Paris, nov. 2011

@egadenne’s QuantifiedSelf from 2003 to 2011

My SelfTracking from 2003 to 2006

Goal

- restore balance

- improve lifestyle

Support- notepads (immediate capture)

- transfer to Excel (store, analyse, alert, correlation)

Conclusion- Sleep is key for balance

- QuantifySelf improves my lifestyle

- Good patterns become natural again

@egadenne

SelfLocating since early 2010

Goal

- study geolocation usages

Results- 4 geolocation meetups

- Community Management for 2 startups

- webtv shows, web, press and radio interviews

Conclusions

- Gamification is a trap, a waste of time

- No concrete advantage for users ?

- Too many startups for too small french market

- Geolocation is a utility

- Foursquare is useful for Instagram, DidThis…

@egadenne

DidThis since august 10

Goals

- study QuantifiedSelf usages

- practise tools

- help one startup

Conclusion- Thanks to DidThis, I am more active…

… In Real Life & online

Results- Community management

@egadenne

Runkeeper since september 10

Goals

- 1000 km walk tracked in one year

Conclusion

- choose long term goals

- complete and easy-to-use platform (weight, walk, running, coaching, live, course, sleep, blood pressure, cardio, pedometer, etc.).

Result- 906 km walk in 13.5 month

@egadenne

TargetWeight since march 11

Goal

-Exit overweight

Conclusion- Practical & motivating

- target long term goal : -0.2 kg/week

- Nutritionist help needed : ask @ledretch

- let your friends cheers you

Results- 5,8kg lost in 210 days

- Good nutrition patterns become natural

@egadenne

Fitbit since may 11

Objectif

- Test how a tracker can help me

Results- daily use since may 2011

Conclusion- Very pratical and motivating

- User Interface fun and complete

- Robust tacker survivor of

- 1 moss party

- 3 falls in the toilets

- Take care : lost easily

@egadenne

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