How to gain insight on yourself? Tools for personal analytics.
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The document discusses personal informatics tools that assist individuals in collecting and analyzing personal data for self-reflection and monitoring. It highlights motivations such as improving health, enhancing quality of life, and discovering new experiences, and outlines methods for data collection, analysis, and visualization. Examples of tools include sensors like Fitbit and various applications for tracking behavior, health metrics, and mood.
![Personal Informatics
“Personal informatics is a class of tools that
help people collect personally relevant
information for the purpose of self-reflection
and self-monitoring“
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How to gain insight on yourself? Tools for personal analytics.
- 1. How to get insight on yourself? Tools for personal analytics By Gene Leybzon
- 2. Personal Informatics “Personal informatics is a class of tools that help people collect personally relevant information for the purpose of self-reflection and self-monitoring“ [from http://www.personalinformatics.org/]
- 3. What we want to know? • Common behavior • Habits • Thoughts • Feelings
- 4. Why? (Motivation) • To improve health – Cure or manage health condition – Achieve a specific goal – Find triggers • To improve quality of life – Maximize performance – Mindfulness • To find new experiences
- 6. Data Collection • Sensors (Fitbit, WiFi-scale, heart rate monitor) • Spreadsheets • Applications (including mobile apps) • Pen and paper • Web sites
- 7. Sensors and Devices • Activity Monitors – FitBit – Nike+ Fuel Band – Pebble • Sleep monitors – Lark – WakeMate • Diet – FirBit Aria scale – MyFitnessPal • Mood • Other – 23andMe (genetic) – WorkMeter – OmniCOntext
- 8. Data Analysis • Statistical software • Mathematica • Custom apps for data analysis
- 9. Visualizations • Web sites – Fitbit – ZAO – Quantified Mind • Excel • Applications
- 10. Quantified Self Mobile apps