May 2012
4 posts
It's Not Just What You Eat, It's When You Eat,... →
Eating times is something that a collective food database would help with…
April 2012
10 posts
Numbers From Around the Web: Round 5 | Quantified... →
This is a really interesting analysis of TV watching. The author uses facial recognition software to determine if he is smiling while watching television.
TV watching is a critical target for behavior change because it is a time-sink. To think about it another way, if you are watching TV then you are not exercising or being productive.
Any kind of “zen of TV” approach should focus...
Personal Informatics in Practice: Ambivalence... →
Smoking Cessation at Quantified Self.
Sony SmartWatch torn down and dissected, wishes it... →
The insides of one of the new movement devices…
New thumbs up review for the zombie running app →
A few complaints about volume apparently do not interfere with an overall good experience!!
Apparently BMI sucks, but leptin might be better... →
Body Mass Index too vague, researchers say - Video on msnbc.com
Bit Timer: A Brilliant App That Makes Interval... →
Amazing app to support interval workouts… is reviewed. Looks pretty sexy.
March 2012
11 posts
Enabling Programmable Self with... →
My attempt at meme hacking has been successful…
Video Games in the Brain: Study Shows How Gaming... →
Cool article on brain scan + console game for healthy behavior change.
-FT
Overeating and Obesity: Should we really call it... →
More good data on our relationship with food.
Lose weight and make money with new app - CBS News... →
Gym-Pact makes CBS
Diet Secrets: 13 Things Experts Won't Tell You... →
Note #4 which contradicts the “lose weight slowly” mantra.
Examining His Own Body, Stanford Geneticist Stops... →
Taking quantified self to a new level using genomics, proteomics and metabolomics.
Twenty-two Revisions: Looking for running... →
A review of Zombies Run
Study of the Day: Like Obesity, Weight Loss Can Be... →
Basic tenant of social media behavior change verified.
HabitForge | Simple Accountability. Positive... →
The have the misleading and silly 21 days as their main tag line. Not confident about this one, upon second thought.
HabitForge Helps Spenders Break Lousy Habits →
Had not heard about freemium model HabitForge
Need running motivation? Zombies should do it -... →
I love the notion of using zombies at the center of story-based running motivation.
February 2012
21 posts
Why the Body Mass Index (BMI) is a Poor Measure of... →
Why you should probably not Quant around BMI…
Stickk on the Charles Barkley Weight Watchers... →
Is he losing weight because of his financial motivation?
-FT
User data export from the Health Graph « The... →
Getting at your own data is pretty important, and RunKeeper just improved their policy on that.
A new way to share your favorite Healthy articles... →
Here is the original article…
RunKeeper Launches a Like Button for Health →
Not entirely sure this is something that one could leverage directly for behavior change. but the “like” button is certainly a kind of user addiction. This at least has a component of incentivizing exercise. We are testing it out at the RunOrElse.com running motivation status pages
Redshift better than F/Lux for Fedora →
Redshift has packages in the default repo on Fedora. F/Lux supports only ubuntu…
In Eyes, a Clock Calibrated by Wavelengths of... →
This research, along with the segmented sleep phenomenon are huge. How can we leverage this?
Chains.cc - Don't Break The Chain App →
DontBreakTheChain focused behavior iphone app… There are lots… just look on your app store…
Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need -... →
Slashdot comments on a critical programmable self issue.
DidThis iPhone and Adroid Apps released! →
Did this is a social game about doing micro actions. Completely in programmable self fashion. Online motivator, and it looks like they use photos for proof.
Cool idea and I love that it is cross-platform.
-FT
Mindful Eating as Way to Fight Bingeing -... →
How can I digitize mindful eating?
Pop science book on how willpower works and how... →
New book on willpower.. anyone interested in reviewing?
Thinking like BJ Fogg | tending the garden →
Great post on BJ Fogg’s three habits experiment.
What is even cooler? Selena has a programmable self category on her blog!!
Zapping the brain into expert mode →
I suppose one way to program yourself is to just literally apply electricity.
-FT
The Happiness of Pursuit: What Neuroscience Can... →
Clearly fodder for either quantified self or programmable self or both.
-FT
Siblings' brain scans may hold key to addictions |... →
Always dubious about brain science reporting… but here goes…
Health Games Research →
A Place to read more about health games research
Exergaming and Older Adult Cognition - RWJF →
Missed this but it is evidence based and excergaming is kind of like really basic programmable self.
Amazon.com: The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop... →
Does this count as behavioural modification? Are there kernels in here for the programmable self community?
Ariel Garten: Know thyself, with a brain scanner |... →
Programmable Self is totally going brain-direct and soon… Do they have an API?
January 2012
23 posts
TechStars picks 13 companies for Winter 2012... →
Gym pact has been selected for Boston Techstars. Cool!
Why paying employees to be healthy doesn’t work -... →
Sounds like its negative about behavioural economics.. but its not. In fact it quotes Ariely…
Caffeine alters estrogen levels →
There are various behaviors that are related to estrogen in quantifiable ways. For instance, people who low estrogen tend to be more comfortable eating the same foods in a very rhythmic way. I understood that this was one of the reasons why women prefer more variety in meals, but men often have daily weekly food patterns. (Learned this in during my psych degree, but I cannot find a reference to...
Who Owns Data From Inside Your Body? - On The... →
Required listening for anyone in the QS movement.