On this trendwatching podcast, Nora Young mentions Kibotzer, part of a definite trend towards body tracking and self-monitoring online (via Kevin Kelly)
Meanwhile, Cathi Bond has been checking out the Fall 2010 fashion shows for men (via New York Times). What does all this grey flannel and military looks mean? Nora points out that shows themselves featured implied violence. Is fashion telling guys to ‘man up’? How about it, gents? Would you wear these styles? What do you think is going on here?
Hi Ladies
I know this is kind of a late post – I’m just catching up on some old ‘sniffs’. Nora, have you looked at Fitbit at fitbit.com? It looks like a cool self-monitoring device that uses an accelerometer to not only act like your broken pedometer but also tries to look at the ‘quality’ of the sleep you are getting.
And no, I’m not a grey flannel kinda guy…
Hi Dave,
Funny you should mention that; I have actually been thinking of getting Fitbit, partly because I want a proper pedometre, but also because I’m working on a book about self-monitoring, and I’d like to incorporate some ‘personal research’. I didn’t know about the sleep thing though. Cool!
I don’t believe it is yet available in Canada although you could order it to a US address.
A book about self monitoring…. is that like navel gazing?