Everything the Internet Knows About Me (Because I Asked It To) - Digits - WSJ The scrobble is what bridges the gap between me and Nicholas Feltron. He famously compiles a beautifully designed “annual report” of his life with data that includes every alcoholic beverage he drinks and the mode of transportation every time he moves from one place to another. Some of that is compiled with the help of digital tools, but the rest requires a devotion to self-quantification that will never gain broad adoption. Kevin Kelly predicted in 2007 that lifelogging “will become as pervasive as text is to us now,” and while we’re still far from that vision, the intervening years have brought us, promisingly, the mainstream scrobble. Click for high-res photo

Everything the Internet Knows About Me (Because I Asked It To) - Digits - WSJ

The scrobble is what bridges the gap between me and Nicholas Feltron. He famously compiles a beautifully designed “annual report” of his life with data that includes every alcoholic beverage he drinks and the mode of transportation every time he moves from one place to another. Some of that is compiled with the help of digital tools, but the rest requires a devotion to self-quantification that will never gain broad adoption. Kevin Kelly predicted in 2007 that lifelogging “will become as pervasive as text is to us now,” and while we’re still far from that vision, the intervening years have brought us, promisingly, the mainstream scrobble.

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