This document discusses quantified self apps that allow users to track various aspects of their lives for self-improvement purposes. It outlines apps for tracking diet, exercise, mood, sleep, productivity, and overall health. These apps allow users to collect personal data, see patterns emerge over time, and potentially use the data for purposes like personalized medicine, workplace wellness programs, education, and more. However, the document also notes privacy and data sharing are concerns with these types of highly personal tracking apps.

1. Quantified Self: Apps for Self-Improvement
Kira Smith
1/14/2015

3. Who is tracking?

4. “He who knows
others is wise;
he who knows
himself is
enlightened”
Lao Tzu

5. “Knowing
yourself is the
beginning of all
wisdom.”
Aristotle

6. “There are three
things that are
extremely hard:
steel, a diamond,
and to know one’s
self.”
Benjamin Franklin

7. R. Buckminster Fuller

8. Stephen Wolfram
http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2012/03/the-personal-analytics-of-my-life/
http://www.wolframalpha.com/facebook/

9. Why?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4749432145

10. Diet

11. MyFitnessPal
• Calorie counting
• Exercise tracking
• Social support

12. Exercise

13. Argus
Azumio
• Activity tracker
• Step counter
• Calorie calculator

14. RunKeeper
• Cardio activity tracker
• Audio updates

15. Fitness Buddy
Azumio
• Exercise instructions
• Exercise tracking
• Body metrics

16. Mood

17. In Flow
App in the Air
• Mood tracking
• Social support

18. Emojiary
All Tomorrows
• Track your feelings
• Fun

19. Brain

20. Elevate
• Brain games
• Training and tracking

21. Sleep

22. Sleep Cycle
Northcube Ab
• Sleep monitor
• Alarm clock

23. Productivity

24. Evernote
• Notetaking
• Searchable
• Time stamped

25. OptimizeMe
GmbH
• Lifelogging
• Data visualization

26. Health Hubs

27. Health
Apple
• Health dashboard
• Medical id

28. Google Fit
• Health data collection
• Coaching

29. Personalized medicine

30. Electronic Health Records

31. Internet of things

32. See patterns emerge

33. Be a scientist
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/22/7403247/wolverine-diet-hugh-jackmanhttp://www.csullender.com/blog/2014/11/22/half-year-dash

34. Market research

35. Workplace

36. Corporate wellness

37. Community health

38. RunKeeper
Which State Runs the Fastest?
http://data.runkeeper.com/rk-usa-running-stats-by-state

39. Jawbone
South Napa Earthquake’s effect on the UP wearers’ sleep
https://jawbone.com/blog/napa-earthquake-effect-on-sleep/

40. Fitbit
New Year’s Eve Celebration in Steps
http://blog.fitbit.com/new-years-eve-celebration-in-steps/

41. Education

42. Higher education

43. Libraries

44. Sharing

45. Privacy

46. Criticism

47. Conclusions

48. Kira Smith
@KiraDemo
Kira@kdace.com
http://fitnessappreviews.tumblr.co
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