When talking about the Quantified Self movement, people often underestimate the wide range of motivations people have for self-tracking. But after spending a few hours watching people talk about their experiments, you might come up with something like this list:
Curiosity. What’s all the fuss about? I wonder how many steps I walk on a typical day…
DIY. There’s this neat data visualization tool I’d like to test…
Education. I want to learn how to improve my sleep.
Fashion. The cool kids are doing it…
Fun. I like playing with new gadgets, and enjoy earning badges and other rewards.
Hacking. I heard you can get six pack abs with just a few tweaks to your daily routine…
Motivation. Maybe this will help me lose weight?
Necessity. I need to manage my blood sugar.
Skepticism. Does doing (or avoiding) x really make a difference for me?*
Social. I want to share what I’m doing, and see how my friends are doing.
While Zenobase aims to support all of the above to some extent, our focus is on the skepticism aspect. But don’t take our word for it…