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Google Poetics

Who is ready to stand naked in front of the mirror of data?

July 29, 2014 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

In this talk at the Quantified Self Public Health symposium, I argue that we must respect the context of people’s lives while designing health interventions, tools, and research projects. Not everyone is ready to stand naked in front of the bright light of numbers on a screen. Let’s be gentle in our approach, especially to […]

Filed Under: health data, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, caregivers, chronic disease, Google Poetics, Health Data, Pew Research Center, QSPH, Quantified Self, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, self-tracking, Tracking for Health

Secret questions, naked truths

April 6, 2014 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Google Poetics: I don't know how to...

My prepared remarks for the Quantified Self Public Health Symposium (here are some notes from the event): You know when you type the first few words of a query and Google suggests the rest based on what thousands of other people have typed next? There’s a Twitter account called Google Poetics that takes those suggested phrases […]

Filed Under: demographics, key people, pt/doc co-care, research issues Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, caregivers, chronic disease, Chronic Diseases, diabetes, Google Poetics, Kim Vlasic, Pew Research Center, QSPH, Quantified Self, tracking, Tracking for Health

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