Visualization of my foursquare checkins since I started using it. Quite nice patterns and it would be awesome to use your own geo-data!
Joost Plattel's Checkins by WeePlaces.com.
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Der Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] from Henning Lederer on Vimeo. Via Kees. Visions of The Quantified Self during history...
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When biology is technology and man tries to grasp the amount of data generated and collected, most people think of this as unnatural. Yet it's true that mankind can not yet understand the potential of ambient measuring of information streams. Ubiquitous capture of data could bring insight in how technology and specifically our body (which is a perfect example of technology in it's own right) works.
The Quantified Life is inevitable as technology progresses and realizes tracking without human interference. This so called ubiqutous or ambient tracking is already happening in this moment. GPS is a perfect example on how people changed and got used to a certain type of technology.
While GPS is not ambient yet as it does require human input, it is an example on how people are dependant on technology we ourselves create.
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I am trying to publish my blogposts in English to reach a wider public. However since English is my second language please forgive me my spelling errors.
Since reading about self-tracking I was fascinated by GPS location and geospatial analysis. As it turns out …. experiments had been done before and I wanted to experience what you could do with the data.
I wondered if it were possible for me recreate this, using my less then basic programming skills and no more utilities then my iPhone. So I ventured into python and after reading Eric Blue’s blog I came up with a solution.
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