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What are the differences between supposedly reliable tools? Whether it is because of an inaccurate sensor or the difficulty of distinguishing sleep patterns of the target individual from surrounding noise, sleep has been much tougher to track than many other metrics. By looking at data from multiple sensors, Dyson gives a picture of how data can change according to the instrument used to record it, but also points to a central feature of a successful self-tracking project: Some roads are brightly colored thick lines that stand out against a black background and others are thin, barely visible filaments that are easy to miss.
There are no marked roads and no scale. Even so, in a different sense might be the most detailed and most personal map of Portland ever created, made from a four years of location data recorded at increments of seconds.
Aaron has continued to track his location and now has ten years of data. Both are open source and allow other self trackers to modify the technology to their own projects. Likewise, Aaron has developed both the app and API with the intent of individuals owning their own data. Because location tracking includes not just the physical location of a person at any point in time, but also a detailed picture of their movement habits and areas of interest, both tools include privacy controls to make sure that the user retains ownership and access to the data.
The market for quantified-self technologies apps that enable people to track and quantify aspects of their daily lives is currently in the embryonic stage. Quantify Technology's platform evaluates patterns, assesses risks, and alerts chosen family members if issues arise. Times, Sunday Times How do we quantify the value of peace? Logic to make the quantity or extension of a term or symbol clear and explicit by the use of a quantifier, as all, none , or some. Many other languages use inflection, a change in the form of words, to show h
A comprehensive record of location data can easily be mapped on to mood, biological markers, or any other data recorded at the same time. With these tools, it would be possible to see how passing through a specific area of town affects mood or if a particular commute correlates with a change in weight or heart rate, giving context to metrics on how our bodies are functioning that are normally dissociated from the surrounding environment.
At the launch of the Personal Data Notebooks we invited the Open Humans and Quantified Self community to contribute their own personal data analyses, to share them with a wider audience. To make it easier to find these notebooks — and easier to share your analyses with others — we are now launching our companion to the Personal Data Notebooks , the Personal Data Exploratory. The Exploratory lists ready-to-use data analyses which can be run on your own data as a Personal Data Notebook.
Once you have found an analysis you would like to run on your own data, it is only two clicks to run it. Your favorite data source is missing or you have an analysis you want to share with a wider audience? Sharing your own Personal Data Notebook and putting it into the Exploratory is just as easy and can be done right from an existing notebook.
Together we can create a thriving library of quantified self analyses. Please join us at QS18 for over 60 first person talks, tool demos, and expert-lead workshops about self-tracking, N-of-1, and everyday science. One of the most powerful forces driving QS in the last two years has been the energy of DIY and open hardware makers.
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Where does this leave individuals and communities who want to learn right now, using tools that match our needs? All the sessions listed on our QS18 Conference Program Page have been developed in collaboration with conference registrants. You can share your ideas for sessions when you register. But what happens when this data disagrees?
Jacqueline Wheelwright describes how these data can be used for less common and more personal reasons. But the very first question turned out to be less straightforward than it seemed: What counts as a headache? Jonathan Berent is that kind of crazy. Justin Lawler Justin Lawler has been dealing with low energy for the past 6 months. An avid self-tracker, he wanted to see how well the currently available tools capture this feeling and help him along a path of improvement.
He shares his results from a 5 day fast, using InsideTracker panels to test his before and after states. But how much risk? Through careful self-investigation based on consumer genomics, a reasonable estimate turned out to be possible. The Cost of Interruption Madison Lukaczyk Madison Lukaczyk tracked her time to see the impact that interruptions had on her productivity; the data and analysis changed how she uses her communication tools.
Learning From Pomodoros Maggie Delano Maggie Delano used the Pomodoro method — 25 minutes of work followed by 5 minutes of anything else — to complete her Ph. Her 5 years of Pomodoro data challenges the assumption that working all the time is the key to accomplishing things. Mark Leavitt and Esther Gokhale have been working on this problem for years and they share how they used their data to improve their posture.
He consumed liquids for hydration and metabolites but no calories. For this extremely clever project he used a GoPro to document passing vegetation and a device to record his sneezes in order to pinpoint what plants activated his nose. Given her family history, it seemed that an intervention was in order.
But what if she did nothing and simply made observations? There are a lot of them and her diligent work proves many false.
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