“I lost 100 pounds once thanks to a database. This was before the ‘quantified self’ movement.” Paul Ford on how the charts and graphs helped him lose a lot of weight, but they weren’t enough to keep it off.

+ Fusion: I tried three apps that claim to make you more likable — and am now addicted to one of them. (I’m pretty sure that every app that distracts me from human interaction makes me more likable.)