Article on quantified lifelogging (Slate.com)
Data for a Better Planet focuses on The Quantified Self, and offers an overview of the state of the art in detailed, quantitative personal tracking.
This seems related to an LW interest cluster.
Data for a Better Planet focuses on The Quantified Self, and offers an overview of the state of the art in detailed, quantitative personal tracking.
This seems related to an LW interest cluster.
I really appreciated those URLs. I liked it how the camera is now just available for several hundred dollars (although the storage space would be a bigger pain).
On the topic of lifelogging, what strategies do you currently use to lifelog?
I don’t really have an income yet, so I can’t buy much storage for these cameras (the real constraining factor is the sheer number of TBs that lifelogging for any more than a few days would cost).
What I do right now: I try to talk to people over e-mail/IM whenever possible (so that I can search archives). I also save every notable webpage I come across (since people often take down webpages). Sometimes I even use Httrack/Downthemall to download all my old posts from various forums. I also use a tape recorder, although I don’t use it very much right now.
But a 1.5 TB hard drive costs about $100, and can store almost 8 months of 600 kbit video (that’s roughly youtube quality). Turn it off while you sleep and it would last a year.
Oh, good point (of course, backup would be an issue, although I haven’t had an unexpected HD failure..yet..)
Hm—has anyone thought about the concerns other people would have about lifelogging? Some people are definitely going to be concerned about those cameras attached to your head.
wow, you’ve been at it for a while, nice!_