At QS Show&Tell #12 Seth Roberts quickly showed some of his latest results from his fascinating cognition experiments. We will have video of Seth’s talk up soon, but in the meantime I wanted to link to some additional explanation Seth has posted on his blog. First, some background. At QS Show&Tell #2, Tim Lundeen described…
Choosing a new platform for self-tracking is a big decision. Tracking takes a lot of time and using tools that are not meant for tracking and or have weak development or ineffective development can be a major time suck. That is why I am excited about finding Tallyzoo. More truthfully, Tallyzoo found me on Twitter….
We are starting to get lots of email about new QS products, trackers, businesses, and web sites: way more than I can intelligently discuss. I am going to start posting links to more or less everything I hear about, so that QS readers can take a glance if they are interested. If you like something…
QS is not going to become another health care blog, but I wanted to promote these excellent slides out of the comments section from the previous post on Quantified Self business models. Rajiv Mehta and Hugh Dubberly gave a talk recently that will be valuable to anybody thinking about QS in the context of health….
Last Tuesday I received an invitation from Esther Dyson and Jen McCabe to attend a small, private workshop on the business side of user-generated health. The workshop was to be held the very next day. Despite this short notice, more than 30 people showed up, some of whom flew across the country to attend. Their…
Daniel Navetta and his team at ApKmedia are putting the final coat of paint on their newly renovated loft space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn that will become a hub for talented and ambitious filmmaker, artists, musicians and (I add) self-quantifiers. Their space will host photo shoots, video shoots, artist “micro-shows,” album listening parties, creative community dinners…
At the last Bay Area QS Show&Tell, Mike Kirkwood of Polka gave a terrific status update about Open Mobile Health Exchange (OMHE), a microsyntax for people and machines. [The] goal is to have a microsyntax that allows applications and devices and share streams of information…. Multiple things can come into one person’s stream,and we will…
With apologies for the slow pace of getting these videos posted to the web site, today I bring you a video of a mind-blowing presentation by Ben Lipkowitz of his life-logging project at the last QS Show&Tell. As usual, this is a raw documentary record, made on the fly, so don’t be surprised by the…
Do you have a story about how your self-tracking project has affected your life? If so, I’d like to hear it. I’m working on a long magazine story about the Quantified Self, much more detailed than the short essay published in Wired last year. (“Know Thyself: Tracking Every Facet of Life“) For this story I’m…
Please join organizer Michael Nagle and the pioneering members of the new Boston Quantified Self group at their first Show&Tell on Wednesday, March 3. Full details here: Quantified Self Boston Michael and some collaborators have started a collective of community scientists called sprout, where the first Show&Tell is being hosted. You can find out more…
Dan Meyer’s 2009 Annual Report from Dan Meyer on Vimeo. High school math teacher Dan Meyer put together this fast-paced, compelling look at his year in numbers. Thanks to David Rosenman of Mayo Clinic for sending this in!
Do you want to be more creative? Justin Wehr does, and he sent in this question for the QS advisory board. ———- Name: Justin Wehr Purpose: My objective is to measure creative thoughts so I can figure out how to maximize them. Variables tracked: I have some variables related to this, but not enough. For…
At the the Bay Area QS Show&Tell #11, Maren Connary gave a follow-up talk that explored how her detailed life log, which she keeps on paper in thick binders, could be enhanced by a digital life logging system. You can’t see much of what she is talking about in this video, because the images are…
In the summer of 2009, I posted a survey of personal informatics tools on The Quantified Self, Flowing Data, and forums at personal informatics sites like Slife and MoodJam. Many people participated describing their experiences using existing tools to track and reflect on personal information. The survey helped us develop a model to describe personal…
This is a pre-announcement of what looks to be a service to connect the iPhone to any fitness and health self-tracking device that uses the ANT+ low power wireless protocol. In lay terms: this means that you should be able to get a bunch of things to talk to your iPhone that couldn’t before, including…
I found the following announcement from Tech-On via a tweet by Scot Kozicki, and found it very entertaining. A company called WIN Human Recorder Co Ltd has launched a new device to collect multiple streams of biometric data. There are all kinds of reasons to be skeptical of this version of the universal biometric collection…
Robin Barooah presented his new meditation tracker, called “Equanimity” at the recent QS Show&Tell hosted by MedHelp. A meditation practice is a powerful tool for increased well being and yet, for something so simple and cost-free, it surprisingly difficult to maintain. The problem of “resistance” in meditation is well known. Even people with long years…
We’ve been asked by fans of QS about organizing QS Show&Tell meetings in their own cities. (Along with the Bay Area QS Show&Tell, there is a thriving New York QS Show&Tell, and new Boston QS Show&Tell just getting going.) Below is a basic FAQ about organizing a meeting of your own. While much of it…
At the recent San Francisco Quantified Self Meetup, I had a chance to share the OMHE Open Mobile Health Exchange microsyntax standard. This post goes into more detail about how it works and what is the end game for such an effort. It is being developed in coordination with the Microsyntax.org effort and the project…
We are trying a new approach to cataloging the many tips we’ve received about valuable resources related to the Quantified Self. We’re going to be using Delicious to tag the links. Self-quantifier extraordinaire Mark Carranza has volunteered to to take the tag stream and munge it into into a better, more useful resource list. But…
