{"id":48,"date":"2011-01-14T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T18:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rumfordhills.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2011-01-14T14:42:02","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T18:42:02","slug":"the-quantitative-self-or-yes-there-are-people-worse-off-than-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rumfordhills.com\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"The Quantitative Self&#8230;.or yes there are people worse off than I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing like letting your iPad educate and inspire you whenever you&#8217;re not busy.  I had my iPad propped up running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/\">TED<\/a> (a great little app) while I was making lunch and it played a speech by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/gary_wolf.html\">Gary Wolf<\/a> on the joys of tracking everything you do.  Clip on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quantifiedself.com\/self-tracking-links-to-get-you-started\/\">a couple of devices<\/a> and viola &#8230; you can track how many steps you take, how many calories you burn, what your sleep patterns are, how many minutes of REM sleep you get&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>So if you thought tracking your electricity usage every 2 minutes and posting it to Google was over the top&#8230;.How about you heart rate and exercise levels?<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/GaryWolf_2010S-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/GaryWolf-2010S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=966&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=gary_wolf_the_quantified_self;year=2010;theme=might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer;theme=what_s_next_in_tech;theme=medicine_without_borders;theme=numbers_at_play;event=TED%40Cannes;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/GaryWolf_2010S-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/GaryWolf-2010S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=966&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=gary_wolf_the_quantified_self;year=2010;theme=might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer;theme=what_s_next_in_tech;theme=medicine_without_borders;theme=numbers_at_play;event=TED%40Cannes;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing like letting your iPad educate and inspire you whenever you&#8217;re not busy. 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