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A new, smarter GPS tracker, Day One as a running journal, and more: Quantified Self weekly links

Products

Smart Tracker 2: Track anything, anytime, anywhere, Indiegogo, funded

Version 2 of the Smart Tracker is the same GPS tracker for possessions, pets, and family members, with a few new features. V2 includes a pre-installed SIM card, 2GB of built-in memory for storing tracking data, and two-way communication so you can speak into the tracker as well as sending communication to it.

• Jack: intelligent control for your standing desk
• The smartest smart band in the world just got even smarter – and it lasts 6 months on a charge
• The Polar Loop 2 fitness tracker wants you to move it like Apple Watch
• Garmin’s Vivoactive fitness tracker isn’t for everyone — and that’s okay
• Nourish: Intelligent Countertop Supplement System, Indiegogo, not funded yet

Software

Deezer can now hook your listening habits up to IFTTT

The music subscription service will now allow users to hook up their accounts to IFTTT’s automation service and build recipes that trigger actions based on their listening habits.

Examples include: automatically sharing a track via Facebook or Twitter when you favorite it in the Deezer app, changing your device’s wallpaper to match your current most listened album’s artwork, and adding artists to your playlist if you tweet about them with a specific hashtag.

• Freelancy: time tracking and invoicing, Web, Chrome
• You can now go from Couch to 5K on Android
• Tracking TV Shows with iShows 2, iOS
• PRd: track your personal fitness records, Web

News and articles

Day One as a running diary

Day One is still one of my most used apps. I’ve been using it for over a year as a running diary. Every time I run I create an entry with a photo (usually a selfie) and a few words about how I felt during the run. I always add the tag “Running” to these so I can keep track.

• Phone app can identify behaviors linked to depression, study shows
• A new activity for the quantified self movement? Tracking sperm count from an iPad
• Misfit introduces the Flash Link, a $19 fitness tracker that can help you take a selfie
• You wear your fitness tracker where?

Image credits: Smart Tracker 2, The Pak Media, Jonathan Poritsky