Low Friction Personal Data Collection - Open Source Bridge
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The document discusses the types of personal data that Aaron Parecki tracks over time, including location data from GPS and check-ins, sleep patterns, weight, bike rides, steps and activity levels. It describes the hardware and apps used to collect and analyze each type of data, and Aaron's reasons for continuing to self-track. The document also covers Aaron's goals to publish and store tracked data himself rather than relying solely on third party services.
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- 1. Low Friction Personal Data Collection @aaronpk • aaronparecki.com Open Source Bridge • June 2013
- 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
- 6. Location: GPS 2008 - Present @aaronpk
- 7. Hardware GPS Logger (2007) @aaronpk
- 9. Geoloqi on an iPhone @aaronpk
- 10. @aaronpk
- 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
- 13. Location: Checkins 2009 - Present @aaronpk
- 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.
- 22. Gas Fillups 2008 - 2011 @aaronpk
- 25. Fillups
- 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
- 27. Sleep Nov 2011 - Present @aaronpk
- 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
- 35. Sleep Logs Nov 2011 – June 2013
- 36. Sleep Logs Nov 2011 – June 2013
- 37. Sleep Logs by City
- 38. Sleep Logs by City Jetlag SXSW
- 39. Weight Oct 2011 - Present @aaronpk
- 43. Bike Rides Since June 2013 @aaronpk Experimental
- 44. Wahoo Blue SC ¡ Attaches to bike frame and wheel ¡ Measures speed and cadence @aaronpk
- 45. Wahoo Blue HR
- 46. Strava iPhone App ¡ GPS, Bike Speed, Heart Rate @aaronpk
- 47. Steps / Activity Since November 2011 @aaronpk Experimental
- 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
- 51. Step Count Comparison 836 Steps 941 Steps790 Steps @aaronpk
- 52. Why experimental? I have not yet found a good way to: ¡ normalize and store the data ¡ share the data on my website @aaronpk
- 54. SmartThings ¡ Dead simple home automation ¡ Presence, motion, door locks, more @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
- 56. Where does it go? @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
- 58. Database .md files in Git aaronparecki.com Public
- 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
- 62. Food and drink I consume @aaronpk
- 64. What people I am with at any given time @aaronpk
- 65. Who I've communicated with each day @aaronpk
- 66. General noise level around me at all times @aaronpk
- 69. Other Low Friction Tools @aaronpk
- 70. Sheet-fed Scanner @aaronpk One-button scan to Dropbox
- 71. @aaronpk
- 72. Eye-Fi Camera Card @aaronpk Photos uploaded automatically to Flickr from wifi connections
- 73. Nest Thermostat ¡ Simple Interface (turn right, left, press down) ¡ Can be controlled from your phone @aaronpk
- 74. Pebble Smart Watch Displays text messages so I can avoid looking at my phone except to respond @aaronpk
- 75. Low Friction: If I can’t use it, then probably nobody else will either @aaronpk