Comments on: My 2009 By The Numbers

By: My 2011 By The Numbers

My 2011 By The Numbers — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:21:23 +0000

[...] started doing this in 2009 – see My 2009 By The Numbers for how I was thinking about things then. This year I’m thinking about things more [...]

By: Life in Number — Richard.H's Blog

Life in Number — Richard.H's Blog — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:48:52 +0000

[...] It took me a while to dig up the URL of Daytum from my Google reader. I came across it by randomly read in Feld’s Blog. [...]

By: pupeno

pupeno — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:04:04 +0000

To keep track how many books I've read I use aNobii.com, it even tells you how many pages you've read.

By: Introduction to personal metadata | John Milner

Introduction to personal metadata | John Milner — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:47:02 +0000

[...] Brad Feld has had some interesting posts on this subject which he calls human instrumentation here, here, and here, Bryce Roberts also has discussed this, as as [...]

By: Personal Metrics for 2010 | Startup Life

Personal Metrics for 2010 | Startup Life — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:44:35 +0000

[...] a number of daily activities and fitness metrics. I was incentivized to do this by Brad Feld, whose 2009 metrics were pretty impressive! In 2010, I am going to be tracking the number of books and magazines I read [...]

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:01:09 +0000

Thanks very much for the encouraging analysis – well done, fellow explorer of the inner world. Tools like Daytum are fun and useful, and we've extended the idea of personal informatics in the context of science. Our Think, Try, Learn philosophy treats everything in life as an experiment. Framing data measurement as experiments helps focus on the goal, and sets up guaranteed success, i.e., that you will learn something. Currently folks like you rely on blogs (like this post) for reports, results, and lessons learned. But we think important value is lost *during* the experiments. We created the "Edison" experimenter's workbook as a first step in supporting life-as-science. It's at http://edison.thinktrylearn.com/ if you'd like to check it out. Also, I'd love to chat sometime about this, if you're up for it. matt@matthewcornell.org

Happy experimenting!

By: bfeld

bfeld — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:12:04 +0000

Good point on Wakemate – seems like the geo element of this should be easy for them to add. I’ll ask them about it when I see them this week at CES.

By: DaveMichels

DaveMichels — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:25:08 +0000

Wakemate tracks how you sleep like Zeo, not where you sleep. IMHO Daytum should offer some mobile apps that track things like where you sleep, how many calls you get, pedometer measures, etc. Maybe a strong API is the best way.

Impressive how much you respond to comments. Thanks.

By: Brian Hayes

Brian Hayes — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:18:22 +0000

Hi Will,

I've been poking around your site and saw a couple of reviews on the different Garmins that you have been using. You're completely correct that WKO+ is the way to go. I don't think that I know anyone that doesn't use it.

Having said that I'm now in a strange place where I just set up a new bike and need to decide between ditching perfectly new race wheels for something with a powertap or taking the plunge into srm land. Oh the life of a cyclist decisions, decisions.

By: 2speed

2speed — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:02:07 +0000

Brian, as Brad mentioned, I'm a fellow data junkie and avid cyclist. IMO, there are no really good solutions to cycling data capture, viewing and analysis. If you're into training with power, TrainingPeaks WKO+ is the best way to go. If seeing your routes is what you like, then MapMyRide (sorta) and Garmin Connect are better solutions. SportTracks is also a reasonable product, but is not web based and while it looks pretty, I find it difficult to use. None are complete, however. FitnessKeeper, the RunKeeper folks, have a terrific back end that will eventually be mapped for use with cycling, but it's not there yet.

The bottom line is that if you're a total data junkie who likes to do a lot of analysis on all aspects of cycling – power, cadence, speed, training, routes, climbing, etc. – there's nothing out there. Like you, I've been thinking of writing one myself in the mean time.

That said, I think the best overall solution right now is a WKO+. Garmin Connect is the best alternative if you're not tracking power.

In any case, you'll need a device to collect the information. I use a Garmin 705 and I love it. I also have a PowerTap to communicate power info to the head unit. Sincve everything is integrated, all the cycling info I need is on one device which is *almost* a de facto standard – it's file formats can be read by most programs and web site.