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Ethics for the Quantified Self
The diagram above shows the development of the frontooccipital circumference of a child's head. We measure the growth of our children to track their healthy development. Only with the context of benchmarks does the data become meaningful. Without sharing, it is...
Why Quantified Self Is The Next Big Thing
During the weekend of May 10-12, 250 students, scientists, artists, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs gathered at the Quantified Self Conference #qseu14 in Amsterdam, the fifth conference of its kind and the second one taking place in Europe. First timers, not...
Some Twitter stats for #qseu14
The Quantified Self Europe Conference 2014 had shown some activity on Twitter, as expected. 156 different people twittered using the #qseu14 tag. Nevertheless the absolute number of #qseu14-tweets slightly declined to ~1100 in 2014 from ~1700 in 2013. The...
Datarella People: Max Gotzler, Basketballer & Entrepreneur
Here is the transcript of the Datarella (DR) interview with Maximilian 'Max' Gotzler at the Quantified Self Conference 2014 in Amsterdam. DR At the Quantified Self Conference 2014 in Amsterdam, we're together with Maximilian Gotzler, semi-professional basketballer and...
Datarella People: Dan Berglund, Senior Developer at Narrative
Here's the transcript of the Datarella (DR) interview with Dan Berglund of Stockholm-based life-logging startup Narrative. DR At the Quantified Self Conference 2014 in Amsterdam, we're together with Dan Berglund from Swedish startup Narrative. Dan, could you introduce...
Quantified Self and Philosophy. Our Session at the QSEU14 Conference
At the Quantified Self Europe Conference 2014, which took place on May 10th and 11th, we hosted a session to discuss philosophical, and especially ethical aspects of self-tracking. Here are our slides with comments: Quantified Self and Philosophy from Joerg Blumtritt...
When will the Quantified Self cross the chasm?
Bring cutting-edge technologies and products to larger markets, making them mainstream - that's what Moore's Crossing the Chasm is all about. Where is this specific point in a technology's adoption lifecycle that transforms a nerd toy into a quite natural product of...
Open Foresight – our session at re:publica 2014
"The future is already there, it is just not evenly distributed" as William Gibson said. At re:publica 2014 conference in Berlin we will demonstrate methods and tools to make good predictions and foresighting from sources found on the Net. "With Big Data comes the end...
Our Session at the Quantified Self Europe Conference
[Opening the QS Europe Conference 2013: Gery Wolf (left) and Ernesto Ramirez (right)] The Quantified Self Europe Conference will take place May 10th to May 11th in Amsterdam. This year we are excited to not only visit but also take an active part in the conference. We...
Datarella People – Klaus Bscheid, Wearable Tech Entrepreneur
Here's the transcript of this Datarella (DR) interview with Klaus Bscheid: DR Klaus, can you tell us a little bit about ambiotex Klaus Sure! ambiotex has developed a textile with integrated sensors. With these sensors we can track a genuine one-lead ECG. Based on that...
Lifelogging
Tracking your life can mean any form of recording: some body measures like weight, your workout, your food intake, your sleep patterns - this is the "classic" Quantified Self. One of the most intrusive, yet intriguing ways of tracking your life, however is actually...
Organizing a System of 10 Billion People
In this post, I will make some predictions on the nearer and farther end of the Quantified Self movement. Using McLuhan's Tetrad, I will argue that Quantified Self will get huge incentives from enhancing healthcare, crowdsourcing science, and support a strong common...