Quantified Self - tracking index cards

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5+ Index Cards a Day
What do I think about?
How much do I share?
Sacha Chua (sacha@sachachua.com) – sach.ac

4. What I did
136 index cards
(~8/day)
Jan 2-18
70 included in
blog drafts
(51%)

5. How I did it: spreadsheet
(with a little help from a Flickr metadata downloader)

6. What I learned
5+ index cards

7. What I learnedBursts of topics

8. What I learned Variety

10.  Index cards are easy to deal into piles
 Pile growth = information
 Stuck thoughts
 Bleah topics
 Missing chunks
 Can’t think of a bigger question
Planning to continue with index cards, although
organization is starting to be challenging
sacha@sachachua.com
Other things I’ve learned