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Explore the practice of collecting personal data for self-improvement through analysis, visualization, and behavior adjustment. Gain insights into quantified self and personal informatics for understanding patterns and driving change. Harness the power of self-collected data for growth.
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...practice of collecting one's data for the purpose of self-improvement. It involves data analysis, data visualisation, pattern-spotting and ultimately finding ways of adjusting one's behaviour. ...also goes under the name of quantified self or personal informatics. Self-hacking
What's in a name? … explicit focus on the end result … not data alone: understanding, patterns and change
Explicit, implicit & meta data … self-collected … in the background
Self-hacking, Self-Knowledge & Data Literacy ...London QS Meetup group
Data Literacy … how do I analyse, understand, interpret and re-use my own data without becoming a quant?
Data visualisation … pretty infographics - entertainment … boring charts & graphs - statistics
Data visualisation Information + graphics = infographics Analysis + graphics = ???
Further information Self-hacking: http://www.selfhacking.com London QS group: http://www.meetup.com/LondonQS Quantified self http://www.quantifiedself.com/ Personal Informatics: http://www.personalinformatics.org/ Contact: adriana.lukas@gmail.com