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Het CBS organiseert de eerste seminar over interactieve data visualisaties op 3 februari in Den Haag. Voor de seminar is een wedstrijd gemaakt en ik had een vrije middag over om er mee aan de slag te gaan. Nadat ik alle drie de data-sets heb bekeken leek het mij het beste om de derde (Landbouw; economische omvang naar omvangsklasse, hoofdbedrijfstype & regio) aan de slag te gaan. Nadat ik de data had gedownload heb ik eerst Google Refine gebruikt om de data schoon te maken en te filteren. continue reading...

Last year has been full with adventures! Going to San Francisco, organizing QS Europe and starting another bachelor degree in Media Technology... And of course I continued with taking a picture everyday at 8:36pm.

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Let's see what 2012 brings!

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In one year I started with my idea to go the the first Quantified Self Conference in San Francisco, Mountain View. The idea brought me there, with all the helping hands of people supporting me. When Martijn and me got back, we agreed to organize a second conference in Amsterdam. The QS Amsterdam crew joined in and at the 26 & 27th of November we organized QS Europe. I never organized a conference so big and it was truly fantastic to see 250 people enjoying their time at the conference. continue reading...

Some of you may have noticed it already, but from now on, I'm available as freelancer! I've made the last step towards it two weeks ago and I'm now registered at the Chamber of Commerce. Most of the projects are covered with this. And one of them is an interactive showcase for the Freemote festival in Utrecht in the beginning of December. Together with my brother we are building a hybrid manifestation of visualizing brainwaves and other personal metrics. continue reading...

Ik heb al eerder met de export data van de OV-chipkaart iets gemaakt. Vroeger kon je de locaties van alle stations (inclusief steden en straten) exporteren. Tegenwoordig kan dat niet meer, dus werkte mijn gebouwde app niet meer. De kaart bevat echter teveel waardevolle data die als die op de juiste manier kan worden gerepresenteerd voor inzicht kan zorgen in je gebruik: Heb jij een idee op welke dagen je het meeste reist? continue reading...

Op 19 september was ik bij Stand Up Inspiration en mocht daar mijn verhaal van mijn reis vertellen. Gelukkig is dit op video opgenomen door Daan van Bergen (Videologic). Ik startte wat zenuwachtig, maar ben wel erg blij met het resultaat:

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Even before I got a Zeo, I was wondering if the phases of the moon are of influence of my sleep quality. With the Zeo that offers an API, I finally had a chance to investigate. As it turns out after four months of experimenting: the phase of the moon doesn't have any influence on my sleep quality or the time it takes to fall asleep. I've been building my own interface for the Zeo, because the flash based website doesn't suit my needs, here's a small screenshot: continue reading...

I've started tracking my food intake with Foodzy about 13 days ago. And while doing that I already came across some interesting things. I've never been fully tracking my food intake, but the Foodzy app on my iPhone with extensive database (including typical dutch food) makes it quite easy. I've been tracking for thirteen days now. The first step I wanted to take is to generate a baseline of my typical food consumption(and thus caloric values), this way I can see where I can make improvements and measure the changes. continue reading...

For the people who sponsored me for my trip to San Francisco, I'm building a report inspired my Nicholas Felton about my trip. I wanted to show you a small preview on the right: I'm aiming to have at least 4 page worth of data to show you. Since I've never dived deep into Processing, the building time is somewhat extended, so I don't know when it'll be finished. I started studying Media Technology as well, so spare time is a little bit limited. continue reading...

From how to live safely in a sciencefictional universe by Charles Yu. I’m typing, even though strictly speaking I am using the TM-31’s cognitive-visual-motor-sound-activated recording module, which operates, as you might guess, by simultaneously tracking output from the user’s neural activity, voice, finger movements, retinal movements, and facial muscle contractions. It’s part keyboard, part microphone, part optical scan, and part brain scan. When I want to type, I raise my hands up in front of me, palms down, in a position approximating typing, and a virtual QWERTY layout materializes in front of me. continue reading...