# How I walked today

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2013-09-03

city, fitbit, flex, uncategorized, urban, walking

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A couple of months ago I picked up a [FitBit Flex](http://www.fitbit.com/store). For those of you unfamiliar with the wrist device, it’s similar to the Nike FuelBand.

I bought one for really two reasons.

The first is that I think it’s pretty clear at this point - with [Google Glass](http://www.google.com/glass/start/) and rumours of an [Apple iWatch](http://mashable.com/category/iwatch/) - that wearable computing will eventually be a massive market opportunity. Who knows, it could do to mobile what mobile did to PCs.

The second reason is that I love data. I love measuring and tracking things. And it’s probably the main reason I use apps like [Foursquare](https://foursquare.com/donnelly_b) fairly regularly.

To this end, here’s how I walked today:

It’s pretty typical for a day of commuting: To the office in the morning; out and about at lunch; and then back at the end of the day.

In terms of the value I get out of this, it’s more for novelty than anything else at this point. The FitBit app has a lot of features to track caloric intake and other things, but I only use it to track things it can do _passively_.

That said, I like being able to quickly see how close I am to my daily step goal of 15,000. On most days I don’t hit it.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/how-i-walked-today)*