Jawbone UP API Discovery
November 28, 2011 – 9:42 am | 4 Comments

On Saturday I stopped by the Apple store and picked up an UP device by Jawbone. The UP is a wristband and iPhone app that will track your fitness and sleep activity and help encourage you to live a more active life style. As with most of my Quantified Self gadets (Fitbit, Zeo, Withings, Neurosky, etc.) my first reaction was to “free my data”. Similar to my initial journey with the Fitbit, I was inspired to find an “unofficial” way to get access to the data.

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Philosophy

Increasing number of articles dealing with philosophy and psychology. Topics include Integral philosophy, consciousness, and age old advice on how to live “the good life”.

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Mind Mapping

Put mind mapping to use in your personal and professional life. Learn tips and techniques on enhancing creativity, accelerating learning, and increasing productivity.

Knowledge Management

My latest discoveries on personal knowledge management. Discover what PKM is all about, learn about the Semantic Web, and find out how to use Wikis to help track all of your important information.

Quantified Self

Quantified Self is a collaboration of users and tool makers who share an interest in self knowledge through self-tracking. There are number of posts on my device “hacking”, open source development, and my own quantified experiments.

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Rudolph Steiner on Patience and Progress
November 2, 2008 – 12:41 pm | No Comment

I’ve been meaning to dig deeper into Rudolph Steiner’s works since I first became aware of him a few years ago.  Steiner is an intriguing character for a number of reasons.  He was a passionate …

Enjoying the Great Outdoors
October 26, 2008 – 7:18 pm | No Comment
Enjoying the Great Outdoors

Although things have been slightly hectic, I’ve still had some great chances to get in touch with the great outdoors. Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been on a number of hikes and trips to the beach. Here are some photos

Emerson on Time
September 29, 2008 – 8:51 pm | No Comment

From “No Boundary”:
“These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today.  There is no time for them.  There …

Gmail is “worse than stupidity”
September 29, 2008 – 8:42 pm | One Comment

Ah, I’m sure that catchy title has your attention. The more in depth title is “Gmail is worse than stupidity OR Cloud computing is a trap”. Or, so says GNU founder Richard Stallman.
The …

Off to PA!
September 16, 2008 – 9:14 pm | No Comment

Well, I’m off to Pennsylvania tomorrow and will be spending time with friends and family for the next 5 days. I plan to be less “plugged-in” than usual. But, I’m sure I’ll be …

How To Sync Your iPhone 3G Using Linux and Vmware
September 7, 2008 – 3:23 pm | 7 Comments
How To Sync Your iPhone 3G Using Linux and Vmware

Learn how to sync your iPhone3g using Ubuntu Linux and VMWare.

Nietzsche, Eternal Recurrence, and Integral Time
August 17, 2008 – 7:41 pm | No Comment

Nietzsche and Integral Philosophy…. 2 of my favorite topics.  I’m in the middle of reading the latest issue of the Integral Review, and found a great passage from Nietzsche on recurrence:
“What, if some day or …

The Value of an Integral Perspective
June 7, 2008 – 9:46 pm | No Comment

Whether it be Integral or some other comprehensive philosophical framework or mental model, there is something to be said for the theories that help us to grasp with better understanding the world around us.  I …

Fingers and Toes Making Friends with Each Other
February 26, 2008 – 11:53 pm | One Comment

I wanted to take a minute and share what I’ve been working on recently.
I’ve spent the last couple weeks setting up my new personal wiki.  My ultimate goal is to use a wiki, and other …

Consensual Reality: The Importance of Subjectivity
February 6, 2008 – 4:47 pm | No Comment

“A tree is a tree — although its meaning to the man who views it (“the truth”) depends upon his relationship to it.  Does it give him fruit or shade, or is it an obstacle …