Category: quantified self
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My Favorite Music of 2014
“When everything’s clear like cold water go feel better.“ – Little Dragon, Klapp Klapp I rather enjoyed music this year. As I spent time re-listening to albums and songs in preparation for this post, I realized how much music I heard that I thought was genuinely good and interesting. In the midst of all the…
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2014 Annual Report
“You know you’re better than that.” – Little Dragon, Mirror I didn’t make goals for 2014. I had professional ones, sure, but no overarching personal plan like I had in 2013. This year rapidly got away from me and I never caught up. 2014 was hard. Is hard. A review of my activity on Thinkup…
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2013 Annual Report
“Wasted time, can’t get that back, so everything I go hard.” – Pusha T, No Regrets These were the goals for 2013 (written in February): Do more of what makes you awesome Be more invested… In the lives of those I love In the moment In my own well-being Go outside and see, do, live…
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These Three Words
“Got sucked into a culture, living like I do.” – SBTRKT, Living Like I Do (Feat. Sampha) There’s a moment in Best Man Holiday when Harper asks his friends what are the three words that define who they are. His reason for asking is a bit duplicitous but I thought it was an interesting question.…
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November 2013 Personal Report
“From the outside everyone must be wondering why we try.” – Jessie Ware, Wildest Moments November of two thousand thirteen felt like the first month of the year when all things in my life were on point. Work has been great and I can’t wait to show you what we’re coming up with. I made…
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The Commodified Self
“I can’t afford to not record.” – Little Brother, Watch Me I ended my work day by listening to Aral Balkan’s Drupalcon Prague 2013 Keynote: By the end of it, he’s making an impassioned plea for open source makers of digital goods to create high quality “indie data” solutions and products to compete with…
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On Warping Time
“There’s some things that keep me coming around.” – Talko Uno (Prefuse 73 Unplugged In Catalonia Remix), Jolly Music I’ve been thinking a lot about time. About how much there is in a day or in a life. How much time I have to do the things I care about. How to be more deliberate…
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The Quantified Jason
“Tell me the truth am I losing you for good?” – Solange, Losing You I didn’t go to the gym yesterday. I bargained with myself around 9pm at the moment when I was either going to put on my tennis shoes or curl up on the couch with Wolverine. I argued that my tooth hurt…
Jason Toney 