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I've been tracking everything about myself

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Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by lnanek2 »

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Clicked around a little and didn't see how old he is. Personally, I could run a mile under 5 minutes in high school, ran track for high school and college, wore out my knee so it hurts constantly at any more running for years after, and currently I'd be happy to get any time at all nowadays. So 10 minutes could be quite good considering his life situation.

Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by kenver »

[deleted] wrote: post #8

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I can't believe you bothered to take the time to write that. Who cares what his running pace is, and more to the point why do you?

I think the point of the submission was to highlight the quality of the site. Not some strangers fitness level.

Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by taway98765 »

Nice PR campaign to prepare the floor for a new generation of wearables / tracking & monitoring devices .. don't get me wrong, I like(LOVE) the technology, I just don't like the idea of becoming a self-sponsored spy pawn on me and everyone around .. focus on privacy, local/self hosted services first, hardened leak-free hw, cloud data encryption(with keys not leaving your devices) by default + 1000 of other privacy-related challenges that are being largely ignored .. and since this is not in the fin. interest of hw manuf./main sw houses .. the world is becoming a modern, more efficient, better organised version of orwel's 1984 and it looks like regardless of the amount of information confirming this disturbing development, people naively trade 15min of fame for privacy again and again(and it - will - turn against you even if you are protesting in front of the "right" embassy - well, activism of any kind is considered a threat these days so better stick to those kitty pictures and comments about the newest season of )

Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by miguelrochefort »

LunaSea wrote: post #4
tlrobinson wrote: post #2

Honestly, the only reason I use Foursquare and various other personal tracking things is I hope someday to be able to export the data into a nice visualization like this.

But in the meantime you give up any sense of privacy.

You're just making a caricature of yourself.

Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by arondeparon »

lnanek2 wrote: post #11
[deleted] wrote: post #8

[deleted]

Clicked around a little and didn't see how old he is. Personally, I could run a mile under 5 minutes in high school, ran track for high school and college, wore out my knee so it hurts constantly at any more running for years after, and currently I'd be happy to get any time at all nowadays. So 10 minutes could be quite good considering his life situation.

For what it's worth: he's 24 (see http://aprilzero.com/sport/).

Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by djtriptych »

ArikBe wrote: post #10

Nicholas Felton has been doing something similar for a couple of years, but he creates a printed journal: http://feltron.com/ar12_02.html I would be interested in a turnkey solution with modular components that would allow people to quickly "snap" together a site like this.

Check out Felton's other site - daytum.com. It's an app and website that helps people get started, though the fancy visualizations aren't modularized just yet.

Re: I've been tracking everything about myself

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Post by disputin »

lnanek2 wrote: post #11
[deleted] wrote: post #8

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Clicked around a little and didn't see how old he is. Personally, I could run a mile under 5 minutes in high school, ran track for high school and college, wore out my knee so it hurts constantly at any more running for years after, and currently I'd be happy to get any time at all nowadays. So 10 minutes could be quite good considering his life situation.

With rovers shooting lasers on Mars I'm disappointed that ligament and joint repair isn't as routine as dental work. Actually, I'm also disappointed that I still have to brush my teeth. The technology trickle down doesn't really jump out at you, does it? Imagine a country redirecting a year of military spending to advance the smaller everyday things.
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