More personal data analysis! I can confidently say that I'm 19% happier on average than I was 18 years ago. Consistent 1% YoY growth in happiness. #QuantifiedSelf
#quantifiedSelf
Haha, Exist (https://exist.io/) thinks I write my best posts when drunk. #quantifiedself
Here's some updates on the little 'Personal API' Django app I made for getting some status updates in the footer of my website.
You know what would be really cool? A #quantifiedself person influence monitor. Say I have a #Fitbit and Joe has a Fitbit, we could have them detect when we are in proximity (if both people agreed) and then it would let us know over time how being around the other person influenced us - e.g. did heart rate variability increase or decrease (do they relax us or cause stress), did we burn more calories (maybe we usually go on hikes together), did we sleep better that night, and so on.
There are definitely people in my life who I'm pretty sure have significant effects on me in both directions, it'd be awesome to quantify them.
It would also be cool if one could do this without data sharing - e.g. maybe one presses a button on ones device to indicate one has entered x's presence and again when one has exited...
Honestly, I'd totally forget to do this...so something passive would be better - e.g. when you want to start tracking the next time you are around someone you press a button and it scans for electronic signatures and identifies Bluetooth etc. uniquely so that when you are around then it auto knows and can record...
The latter raises issues of #consent and #privacy...I'm not sure how/if one could do this in an ethical manner...but I'd like to have it 😂
As part of moving away from iOS, I've also replaced my Apple Watch with a Garmin device. Which means I'll have to figure out a way to get some of those data out to display it in my website footer!
Does anyone have a recommendation/existing solution for how to export small chunks of that data in regular intervals to an HTTP endpoint? Or will I have to learn how to use the Garmin API after all? 🙈
Of Suunto, Garmin and Apple
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For years I wore no watch, and then I took up scuba diving, and then I wanted to wear a watch when climbing, and then it escalated from there. Now I have Garmin, Suunto Apple, Casio, Xiaomi and other watches. It's easy to justify wearing the Apple watch because it's a smart watch so it has a niche. It's harder to justify the Garmin, Suunto, Xiaomi and Casio watches because they overlap each other.
I have written about this topic but I will write about it again, because people are amused, and confused, by why someone would wear two or three watches. I am frustrated that I feel the need to wear two or three watches. I'd like to be happy wearing just one.
Garmin
Recently with Garmin Connect+ I noticed that between the time when I finish a long hike and the moment the hike is available on Garmin Connect can be quite long. It takes several hours now. I think that by adding AI Garmin have increased server load, thus slowing down the ingestion process.
Despite the slowness the Garmin Instinct 2, as a device is great. It has great battery life. It's accurate, tracks HRV and gives me info about whether I am pushing too hard and more, for about 150 CHF. Contrast this to the Epix for 600 CHF or more.
Suunto
By now I have been wearing Suunto watches for decades, from the Suunto D9 for scuba diving to the Suunto Vector for climbing, to the Suunto Ambit 2, 3, Spartan Wrist HR baro and finally Suunto Peak 5. I also liked Sportstracker since the Nokia N95 8GB to when it was bought by Suunto and integrated into Movescount before being rebranded as the Suunto App.
Compared to other Suunto I have owned the Peak 5 is mediocre. Battery life is a few days, rather than a few weeks. Accuracy can vary and it's a little slow to detect satellites. Having said this I like the metrics that it gives, and I like that it creates a weekly or monthly map of the activities I have done.
Within a few seconds activities are synced and visible in the mobile app, with information about progress and more.
Apple Watch SE
The Apple Watch SE is the cheapest Apple watch. As a result battery life is short. If I do a six or seven hour hike it will almost always die near the end of a hike. This means that I will get most, but not all of the hike.
The SE is great for short walks, and bike rides. It also provides quite a bit of data despite the low, by Apple standards, price point.
Prices
The Garmin Instinct 2 was 147 CHF and the Suunto 5 Peak was 151 CHF. Meanwhile the Apple Watch SE was 299 CHF.
The Absurdity
It's absurd that Garmin has its own little world, with fitness tracking, health checkups, awards and more. It's absurd that Apple has the same gamification. Both want us to be stuck in their little worlds. I find it tremendously frustrating that we have to choose between either or, and that they do not play nicely together.
Suunto and Sportstracker
That's where Suunto and Apple, via Sportstracker, play nicely. The Suunto App, and the Sportstracker app are the same app, except that Suunto takes data from Suunto devices, and the Sportracker app, on iOS takes data from Apple Watch devices.
And Finally
Recently, as I go on four to seven hour hikes I find that the Apple watch battery keeps dying while I'm walking. It is for this reason that I have played with the idea of replacing the Apple watch with the Suunto watch. Having said this, despite better battery life, the Apple Watch gives far more data than the peak five. It measures form, recovery, estimates watts when running and cycling and more. It also has an entire app ecosystem.
If you're hesitating between the Peak 5 and the Garmin Instinct 2 go for the Garmin Instinct 2. If you're tempted by the Apple Watch SE then keep in mind that this is a smart watch first, and an adventure watch second. If you walk for an hour to catch a train, and go for a five hour hike then the battery will probably die. It does last better, if you just wear it as a step counter that happens to measure heart rate.
In summary, if the Apple watch battery lasted better I wouldn't wear two, or even three watches, every so often.
#Apple #data #fitness #Garmin #quantifiedSelf #suunto #trapped
Continuous glucose monitoring is kind of a miracle, but one of the shortcomings of the one I use (FreeStyle Libre) that I find irksome: a precipitous decline in blood sugar will cause the sensor to go offline. It’s always, always a sharp decline, but never for a spike.
Glucose shooting up because you’ve been irresponsible? Nope, we saw that. It’s in your permanent record.
Glucose coming down fast because you’re doing something good for yourself? We’re gonna take a break. You don’t need that accomplishment in your graph, do you?
Comme tous les trimestres, même si j'écoute moins de podcasts indépendants, voici mon top d'écoutes depuis le 1er janvier
Wenn jemand aus der #QuantifiedSelf Bubble noch ein #SelfHosting Angebot für seine Fitnessdaten sucht:
https://pypi.org/project/fittrackee/
Werde das die Tage mal testen. Auch, was so alles an Features bereits verfügbar ist.
Catching up on the @oshwassociation show and tell sessions to remind myself of the format before I'm on it on Thursday, and it was lovely to hear about @ivor's IvorTRK
Today we drove up to Laguna Brava, at 4000+ meters above sea level. Fun to see what it does to the SpO2 readings. 😬
Теоретические и практические рассуждения об оцифровке отдельных аспектов личности
В контексте ИИ в статье понимается использование комплекса механизмов на основе LLM + reasoning + agents + RAG + ML. В контексте статьи оцифровка личности или самодигитализация – это практика всеобъемлющей записи и оцифровки различных аспектов жизни человека. Идея статьи заключается в обзоре теоретических и практических аспектов создания «единого цифрового архива всего опыта индивида» – то есть фиксировании практически полного набора мыслей, переживаний и действий человека в цифровой форме. Для этого используются разнообразные средства: от носимых сенсоров и приложений до "цифровых дневников". Концептуально самодигитализация близка к движениям Quantified Self и лайфлоггинга , цель которых – « самопознание через сбор данных о себе с помощью технологий ». В итоге получается постоянный поток персональных данных – своеобразная «чёрная коробка» жизни человека, превращающая его повседневный опыт в данные, пригодные для хранения, анализа и воспроизведения.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/886026/
#SelfDigitization #QuantifiedSelf #AIPersonalization #LifeTracking #DataDrivenGrowth #DigitalTwin #PersonalAnalytics #LifeOptimization #CognitiveTech #BiohackingData
EURO 2024: How player tracking works technically
The European Championship ball is called "soccer love", but it is a high-tech device with sensors. Its data and AI help referees to recognize offside, for example.
#FitnessTracker #BigData #KünstlicheIntelligenz #QuantifiedSelf #news
heise+ | Trends 2025: Neue Sensoren revolutionieren das Gesundheits- und Fitnesstracking
Tattoo-Sticker, Pflaster oder Zahnaufkleber, das sind einige der künftigen Wearables, die mittels schlauer Mikrosensoren mehr Vitalwerte erfassen als bisherige.
#FitnessTracker #Gesundheit #QuantifiedSelf #Sensortechnik #Wearables #news
De After hours à Zone d'expression populaire, j'ai écouté tous mes (~50) albums en 110 jours, essentiellement dans ma salle de bains. On repart dans l'ordre alphabétique, en commençant cette fois par « 36 (beats & types) »
Not mine, but FFS having a “My Year In Tacos" dataviz at the end of 2025 is the most inspiring quantified self goal I've seen all year.
My secret to above average fitness? Plateauing and then waiting to get old enough to get into a different age bracket. From below average to above average, by benefit of turning 40 😅
Alternatively, a cautionary tale about the limits of quantifying health and wellbeing.
En 2024, j'ai mangé 20 fois une salade de riz et lentilles https://www.ptitecuisinedepauline.com/2014/10/salade-de-riz-aux-lentilles.html
18 fois un taboulé https://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette_taboule-tres-frais_23238.aspx
Et 14 fois les pâtes au citron et miso de 1L d'huile par semaine https://lolaspun.substack.com/p/les-pates-au-beurre-au-miso-au-citron
J'ai mangé un même plat 4 fois en moyenne, mais il en manque 400 dans l'agenda et on peut estimer que 300 sont des pâtes à l'eau, et 100 des sandwiches
Le dernier nombre média est tombé : en 2024 j'ai regardé 109 000 vidéos sur Tiktok soit 401 heures réparties sur 2 000 sessions
En 2024, j'ai ajouté 19 000 mots à mon journal. J'ai oublié de l'écrire le jour même 4 fois, et je n'ai pas pu 4 autres fois. J'ai utilisé le verbe « être » 787 fois, 30 fois plus qu'« avoir ».
La personne la plus citée l'a été 93 fois.
Je n'ai utilisé qu'une fois les termes « protagoniste », « orfèvrerie » et « embrasser »
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