Today I came across the Felton Report. What is this report? Well I see a beautiful visual Lifestream. It was created by one Nicholas Felton who is a graphic designer based in New York City. He is also the co-creator of the data-tracking website Daytum.com. I had recently signed up and gotten access to this …
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Earlier this year the Dublin Science Gallery began an exhibit dedicated to Lifelogging. Here’s the description of their exhibit: From critical to creative, LIFELOGGING asks ‘where do we go from here’ and question whether we can record and analyze happiness, beauty and aesthetics the same way we record footsteps and heartbeats. This exhibition will explore …
Recap of the Lifelogging Exhibit at the Dublin Science Gallery Read More »
The quantified self movement often focuses on measuring data to help us improve short to medium length goals. If we take a step back and then increase the range of measurement based on our life expectancy and work backwards we can use a very different lens to help modify the behavior of our lives. The …
Thoughts on Quantified Self for Modifying Long Term Life Goals Read More »
I’ve seen some recent focus on the beautiful designs around lifelogging and quantified self data. So much of the raw data is either boring spreadsheets or rudimentary graphs that when you see design implemented to visualize the information it makes it much more appealing to pour over. Of course some of the design requires that …
Beautiful Visualizations of Lifelogging and Quantified Self Data Read More »
We can create an enormous amount of data over the course of a year while we are Lifestreaming. On a daily basis this is a simple set of information to track and digest, but some very interesting information could be gleaned if we were to analyze data over long periods of time. Almost 2 years …
Gordon Bell’s name came up several times when I first began researching Lifestreaming back in early ’07. While I consider David Galernter to be the “Father of Lifestreaming“, Gordon has done his fair share of work early on that also has helped with the concept. I’ve written about him in the past and quoted an …
Wired Article on Lifestreaming Pioneer Gordon Bell Read More »
Last March I reviewed the initial release of Gyroscope. You provide access to services like Fitbit, Runkeeper, Instagram, and Foursquare and it aggregates and creates beautiful visualizations from your personal data. You can read my initial review here. Over the last few months they’ve added new features, released an iPhone app, and continue to polish …
Create Your Own Feltron-Like Annual Report with Gyroscope Read More »
I recently tested out a new service in private beta called Vizify. The concept is fairly simple, connect your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Foursquare accounts and it will generate an interactive bio infographic based on the imported data. But after the service does a great job analyzing your data to automatically create your profile, it …
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