Demby Analytics™: Psychic Physics Dashboard
What if you could track your creative energy with the same rigor as measuring electrical resistance?
The Problem
Self-tracking apps are either too casual (just vibes) or too clinical (medical diagnostics). We need something scientifically rigorous.
Enter Demby Analytics™, a dashboard for tracking your Juice—the ISO 6398-compliant measure of mesolimbic dopamine under creative conditions.
The Core Units
The dashboard tracks several carefully defined psychophysical quantities:
📊 Key Performance Indicators
Juice (Jc) — 1 Juice raises mesolimbic dopamine by 5 μmol over 60 s in the reference brain under ISO 6398 creative conditions.
Anxiety (Ax) — 1 Anxiety raises salivary cortisol 10 nmol L⁻¹ plus +1 BPM for the same brain.
Gumption Quotient (GQ) — A dimensionless measure of motivation and drive. Think of it as your creative voltage.
Focus Flux (Φf) — The momentum of your motivation. High flux means you're moving forward; negative flux means friction.
Focus Entropy (SD) — A rolling 4-day average measuring the disorder in your creative system. Are you maintaining focus or scattered?
Why This Works
By treating creative energy with the same formalism as electromagnetic fields or thermodynamics, the tracker:
- Provides precise measurement — You're not just “feeling good,” you're measuring a 1.25 GQ with +0.10 Φf momentum.
- Encourages daily tracking — The scientific units demand precision and consistency.
- Reveals actual patterns — Tracking GQ vs Anxiety over time shows real correlations and trends.
The Surplus Drive heatmap (SD = Juice - Anxiety) reveals weekly patterns in creative capacity.
The Dashboard
The interface provides comprehensive visualization:
- KPIs with delta indicators — Real-time changes in Φf with directional arrows
- Time series analysis — Overlaid trend lines for Juice and Anxiety
- Heatmaps — Surplus Drive visualized across days of the week
- Reference standards — Citations to ISO 6398 standards and neurochemical measurement protocols
Core Metrics
The system tracks fundamental psychophysical quantities:
- Daily Juice & Anxiety levels — Calibrated 0-10 scales logged each day
- Trend analysis — 7-day moving averages to smooth out measurement noise
- Pattern recognition — Heatmaps reveal which days consistently drain or boost creative capacity
- Long-term comparison — Historical data shows whether baseline Juice levels are rising or falling
Try It Yourself
Track your own Juice, monitor your Focus Flux, and discover whether your creative capacity follows weekly patterns.
