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A personal statistics dashboard and API

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Re: A personal statistics dashboard and API

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Post by hopkinschris »

showsover wrote: post #7
joezo wrote: post #3

First of all, this is awesome! Secondly, what do you use to collect all this data?

Seconded, I'm really interested in the hardware you use to collect all that data.

Thanks for the kind words :)

I'm using a JawboneUP to track mood, steps, calories, and sleep. And the Withings Smart Body Analyzer to track weight, and heart rate. And a few open source gems to pull down the data: https://github.com/chocolit/dashboard

Re: A personal statistics dashboard and API

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Post by thauck »

abailin wrote: post #4

You should put some axes on the steps/calories burned graphs. The upper left time looks like the updated time, but is the graph time over the past hour, day?

This is my biggest gripe, otherwise I like it. Visually the design is pretty, but in terms of representing information it leaves a lot to be desired.

Re: A personal statistics dashboard and API

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Post by paratrooper »

cmbaus wrote: post #12
showsover wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seconded, I'm really interested in the hardware you use to collect all that data.

I think the author is using Withings: http://withings.com/

No idea this existed, is it me or does Withings look way more awesome than the Nike+ gear?

Re: A personal statistics dashboard and API

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Post by dawson »

showerst wrote: post #8

I'd pay a monthly fee for a service that let me create one of these and integrate it with the various workout/personal stats apps/gadgets/services. An app like Moves + a sleep monitor + a workout tracking app + a diet tracker all on one dashboard would be really neat.

We've just enabled third-party app support via our API and have a pretty powerful personal dashboard https://api.howareyou.com/ and https://howareyou.com/ – we're still working on integrating different applications and devices, but using our API, there is no reason why you or any other developer can't add your own.

Re: A personal statistics dashboard and API

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Post by hopkinschris »

abailin wrote: post #4

You should put some axes on the steps/calories burned graphs. The upper left time looks like the updated time, but is the graph time over the past hour, day?

That's a great point! I initially had labels along the x-axis and then removed them for simplicity. But looks like I went a little too far.

Each individual data point is total steps and or calories for a singular day. The count in the top right is for today (and it's always the last data point on the graph). Then it goes today-1, today-2, etc..

Thanks for taking the time to check it out and providing some feedback, I do appreciate it :)

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