2. Things I track consistently
¡ Location: GPS (since 2008)
¡ Location: Checkins (since 2009)
¡ Sleep (since November 2011)
¡ Weight (since October 2011)
¡ Car Gas Fillups (2008-2011)
¡ Bike Rides (since 2013)
¡ Steps / Activity (since November 2011)
@aaronpk
3. Things I track consistently
¡ Location: GPS (since 2008) Geoloqi iPhone app
¡ Location: Checkins (since 2009) Foursquare
¡ Sleep (since November 2011) Jawbone Up
¡ Weight (since October 2011) Withings Scale
¡ Car Gas Fillups (2008-2011) Homegrown DB via SMS
¡ Bike Rides (since 2013) Strava + Wahoo Bike & Heart Rate
¡ Steps / Activity (since November 2011) Jawbone, Fitbit
@aaronpk
4. Things I track inconsistently
¡ One photo every day – off and on since 2007
¡ Heart Rate – During bike rides or other activities
¡ Food I Eat – Usually only for 3-4 days at a time
12. Why do I keep using it?
¡ Requires very little effort to maintain
¡ I use the raw location to add context to other
types of records (e.g. sleep)
¡ I can turn any timestamp into a location
21. Why do I keep using it?
¡ Requires little effort to maintain
¡ The tidbits from Foursquare are fun to see!
¡ “It’s been 6 months since you’ve last checked in
here”
¡ “11 weeks in a row at the Portland Airport!”
¡ “Six weeks since you last checked in with Turoczy!”
¡ To get accurate venue data, need a manual step.
Can’t be done reliably automatically.
26. Why was this successful?
¡ Minimal & forgiving interface
¡ SMS from my phone
¡ numbers could be sent in any order (mileage,
gallons, price) and it would figure out which is
which
28. Sleep Cycle App
¡ Place your phone on your bed
¡ Requires your phone to be
plugged in
¡ Can wake you up at an
appropriate time
@aaronpk
29. Fitbit
¡ Tracks steps, activity, and sleep
¡ To track sleep, requires you wear it
around your wrist
¡ I was not able to sustain this because of
the extra effort of using the wrist strap
¡ Button tap to put into “Sleep” mode,
gives visual feedback (timer starts
running)
@aaronpk
30. Jawbone UP
¡ Always on my wrist, so I never forget about it
¡ Battery lasts 8-10 days
¡ Alarm wakes up only me since it buzzes my arm silently
¡ Button tap to put into “Sleep” mode, gives visual and
audio feedback
@aaronpk
31. Sleep Logs
@aaronpk
¡ Times are localized
using location data
from Geoloqi
¡ Timezone is found
using Terraformer
github.com/Esri/Terraformer
¡ Using a reverse
geocoder to add
City, State, Country
48. Fitbit
¡ Tracks steps, activity, and sleep
¡ Step count
¡ Pro: syncs wirelessly when near base
station
¡ Con: not immediately visible since
it’s on my hip, not my wrist
@aaronpk
49. Jawbone UP
¡ Always on my wrist, so I never forget about it
¡ Battery lasts 8-10 days
¡ Pro: simple and light
¡ Con: no display, must sync by plugging in to phone
@aaronpk
50. Nike FuelBand
¡ Battery lasts 8-10 days
¡ Pro: Bright LED display, syncs via Bluetooth LE
¡ Con: Fuel number is opaque
@aaronpk
55. SmartThings
¡ Get alerts when
¡ a door is opened
¡ there is motion in a room
¡ Turn on and off lights
¡ Set up rules to do
combinations of things
¡ Temperature logging
@aaronpk
57. Currently: PESOS
¡ indiewebcamp.com/PESOS
¡ Content is created in third-party services
¡ Using feeds, webhooks, content is pulled into my
own database
¡ Content is then normalized, correlated, and
published on my site
Publish Elsewhere,
Syndicate to your Own Site
@aaronpk
59. Ideal: POSSE
¡ indiewebcamp.com/POSSE
¡ Content is created in my own infrastructure
¡ Syndicate to third-party services for the benefits
they provide (social sharing, analytics, etc)
Publish on your Own Site,
Syndicate Elsewhere
@aaronpk
60. Database .md files in Git
aaronparecki.com
Public
iPhone
Home
Sensors
Personal
Server
Body
Sensors
@aaronpk
61. Things I Want to
Track
But have not yet been able to
for various reasons
@aaronpk
