Sam Kolovson

Job seeker; previously: phd @hcdeuw, student-athlete @UMassAmherst; loves talking about design of wearable tech for teams.

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

What should the design and use of sports tracking tech (e.g., wearables) look like for college teams in the future? I am excited to share 3 speculative videos made by design students, student-athletes, and myself that explore this question (and others)!
https://t.co/32N9jGC8qj

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Extraction of data from employees ✅
A tracking system that fails to capture human moments✅
Tracking represents accountability but actually creates distrust ✅
NYT article about employee tracking that mirrors findings from my dissertation work...
https://t.co/be3U4Y4vhc

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

On Monday I had a dream that my computer wouldn’t connect to the projector for teaching class and on Tuesday that actually happened (figured it out before class started though 😮‍💨). Too bad my dreams didn’t warn me about not being able to open my classroom door today.

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

I am looking for college student-athletes, coaches, staff, and designers of sports tracking tech to participate in conversations about how wearable data should be designed and used on college teams. If you're interested, please fill out this survey: https://t.co/P81uyjdXaQ

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Student-athletes are already subject to so much surveillance on their athletic performance. As wearable technology introduces new data streams monitoring their performance and wellbeing, what data is okay to collect and when? https://t.co/09rnitrFqM

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Does wearable data use in sports really support "improved performance" and "injury prevention"? How does collecting these data affect student-athletes in their day-to-day life? https://t.co/xb32zlyKR4

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

As a coach, how would different data streams affect your athletes and the dynamics of your team?
https://t.co/xb32zlQlIC

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

What should the design and use of sports tracking tech (e.g., wearables) look like for college teams in the future? I am excited to share 3 speculative videos made by design students, student-athletes, and myself that explore this question (and others)!
https://t.co/32N9jGC8qj

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

As a student-athlete, would you share your sleep tracking data with your coach?
https://t.co/09rnita42c

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Side note: anyone interested in discussing the future use of wearable technology in sports, please stay tuned :)

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

I was already excited to watch this game last night and then Lisa Leslie holds up a Kinexon device…of course none of my questions were answered on the broadcast like:

Did individual players have a choice about wearing the trackers/having their data shared?

[KINEXON Sports @KinexonSports]

The first-ever @WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship Game will also be the first time the league uses KINEXON player tracking #tech during a live game.

To learn more, read our full press release here: https://t.co/xxoXp2QCEr

#SportsTech | #WNBA

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Also as a fan of the WNBA, it was exciting to see the league use the technology in a game, though my feeling that as a fan I would not find the data that interesting was confirmed.

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Getting jekyll working on my new mac has been a ride, but I’m happy to report I can now serve my websites locally again.

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

😍😍

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

A powerful pair of Massachusetts rowers team up to train their sights on Tokyo Olympics https://t.co/mY0o5SESzx

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Still hoping I see one of the designs on a @kcmetrobus this summer…

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

This winter and spring I was one of the TAs for our department’s capstone course, check out this project by one of the awesome undergrad teams I worked with 👇

[UW Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) @hcdeUW]

For their final capstone project, a team of HCDE students generated a winning campaign to bring King County residents back to transit: https://t.co/0K7vzaOyKn

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

@dev7saxena Congrats Devansh!

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

miss this; please send this other dunks to seattle, stat.

[anna phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social @quatoria]

what’s it like being in boston? i took this photo, standing inside another dunkin’ donuts

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

@elinbjorling Haha thanks Elin, definitely will be making time for R&R this summer 😁🏝

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Finishing the last grading of the academic year like

[Sam Kolovson @kolovsam]

Replacing an ACLS walkoff HR as my favorite sports moment to have witnessed in person is this shot from @jewellloyd to win with < 1 second left in OT.

[Seattle Storm @seattlestorm]

JEWELL. LOYD. DID. THAT.

#StormWins
@jewellloyd x #TakeCover