Self tracking characteristics

Supporting a learning process

Using instruments for data acqusition

Discrete events or continous - 24/7/365 or a combination

Data: Time series - often multiple streams

Feedback loop (Stage based model of personal informatics)

Questions for the reflection stage

Six kinds of questions for reflection

  1. Status
  2. History
  3. Goals
  4. Discrepancies
  5. Context
  6. Factors

Data visualization is key in the reflection stage.

Feedback loops - augmenting cognition