The bottom line: make sure you are leveraging tools which make data analysis easier. You can even apply some of these principles into improving your data center and your business environment. Looking beyond baby apps and tools, we are constantly creating a deluge of data. Whether you’re tracking your fitness, raising a child, or embarking on a big data journey – the biggest piece of advice is to leverage tools designed to make life easier. However, today’s data analytics tools are specifically designed to make analyzing patterns and look at data points fundamentally easier. (Image: Bill Kleyman)Īt first, I honestly thought that all of this data would be overwhelming and we’d be spending way too much time looking over it. All of this results in a baby that cries less, gets her needs met, and – of course – happier parents.Īn image from the Nanit smart baby camera, which also provides insights to sleep patterns. We knew when she needed to eat, how long she needed to be awake, and when the best time to lay her down would be. We were able to wake her effectively, feed, change, burp, and put her right back to sleep! What does that mean? She was sleeping 3-4 hour stretches at night by the fourth day. Most of all, this data allowed us to chart and see patterns. We never have to guess when she slept, when a diaper was changed, and even when we should lay her down to sleep. I can’t begin to tell you how important it is to leverage the power of data, especially when your brain isn’t entirely working. To track almost every single aspect of our daughter’s life, we use an app called Baby Tracker. And, four weeks in, I have to say that the power of data and the patterns we can leverage have been nothing short of amazing. Aside from Googling almost every single question that came to mind at 3 a.m., I employed a number of apps, smart devices, and new tools to help raise our child. When we had our baby girl, I turned to data and the cloud for help. All these embedded devices will radically increase the average person’s level of interaction with data, changing the user experience. The IDC report predicts that the average rate per capita of data-driven interactions per day is expected to increase 20-fold in the next 10 years as our homes, workplaces, appliances, vehicles, wearables, and implants become data enabled. Embedded data, on the other hand, comes from a broad variety of device types, including baby monitors, smart toys, wearables, and so on. Productivity data comes from a set of traditional computing platforms such as PCs, servers, phones, and tablets. ![]() According to a report by IDC, by 2025, embedded data will constitute nearly 20% of all data created - three quarters the size of productivity data and closing fast. To that point, I’ve quickly learned the saying “There’s an app for that” can literally extend to almost every single aspect of our lives – including raising a baby.īefore we go on, it’s important to understand just how much data we’re creating and how many new devices are connecting into our businesses and lives. If you’ve read my blogs here in the past, you’ll also know that I’m a big techie anthrd absolutely love leveraging new technologies to make life (and business) easier. I should add that I am a millennial, and that raising a child today is a little different than my parents’ experience. Let’s start here, I’m a new dad and I’m learning a lot! For any parent reading this, the first few weeks have been challenging, but also amazingly enlightening and full of love. Our newborn just turned 4 weeks and there’s a reality that’s setting in: Our baby has a pretty big digital footprint already. Today we continue “Data Driven,” a series of articles examining the volume of data generated by emerging technologies, with a look at how embedded data unexpected sources – like newborn babies – quickly contribute to the streams of information filling data centers.
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