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A Futurist’s Take on Self-Tracking and Mindfulness

I’ve been thinking for some time about the connection between self-tracking and mindfulness. At first glance they seem to be very different – picture the wired-up gadget wizard sitting next to the...

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Nancy Dougherty on Mindfulness Pills

Nancy Dougherty made her own set of “mindfulness pills” – placebos labeled Focus, Willpower/Energy, Calm, and Happy. The pills were embedded with sensors that transmitted signals to her phone,...

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Personal Informatics In Practice: Reflection and Persuasion in Personal...

This is a guest post by Sean Munson, a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. Sean studies individual preferences and nudges, particular for encouraging people to read...

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Catherine Kerr on Cortical Measures in Mindfulness Meditation

Catherine Kerr does brain science related to mindfulness at Brown University Medical School. She points out that mindfulness traditions ask practitioners to simply focus closely on body sensations in...

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QS and Mindfulness

Can you use technology to be more mindful? This question was at the core of a wonderful presentation by Nancy Dougherty at the second annual Quantified Self Conference: Nancy acknowledges at the start...

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What We Are Reading

Here’s some great pieces from around the web to get your mind working and give you some insight into what we find interesting and compelling. The Diabetes Paradox by Thomas Goetz: A fascinating look at...

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Charles Wang on Mindfulness, Technology, and Me

Charles Wang is one of the co-founders of Lumo BodyTech, the makers of the LUMOback posture sensor. When he’s not building new self-tracking tools, he’s taking a some time to watch the world around...

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Nancy Dougherty on Quantified/Unquantified

Nancy Dougherty has talked to us in the past about her experiences with exploring self-tracking and how mindfulness interacts with the technological processes of gathering and understanding personal...

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