Going into day one of SXSW Interactive, a tech conference in Austin Texas, the New York Times published a story on how the spotlight this year would be on hardware. The story went on to discuss several devices to make this point which included 3D printers, smartwatches, and environment sensors like Nest. They also mentioned …
In this month’s Wired there’s an interview with Will Wright that chronicles his rise as a video gaming icon. The story covers how his interest began, and covers all the way through to where he is today. It’s a nice read and near the end of the interview he discusses his latest project. Here’s his …
I’ve been witnessing a pretty interesting phenomenon as of late. There is a very similar progression to how the evolution of Quantified Self technologies are going when compared to Lifestreaming. When I first started covering Lifestreaming the first phase began with finding ways to aggregate the data generated across many different services. Many different aggregation …
On the Progression of the Quantified Self Movement Going Mainstream Read More »
In my current quest to collect more personal data around my activities to draw knowledge and information with the aim of achieving a better quantified self I’ve kept a lookout for apps and devices to help me. We’re currently about to enter an amazing time whereby we’ll shift our attention from the vast knowledge of the …
Passive Location Tracking Data for the Quantified Self with Placeme App Read More »
The gadgets and services for Lifelogging and practitioners of the Quantified Self continues to grow and evolve at a very fast pace. I made a trip to CES this year which was unique in that it provided a situation for my personal and work lives to collide. As manager of web production for the X …
Health and Fitness Gadget Announcements from CES 2012 Read More »
I was excited to discover the folks from Bodymedia who had a booth at the GDGT event at SXSW this year. In my coverage of devices used for Lifelogging, I continue to look for new gadgets in this arena. On the surface the Bodymedia armband sounded very similar to Fitbit in that it offers the …
Lifelogging Physical Activity and Sleep with the Bodymedia Armband Read More »