Cars, phones, watches: Silly about our electrical anxiety
We’ve all seen the image of the folks sitting on the floor at the airport charging their devices. Yes, that’s where we are at: hyper-aware of every ...
Tag: devices
Thoughts on “The age of indie fitness apps is over”
I officially left the mobile world back in ’09. But, of course, since then, we’ve seen the meteoric rise of the iPhone, folks getting the idea of mo...
“Settings are for geeks”
As far back as I can remember, I’ve fiddled with the settings. Computers, lab instruments, routers, phones – a chief selling point was how much acce...
Smartwatches: data freshness, interactive surfaces, and how the old became new again.
If you are an older runner, like me, there’s a high chance that smartwatches are nothing new to you. In 2005, when I was at Nokia Ventures Organization, t...
Why can’t health be a sufficient incentive?
There have been a slew of consumer healthcare devices that have come to market ranging from fancy pedometers and activity meters to apps that track your every m...
Big Data, healthcare, devices, and quantified self
When I was at SXSW, I spent most of my time at either Big Data or Healthcare sessions. The interesting thing is that the Big Data sessions always devolved to ta...