talk - data insights meetup (dec 4 2014)
TRANSCRIPT
Quantified Self and transparent software
tools and techniques
by RasmusNOBLACKBOX Cambridge Ltd
Data Insights, Metail, December 4th 2014
Confession
I do not quantify my own self!
.. so title should probably be:
Transparent software and Quantified Self
Quantified Self
London QS (1800+ members)
Adriana Lukas
transparentdata aggregators
Research concepts match:
Self-tracking → self-hacking
Gary Wolf step data!
Wearable tech (unbreakable tech?) (self-TRACKING)
Omron Body Fat MonitorNIKE+
FUELBAND
Maneesh Juneja - Health 2.0 London
Good app (bad app?) (self-TRACKING)
Sleep Cycle App
mySymptoms App Emotion Sense App
Simple tools (self-TRACKING)
Data aggregators (self-HACKING)
sympho.me“Say hello to you”
OpenSource, data agnostic
Commercial, Health
Custom software
Some APIs,not many,nor full access
Data fusing, behind the scenes ..
Major data aggregator selling point:
“Dont worry, we will take care of that ..”
QS: “More transparency, please…”London QS and QS Europe (2014)
“How do I synchronize different streams?”
“Transparency and provenance”
“Flexibility”
“Drag and Drop”
“Loosing autonomy for other gains”
Quantified self profile observed
Behind-the-scenes magic not trusted
Fancyvisualizations not necessarily a plus
NO BLACK BOX
Adding transparency, via ... ….. two-way links ...
DATA MODEL
… created by the user, not a computer!
Demoing
“Machine autonomy is theater”
Jaron Lanier“Who owns the future?”
Thank you ..
Cambridge Quantified Self(show-and-tell, research, and technology for self-trackers and self-hackers)
http://www.meetup.com/Cambridge-Quantified-Self/
Organisation and Planning Meeting
Tomorrow morning 9am @ Hot Numbers
Pssst, new meetup in town: