This is my presentation for The Guardian Activate Summit (http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2013/sep/04/activate-new-york-programme-2013), to be performed as a country song while accompanied by guitar and harmonica. Who wouldn't do a song about Big Data with a harmonica? Just call me Minnie Pearl Jam.

1. Be Sensortive
John C. Havens
Founder, The H(app)athon Project
@johnchavens

2. About two years ago, I lost my Daddy.

3. I had time to think, “What is the Measure
of my Life?”

4. Social Influence / Money
(These things? No!)

5. For the answers,
that I seeked,
since I‟m a
self-professin‟
geek, I said…

6. I‟m going to compare Quantified
Self data, where people are trying
to optimize their physical, mental,
and emotional wellbeing
or “Little Data”
+ PLUS +

7. ….Data from the Internet of
Things, where SENSORS
measure information about our
lives we‟re not even aware of…
+ PLUS +

8. …metrics from what are called
Happiness Indicators, like
Bhutan‟s Gross National
Happiness, that measure both the
quantitative and qualitative
wellbeing of an entire population.

9. I‟m going to compare Quantified Self data,
where people are trying to optimize their
physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing
or “Little Data” with data from the Internet of
Things, where SENSORS measure information
about our lives we‟re not even aware of PLUS
metrics from what are called Happiness
Indicators, like Bhutan‟s Gross National
Happiness, that measure both the quantitative
and qualitative wellbeing of an
ENTIRE POPULATION.

10. QUANTIFED SELF
+
THE INTERNET OF THINGS
+
HAPPINESS INDICATORS

11. A Hackathon
for Happiness

14. Path –to-Purpose
Reflect
Optimize
Purpose

15. In your smartphone, you‟ve got a bunch of sensors.

16. Like GPS, guiding your life on where to go.

17. Or touch screen data that reveals…

18. The passive
news „bout
how you feel.

19. Smartphones know more „bout you than you may know.

20. That‟s why we‟ve got to….

21. (Chorus).
Be sensortive, be sensortive.
When using technologies so new.
When we‟re measuring our lives,
let‟s make connections quantified.
Track unto others as
you‟d have tracked to you.

24. People say, “How can you measure being happy?”

25. But we‟re not focusing on mood, if that‟s what you mean.

26. Our tagline is, “Connecting Happiness to Action.”

27. Turns out ALTRUISM elevates your dopamine.

28. So instead of just tracking purchases and profits.

29. Let‟s measure the meaning in our lives.

30. When it‟s PURPOSE we pursue, and compassion‟s what we do.

31. We‟ll change the world, and make LOVING quantified.

32. (Chorus).
Be sensortive, be sensortive.
When using technologies so new.
When we‟re measuring our lives,
let‟s make connections quantified.
Track unto others as
you‟d have tracked to you.

34. (Chorus).
Be sensortive, be sensortive.
When using technologies so new.
When we‟re measuring our lives,
let‟s make connections quantified.
Track unto others as
you‟d have tracked to you.

35. (Big Blues Ending)

36. Thank you!
John C. Havens
www.Happathon.com
www.johnchavens.com