DATA MINE

摘要

"The unexamined life is not worth living." So said Socrates, and I'm trying to live up to the philosopher's credo-in a 21st century way. On my wrist I wear a Jawbone UP24, a rub-ber bracelet that tracks my steps and calories burned over the course of the day. To make sure I don't exceed the calories burned with calories consumed, I track my diet with the iPhone app MyFitnessPal, which syncs up with my Jawbone data. The Jawbone bracelet uses a motion sensor to track my sleep time, and the Jawbone app uses algorithms to calculate the hours I spend in light sleep and deep sleep over the course of the night. While I trained for the New York City Marathon, I tracked my runs with the iPhone app RunKeeper, which allowed me to see myself very slowly getting somewhat faster.