Lifestream Blog

Create a Minimalist Journal with Mood Tracking and Analysis Using Daylio

Mark Krynsky — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 22:23:07 +0000

The most popular article ever written on this site was a comparison of the best Smart Journal apps. I limited that comparison to apps that allow usage both on mobile and desktop as well as several other criteria. I felt it was necessary to have that flexibility. But in Daylio I’ve found a hybrid app […]

Source

I’ve Launched a New Digital Legacy Resource Website

Mark Krynsky — Thu, 24 May 2018 01:10:32 +0000

Over the last few years I have focused a large part of my attention on the digital legacy aspects of our personal data. I’ve struggled deciding whether to try and expand this site and change its structure to accommodate that information in a better way. Ultimately I decided to launch a new site at DigitalLegacyManagement.com. I […]

Source

Dave Morin Teases New Social Networking Successor App to Path

Mark Krynsky — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:24:35 +0000

It appears that in recent days with the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica story breaking, Dave Morin has been “overwhelmed with requests to rebuild a better Path”. Yesterday he sent out this tweet: Overwhelmed by requests to rebuild a better @Path. Considering doing it. If you are interested in working on such an idea, DM […]

Source

Return of the Decentralized Web

Mark Krynsky — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 02:04:11 +0000

Recently I’ve seen signs that are promising in the pursuit of returning focus to a decentralized web / internet. There are still many hurdles to get us there, but we have a good foundation to overcome the technical obstacles. There has been a surge of many prominent people working towards this goal. However I feel […]

Source

Top 5 Smart Journal Apps

Mark Krynsky — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:10:56 +0000

[UPDATE 9/14/18] I’ve discovered a new journal app called Daylio that is unique and while missing many of the features listed in this roundup is worth consideration. You can read my review here. [UPDATE 12/30/17] I did a little research to see what has changed in the journal landscape to update this article. I did […]

Source

Foursquare Focuses on Lifelogging in Swarm 5.0

Mark Krynsky — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:43:25 +0000

Foursquare recently released a complete revamp to their Swarm app focusing entirely on Lifelogging with regards to location and travelling and I couldn’t be happier. Location tracking is personally one of my most important Lifelogging data points and the new Swarm app provides immediate access to historical data and aggregated insights as well. The new interface […]

Source

A Fictional Story about Continuing to Live after Death through AI as Imagined by LifeAfter

Mark Krynsky — Mon, 15 May 2017 04:50:12 +0000

In a recent post I wrote about how we will live forever through bots and AI in the near future. I discuss how several technologies are advancing that will allow this to happen. There have been many fictional stories that have explored this premise and recently I discovered an eight episode podcast series called LifeAfter and was […]

Source

Testing the Fitbit Alta HR vs. Samsung Gear Fit2

Mark Krynsky — Fri, 05 May 2017 02:52:21 +0000

I recently had my second Fitbit Charge HR slowly die on me. Fitbit support is great at replacing devices that are in warranty but my second one was not covered. I was a bit frustrated by this and decided I’d look into getting another activity tracker. So I headed over to Wirecutter, as I always do […]

Source

SXSW Panel Discussion on Death and Digital Legacy

Mark Krynsky — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:14:41 +0000

In 2012 I attended a panel at SXSW titled Digital Immortals: Preserving Life Beyond Death which began my journey exploring all the facets of Digital Legacy. I recently came across the audio (embedded below) for a SXSW talk from 2016 titled Everybody Dies: What is your Digital Legacy? The panel had several speakers each bringing a different perspective […]

Source

A Retrospective on the 10th Anniversary of Lifestream Blog

Mark Krynsky — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 23:44:56 +0000

The Birth of Lifestreams I created Lifestream Blog on March 17, 2007. The initial purpose of the site was to be a resource for people who wanted to aggregate personal content onto their own page. This included original content (blog posts, videos, photos), social media (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.) along with activity on sites (listens, likes, […]

Source