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Toolmaker Talk: Ross Larter (MoodPanda)
About three years ago, Gary Wolf wrote a detailed post on Measuring Mood — some tools are complicated enough to get you grouchy! Gallup goes through a lot of trouble to gauge the US happiness level on...
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Toolmaker Talk: Mike Lee (MyFitnessPal)
At a QS Meetup in San Francisco about a year ago, I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in over 15 years. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that he had quietly built one of the most widely used weight...
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Toolmaker Talk: Alexander Grey (Somaxis)
The first speaker at last week’s QS meetup in San Francisco was Alexander Grey. He told us about the muscle-activity sensor he had developed and the fascinating things he had learned about himself from...
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Toolmaker Talk: Caspar Addyman (Boozerlyzer)
Our QS Conferences are organized to maximize discovery and serendipity. The entire program results from us inviting attendees to present and participate. You’re never quite sure what you’ll get, but...
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Toolmaker Talk: Yoni Donner (Quantified Mind)
There are ever more widgets to measure our physical selves, but how can we measure how well we’re thinking? Yoni Donner is trying to address this need with Quantified Mind. At a recent Bay Area QS...
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Toolmaker Talk: Vaibhav Bhandari (Enabling Programmable Self with HealthVault)
A few years ago, there was a lot of hoopla about PHRs (Personal Health Records), and the idea that all of one’s health records would be easily accessible in one place. Things haven’t turned out as...
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Toolmaker Talk: Michael Forrest (Happiness)
In talking with many toolmakers, I find myself constantly surprised by how different people approach the same, and seemingly simple, issue with very different perspectives. A few months ago I wrote...
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Toolmaker Talk: Hind Hobeika (Butterfleye)
At a recent QS-themed event at Stanford, 3-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond described the constant stream of new technologies that make bicycles lighter and more streamlined and that provide ever...
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Toolmaker Talk: Jonathan Cohen (Expereal)
“How do you feel right now?” Such a short question can lead us toward profound insights into our lives. But how do we ask ourselves that question? How do we keep track of our answers? There are many...
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Toolmaker Talks: Bastian Greshake (openSNP)
We talk about very frequently here on the QS website about tools, methods, and systems that help us understand ourselves. When it comes to the self there may be nothing more fundamental to...
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Toolmaker Talk: Charles Wang (LUMOback)
Stand up. Sit down. Walk. Run. Sleep. We engage in these activities everyday (well, maybe not running), but how much do we know about ourselves and our bodies while we’re in the midst of them? Are you...
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Toolmaker Talk: Sampo Karjalainen (Moves)
Today we are happy to bring you another interview in our Toolmaker Talk series. We had the great pleasure of speaking with Sampo Karjalainen, the designer and founder of Moves. Over fifty percent of...
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