2024 Q2 Orange County (CA) Tableau User Group Meeting
How to gain insight on yourself? Tools for personal analytics.
1. How to get insight on yourself?
Tools for personal analytics
By Gene Leybzon
2. Personal Informatics
“Personal informatics is a class of tools that
help people collect personally relevant
information for the purpose of self-reflection
and self-monitoring“
[from http://www.personalinformatics.org/]
3. What we want to know?
• Common behavior
• Habits
• Thoughts
• Feelings
4. Why? (Motivation)
• To improve health
– Cure or manage health condition
– Achieve a specific goal
– Find triggers
• To improve quality of life
– Maximize performance
– Mindfulness
• To find new experiences
6. Data Collection
• Sensors (Fitbit, WiFi-scale, heart rate monitor)
• Spreadsheets
• Applications (including mobile apps)
• Pen and paper
• Web sites