Choose 2 Share: Data diaries
Discover your data sharing versus data insights into one diary.
TL;DR
Data is the new oil. You’ve heard it before. It’s practically a cliché. But this definition fails to capture the immense potential it still holds. Oil isn’t everywhere and its applications aren’t universally accessible. Data, in its essence, might be. Everything is data or at least represents a potential opportunity to extract new data.
We share, we share, we share.
We work, we work, we work.
We move, we move, we move.
We like, we like, we like.
We discover, we discover, we discover.
We eat, we eat, we eat.
We sleep, we sleep, we sleep.
We encounter, we encounter, we encounter.
We write, we write, we write.
We read, we read, we read.
And if I’ve overlooked something. Oh yes,
We forget, we forget, we forget.
Then we get notified, notified, notified.
We already interact with systems at an insane frequency.
So we interact, interact, interact.
And have I forgotten anything else now?
Then I believe we can convert it into some event or metadata or…
So indeed: We translate, we translate, we translate.
Anything more to add?
Yes: we add, we create, we create, we create.
Our essence.
Now, how would we create a coherent timeline out of this?
ç Pictures. Pictures are pixels.
ç Videos. Videos are pictures.
ç Words. Words are our own created concepts.
ç Emails & Books. Those are words.
ç Apps. Oh yes. Now we are talking.
ç Cars. Well yes. Oh dear they tell us a story.
ç So mobility? Of course, we are still a traveling species.
ç Travel in the broad sense of exploring, discovering, reading, … ? Yes.
ç Devices in general? They really tell us more than we think off.
But, what can I really get out of this more than more data?
“ Waze knows if I should get more speeding tickets. My car manufacturer knows too.
“ Apple, oh dear apple, really really knows a shit ton about me.
‘ They know when I watch where I watch it and what I watch (if on appletv)
‘ They know what i read when I read it
‘ They know what i discover when I discover it
‘ They know where i move when I move
‘ They know how I move when I move
‘ …..
‘ So they could well know when i pleasure myself. Sadly so, but definitely possible to figure out.
‘ They could trace home abusers when they hit their wife (by connecting watch movements to vital signs of others, in relation to location data, etc..)
‘ They could analyze all kinds of trends within my behavior that would result in x
“ Strava can figure out the leaderboard of the world based on the different metrics they show us, finding the ultra man fast. And stack everybody against each other.
“ And we can and should go on analyzing these potential use cases.
“ There are oh so many we don’t really have figured out.
”’And so on!”’
So, what could this mean?
° Start figuring it out. And get creative!
° Think mean.
° Think broad.
°Think happiness.
° Think deceitful.
° Think hopeful.
° Think peaceful and malicious.
We need to connect the different dots. We need to graph ourselves into the present. From the past. And forecast what our data could start telling us about ourselves.
Cause:
- Your insurance wants to know more about you.
- Your government does to.
- The companies that you buy from do too.
- Your employer
- Your doctors
- Your spouse
- Your kids
- …
- And also you….
Want to know more about yourself to better calculate and forecast yourself.
So what I want is something that can tell me, what they may already know.
Or tell me, what they might not.
Or help me, help each other, by sharing useful patterns upfront of potential upside or disaster.
I want a data diary.