This presentation shows how you can use your file system as a kind of database with the help the file tagging tool called TagSpaces. These are the slides from my talk on the Quantified Self Meetup in Munich on the 20th of March 2014.

1. TAGSPACES
Free yourhealth data
fromthe tracking apps and devices!
(orhowtouse yourfilessystemasadatabase)
byIlianSapundshiev
MunichQSMeetupat[20140320]
@ilianste

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
Motivation
Envisioned Solution
Whatis TagSpaces?
My"Health Data"Workflow
Supported platforms
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3. MOTIVATION
Issues with health / quantified selfdata:
manyappsonmanydevices(smartphones,tablets,laptops)
manyintelligentdevices(smartwatches,bluetoothscales,wristbands)
manyhealthwebportals
allthisleadstoasegmentationofyourdata
yourdataismosltyvendorlocked
andyoudon'treallyknow how yourdataisused

4. ENVISIONED SOLUTION
What Ireally needed:
Universalhubforhealthdatamanagement
Crossdevicesyncandportabledata
Abilitiesforvisualizationandanalysis
NoBackend->NoLogin-> NoCloud

5. WHAT IS TAGSPACES?
WhatisTagSpaces?
Usecases-FileManagement
Usecases-FilePreview
Ok,wewereherealready...
Usecases-FileTagging
FileSystemasaDatabase
SyncTaggedFilesBetweenDevices
Usecases-FileEditing/NoteTaking/Evernote
TagSpacesasofv1.7
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6. WHAT IS TAGSPACES ?
itisopensourceandextensibleplatformforpersonaldata
management
itletyouorganize,tagandbrowseyourlocalfiles,photosand
documentsonmanyplatforms.
projectinitiatedin2013 byme
officialwebsite:
sourcehostedon
buildwithHTML5,JS,Cordova,Node-Webkit
tagspaces.org
github.com/uggrock/tagspaces

7. USE CASES - FILE MANAGEMENT
createfiles(plaintext,html,markdown)
createdirectories
renamefiles
movefiles(drag&drop)
deletefiles

8. USE CASES - FILE PREVIEW
TagSpacescanopenover50 differentfiletypessuchas:
Images(PNG,BMP,JPG,GIF),VideosandAudio(MP3,OGG)
Documents(PDF,ODF,ODT,ODS,ODP,MARKDOWN)
Sourcecode(C,Java,C++,Javascript,PHP,Ruby,XML)

9. OK, WE WERE HERE ALREADY ...

10. USE CASES - FILE TAGGING
TagSpacesusesthefilenameforsavingthetags
tagsaresavedafterthefollowingschema:
filetitle[tag1 tag2 tag3].extension
example:img_2343 [USA beachmiami].jpg
example:meeting[bmw 20140214 john].html

11. FILE SYSTEM AS A DATABASE
Nodatabaselocking
Findabilty-withthesearchcapabilitiesofyouroperatingsystem
Easytosynchronizebetweendevices(justworkinadropboxfolder)

12. SYNC TAGGED FILES BETWEEN DEVICES
Dropbox offers a great way to sync tagged files
across multiple devices

13. USE CASES - FILE EDITING / NOTE TAKING / EVERNOTE
TagSpacescanalsoeditsometextfiletypes
HTML
Markdown
TextFiles
Sourcecode(C,Java,C++,Javascript,PHP,Ruby,XML)

14. TAGSPACES AS OF V1.7

15. MY "HEALTH DATA" WORKFLOW
Collectingthedata
Organizingthedata
LiveDemo
Visualizingmyweight
Addingnew weightdataentry
Conclusions
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16. COLLECTING THE DATA
takingscreenshotsfromyouraftereverymeasurement
usingtheexportfunctionalityofyourdevice(ifavailable)
e.g.myscalehasusbportsoIcanexportallthedatainCSV
takingphotosofthedevice(ifitshowstheresultofthemeasurement)

17. ORGANIZING THE DATA
Onceaweekcollectallthescreenshots/photos
Organizeandtagthosescreenshotsin10 minutes
ConvertyourCSV totaggedfiles(easywithscripts)

18. LIVE DEMO

19. VISUALIZING MY WEIGHT
Feature currently in development

20. ADDING NEW WEIGHT DATA ENTRY
Feature currently in development

21. CONCLUSIONS
Youcanexperimentwithmanykindofdevicesandapps
Whilelettingyoustaynotvendorlocket
Notsuitableformeasurementshappeningtooffen
Itisstillheavymanuallapproach
Itneedsoptimizations,eventuallyOCR forautomatictagging

22. SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
Download it from for:
Windows
MacOSX
Linux/Ubuntu
Android
Firefox
Chrome
iOS
tagspaces.org/downloads
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23. WINDOWS
Native 32bit Application

24. MAC OS X
Native 32bit Application

25. LINUX/UBUNTU
Native 32bit and 64bit Applications

26. ANDROID
App available in the Google's Play Store

27. FIREFOX
Available as Add On

28. CHROME
Available as Extension

29. THE END
THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?
Ilian Sapundshiev@ilianste
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