresh and regenerate? What can we do to make our time spent in bed even better? Join us at our upcoming QS15 Global Conference and Exposition on June 18-20 in San Francisco to learn first-hand…
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…
What We Are Reading Newsletter from Nov 8, 2014
On October 23rd, the QS Stockholm meetup group meetup collaborated with the Bionyfiken, a Swedish biohacking meetup, to host a meeting at the Karolinska Institute. We’re happy to share a recap from Mina Makar and Dina Titkova, a member and co-organizers of QS Stockholm . The meetup was conducted in a very relaxed atmosphere starting with a small introduction by the…
“There was nothing in my life pushing me to to have these more intimate relationships, the few people I actually care about.” When Akshay Patil was putting together the guest list for his wedding he realized that it had been a long time since he’d spoken with some of the the people he was inviting….
Siva Raj was interested in lowering his blood pressure. With a family history of cardiovascular disease and heart attacks he was worried about slightly elevated blood pressure (pre-hypertension). As someone engaged with understanding and building fitness applications he thought he would be able to lower his blood pressure by staying on track with a regular…
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…
What We Are Reading Newsletter from Nov 1, 2014
Jamie Williams found himself with almost two years of self-tracking data including physical activity, blood pressure, and weight. Because of his interest in data visualization and coding he decided to learn how to access it the data and work on visualizing and understanding some of the trends and patterns. In this talk, presented at the…
Sue Lueder contracted mysterious ongoing stomach ailment after a vacation to Spain that her physician dismissed as heartburn. To find the true root of the cause, she began to track her symptoms and diet. In this talk, presented at our 2013 Global Conference, Sue describes how she used the data to make sense her illness.
This week we have four different meetups in three countries! The great community in Toronto will be meeting for the 26th time to share personal stories of self-tracking. In Estonia they’ll be discussing the future of wearables and biome tracking. Over in Minneapolis members will be talking about making sense of data from “old school”…
In 2009 Tim Ngwena switched on Last.fm and he’s been running in across all his devices ever since. Earlier this year he decided to take a deep dive into his listening data to see what he could learn.
Two weeks ago we announced the release of the QS Access App so you could access your HealthKit data in tabular format for personal exploration, visualization, and analysis. In that short period of time, we’ve seen a good number of downloads and positive feedback. We know from our experiences hosting in-person and online communication about…
Shawn Dimantha is always looking for easier ways to track his health. He uses a variety of self-tracking tools, but a few months ago he became interested in exploring what he could do given his engineering and health IT background. He was inspired by immersion, an MIT-developed email analysis tool, which helped him understand who…
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…
What We Are Reading Newsletter from Oct 18, 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…
Today we’re happy to announce that we’re opening up a scholarship application for the QS15 Conference and Exposition. Since our first conference in 2011 our aim has been to foster an inclusive environment, and with the help and guidance from many attendees we’ve benefited greatly from exposing ourselves to the wide range of ideas about…
This is Adam Johnson’s third QS talk. Previously he’s discussed the lifelogging tool he developed and uses and how he re-learned how to type in order to combat RSI. In this talk, Adam gives an update to his self-tracking focused on three areas: tracking an long-distance cycling trip, his streamlined lifelogging process, and how he’s…
