Month: August 2010

Weekly Lifestream for August 29th

Reading Time: 7 minutes Posted Weekly Lifestream for August 22nd. Shared How to Manage Google Calendar From Command Line And Display It On Your Desktop – Make Tech Easier. Shared The Quantified Self. Shared Glyphish – Great icons for great iPhone & iPad applications. Shared No, You CAN’T retire rich at 30 if you sell your startup – Tony…
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GeoLocation (GPS) and Self-Tracking

Reading Time: 5 minutes You know what they say: Location Location Location.  I posted a reply to yesterday’s Quantified Self article answering what degree of self-tracking I’m already doing.  Here’s the rundown: Mint for financial tracking and monitoring of budget and spending habits Fitbit for tracking activity level, calories burned, distance walked and sleep quality (New) MyZeo for detailed…
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The Quantified Self

Reading Time: < 1 minute Since my last post on Personal Informatics for Fitness Tracking I’ve been digging deeper into the emerging trend of self tracking (a.k.a personal informatics) and have come to realize that there are a lot more people out there interested in the same things as I am than I orginally thought.  Tracking knowledge is one thing,…
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Weekly Lifestream for August 22nd

Reading Time: 5 minutes Posted Weekly Lifestream for August 15th. Shared storytlr open source | your life online. Shared MyWiki. Shared Saving Your Life on a Hard Drive. Shared IMapping – semanticweb.org. Shared PKM 1 – introduction and Tools (2009). Shared Internet Evolution – Marc Canter – The Dawn of the PKB (Personal Knowledge Base). Putting together a list…
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Weekly Lifestream for August 15th

Reading Time: 6 minutes Shared Taskjuggler – The Open Source Project Management Software – Home. Shared Taskjuggler – The Open Source Project Management Software – Download. Officially sold on Mint… budget in place with instant notification to email/sms if I’m reaching my spending limits. Low maint, high reward [ericblue] Shared GanttProject Home. Posted Weekly Lifestream for August 8th. Shared…
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Fitness Tracking Platform – Personal Informatics for Fitness

Reading Time: 4 minutes When I woke up this morning, I didn’t say to myself “Boy, I don’t have enough going on and need to add just ONE more huge hobby project to my list!”.  But these things tend to happen, and when creative ideas ‘pop up’ it’s best to take action and at least start writing them down. …
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Weekly Lifestream for August 8th

Reading Time: 6 minutes Posted Weekly Lifestream for August 1st. Shared openscholar. Shared TI makes a big bid for the hobby market – Hack a Day. Shared Taking the Mystery out of Scaling a Company // ben’s blog. RT @pickover: Hermit crab in a glass shell. http://wallout.com/node/106 [ericblue] Shared Thirty Books Everyone Should Read Before They’re Thirty – DivineCaroline.…
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Weekly Lifestream for August 1st

Reading Time: 5 minutes On top of Eagle Rock http://tweetphoto.com/34961384 [ericblue] Posted Weekly Lifestream for July 25th. Hiked close to 10 miles roundtrip from Temescal Ridge in Pacific Palisades to Eagle Rock…. amazing views! [ericblue] Sitting back, relaxing and having some Red Trolley Ale [ericblue] I also learned something today… there’s a time to be one with nature and…
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