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Wiki Your Genes
I am taking a crash course in genetic literacy by having some of my genes sequenced by the two major genetic sequencing services, 23andMe and deCode. I am still in the process of comparing the two...
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Testing Genetic Test Chips
Ann Turner, co-author of the best book on DNA-based genealogy: Trace Your Roots With DNA, wrote me to say that she too has been comparing results from the two big genetic test companies, 23andMe and...
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Free Genetic Testing
The cheapest commercial genome testing right now is from 23andMe for $400. Prices in this area will continue to drop, while the number of genes sequenced rise. However nothing beats free. You can now...
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What I Learned From Tourette’s
This post is a bit scary to write, and will surprise most people who know me, but here goes. 6 months ago, I got my 23andMe genetic test results. They showed mostly what I expected: 30% chance of...
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Personalized Life Extension Conference – QS Discount
Here’s your chance to learn how to live longer, and save money too. Christine Peterson is hosting the first Personalized Life Extension Conference, October 9-10 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott....
View ArticleGenetics Communities and the Future of Genes
I led a very interesting discussion at Quantified Self Europe this morning with about 10 attendees with a variety of backgounds. There were entrepreneurs who wanted to start genetic information based...
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Trust Your Results: Afternoon Sessions on Food and Health
In the last session of the day, we had a few experimental talks on noticing how food changes physical condition. It was also an interesting series of talks that shows the importance of collecting our...
View ArticleDenisa Kera on DNA Dinners
Denisa Kera is a professor, philosopher and designer interested in DNA and food data. She asks, what happens when people share data in social situations? She organizes DNA Dinners at a local...
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Toolmaker Talks: Bastian Greshake (openSNP)
We talk about very frequently here on the QS website about tools, methods, and systems that help us understand ourselves. When it comes to the self there may be nothing more fundamental to...
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23andMe Sets Growth Goal Of One Million Customers, Reduces Price to $99
23andMe, a wonderful annual sponsor of the Quantified Self, has some exciting news to share with us. Check out this letter from 23andMe’s CEO Anne Wojcicki below! – Today we’re announcing some big...
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Conference Preview: Rosane Oliveira on The Tale of Twins
At our Quantified Self conferences we focus our show&tell talks on personal, first person narratives of self-tracking and self-knowledge. But what if first person is actually two people instead of...
View ArticleRosane Oliveira on The Quantified Double Self
Rosane Oliveiria is a researcher and scholar that focuses on integrative medicine, genomics, and nutrition. She’s also an identical twin. In 2012 she was struck by the different patterns of weight...
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Ralph Pethica: Improving My Fitness With Genetics
One interesting aspect of personal data is how it can reveal what is unique about you. Nowhere is this more true than with genetic information coming from DNA testing kits. However, people are still...
View ArticleQS Access: Data Donation Part 1
New sensors are peeking into previously invisible or hard to understand human behaviors and information. This has led to many researchers and organizations developing an interest in exploring and...
View ArticleQS Access: Data Donation Part 2
In our Access Channel we’re trying to expose ideas, efforts, and insights about personal data access and it’s role in both generating personal and public insights. The last time we wrote about data...
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