Self-tracking movement that emerged in 2007, emphasizing using data and metrics to understand personal behavior including time usage, forming the philosophical foundation for modern automatic time tracking and productivity analytics.
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The Quantified Self movement was founded in 2007 by Wired magazine editors Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly, promoting self-knowledge through self-tracking with technology.
"Self-knowledge through numbers" - using data to gain insights about:
Quantified Self influenced:
Comprehensive data collection provides complete picture
Objective data cuts through self-deception
Aggregated data shows trends invisible day-to-day
Decisions informed by evidence, not intuition alone
The movement drove development of:
Data reveals personal peak productive hours
Accurate records show how long work actually takes
Quantify time lost to interruptions
Track completion rates and velocity
Quantified Self normalized: