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  • Self-monitoring, interactive magazines, and a Twittering cat door. Click to listen:
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    Episode 75 – April 22 & 25, 2009

    Posted on April 21, 2009 | 14288 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fspark%2F2009%2F04%2Fepisode-75-april-22-25-2009%2FEpisode+75+-+April+22+%26amp%3B+25%2C+20092009-04-21+19%3A15%3A13Dan+Misenerhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fspark%2F%3Fp%3D1428
    Self-monitoring, interactive magazines, and a Twittering cat door. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20090422_14595.mp3|width=160]

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  • Since 2005, Nicholas Felton has been publishing the Feltron Annual Report, a year-end collection of personal statistics that detail (among other things) beverages consumed, books read, and number of hours...

    Full Interview: Nicholas Felton on self-monitoring, personal reports, and visualizing behaviour

    Posted on April 16, 2009 | 140011 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fspark%2F2009%2F04%2Ffull-interview-nicholas-felton-on-self-monitoring-personal-reports-and-visualizing-behaviour%2FFull+Interview%3A+Nicholas+Felton+on+self-monitoring%2C+personal+reports%2C+and+visualizing+behaviour2009-04-16+19%3A58%3A10Dan+Misenerhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fspark%2F%3Fp%3D1400
    Since 2005, Nicholas Felton has been publishing the Feltron Annual Report, a year-end collection of personal statistics that detail (among other things) beverages consumed, books read, and number of hours...

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