Elapsed Time: Quantified Self or Better to Quantify Someone Else: Can We Improve Ourselves By Mimicking Others?: “However, I wonder if we’re focusing on the wrong idea. Instead of tracking us as individuals, what if we used this technology to mimic someone who is already doing it right? Train like an athlete, eat like a nutritionist.”

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Interesting questions. Time will tell if someone can take this idea, show success and grow a community around it.

A VC: Feature Friday: Places People Go Next: “So a few weeks ago, I was stunned to be told by Foursquare that the ice cream shop I had just stepped into was the most popular place people go to right after the japanese restaurant I had just left. “

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QUESTIONS

• How will people (businesses use this)? 
• Will they try to intercept people that are leaving the bar and heading for some late night food? 
• Will someone give them coupons to try the restaurant (diner) just around the corner? 
• Will this drive actual business? 
• Will this business be more cash flow positive after interception costs?

Odd. Wonder why Mail is being moved out of this app. Maybe I don’t want another mail app.

Looks like I’ve been using Day One for about two weeks so far. Looks and feels like this will become a regular habit and be useful for memory recall in the future.

Adding more podcasts to Downcast. This one is Bitsplitting.

There seem to be a lot of high quality shows around and more good ones being created.

Wonder what the difference is between Finished and 0 minutes left.

In the book that shows as 0 minutes left, both parts show as completed.

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Had this for the first time a few weeks back (Believe it was on the day of the final NFL football game). Hot stuff.

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Yes. Recovered. Satisfaction.

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What is TV?

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Research and Development → Invention.