{"id":5662,"date":"2018-02-21T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.local\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:23:22","slug":"gyroscope-one-of-my-fav-apps-that-keeps-getting-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.local\/gyroscope-one-of-my-fav-apps-that-keeps-getting-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyroscope, one of my fav apps that keeps getting better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I caught <a href=\"http:\/\/gyrosco.pe\">Gyroscope<\/a> from fellow kiwi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ow\">Owen Williams<\/a> tweeting about it, then joined after chatting with my friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnGleeson10\">John Gleeson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We were both chatting about tracking apps, to get a better view of our days and where we could improve.<\/p>\n<p>Both active people and wanting to keep that way.<\/p>\n<p>What I really like about Gyroscope is that it lets you pull in multiple data sources, I pull in productivity from RescueTime, Heartrate from Apple Watch, Location from Moves (and now the Gyroscope beta).<\/p>\n<p>What I like, is where It overlays the two, below is heart rate, whilst it&#8217;s detect I&#8217;m at the gym &#8211; and it&#8217;s contextualized it for me over the hour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5664\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-1472x1472.jpg 1472w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-912x912.jpg 912w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_9391-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I first saw this, I realized, my heart rate isn&#8217;t getting high enough consistently at the gym, so it&#8217;s pushed me (again) to raise the bar.<\/p>\n<p>^^ Which is good.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to hear, that <em>maybe<\/em> heart rate variability will come in, which will help give me a better view of my body state, and whether I should push through, or prioritize rest today. A gentle nudge if you will.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the only use, you can set goals, pull in weight data, mindful minutes, sleep.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t collect sleep as I&#8217;m working on, not having the phone in the bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>You might ask, what&#8217;s the benefit over Apple Health? I think the lens is different. This is a complete picture of your life and what you&#8217;re focused on. Apple Health is more direct health data. Both useful but in different ways. In fact Gyroscope will pull from Apple Health when it can.<\/p>\n<p>I think what they&#8217;ve really got right, is making all of this data, playful, relevant and customizable.<\/p>\n<p>What would I like to see in the future?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comparisons against a specific friend (you know, we&#8217;re competitive).<\/li>\n<li>Rest time\/downtime.<\/li>\n<li>V02 Max.<\/li>\n<li>Re-energising time, things that feedback back in to the system.<\/li>\n<li>More advanced options, for form, heart rate data.<\/li>\n<li>Insights &amp; decisioning. Even if biased or beta.<\/li>\n<li>Greater control around the vault (where data is protected). Ability to export\/encrypt for safekeeping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things I&#8217;m not too worried about<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nutrition\/calorie intake. (Why? Once have made the change, found it sticks).<\/li>\n<li>More goal data. (I see this as ongoing, less of a specific goal, personal choice I guess).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things I&#8217;m curious about<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DNA.<\/li>\n<li>Blood tracking.<\/li>\n<li>Weather context, temperature, humidity, wind.<\/li>\n<li>Stress.<\/li>\n<li>Experimentation mode, i.e. note a variable change (can be outside of the app), and it compares against an anchor variable, heart rate\/variability etc. For example I could try to &#8216;stop drinking coffee&#8217; and see if there&#8217;s a noticeable impact, where\/how.<\/li>\n<li>Deep work &#8211; and also quality of work. Maybe an Evernote integration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Give it a try, let me know your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Would also love any recommendations you may have @bwagy me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I caught Gyroscope from fellow kiwi Owen Williams tweeting about it, then joined after chatting with my friend John Gleeson. We were both chatting about tracking apps, to get a better view of our days and where we could improve. Both active people and wanting to keep that way. What I really like about Gyroscope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1436,1437,1438],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5662"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5667,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662\/revisions\/5667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}