Google Maps as traffic cop in the sky?
I am a very heavy user of Google Maps, even when I know where I’m going. It’s a pretty good* predictor of current travel time and traffic patterns. ...
Category: Innovation
At HealthFOO this weekend
I’m so excited to be at HealthFOO this weekend (it had been postponed from April). And I am extremely humbled by the folks who will be there. Of course, I...
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...
Loving the Moves App
For the last few months, I have a wee app on my phone that works in the background to track my activity. Called “Moves,” it presents a pretty and easy to use in...
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...
Think mobile when designing a mobile app
One of my favorite radio stations in the Boston area, Phoenix WFNX 101.7, died an inglorious death last year. But, like the phoenix, it rose from its ashes as a...
Looking back on 2012: I am a “fermentos”
At the start of each year, I write down a few things I’d like to accomplish or focus on for the year. Usually, it’s a behavior I’d like to see improve or do mor...
Brief commentary on App.net, the new social network “that aspires beyond chat and ads”
I’ve been meaning to comment on App.net, a new for-fee social networking service. To me, it seems that App.net is trying to build an alternative social we...
Ideas are not unique, no matter how far-fetched – a personal story
Last Christmas-time, I was driving to go get my parents (they live a few states away) and was listening to a Science Friday about Mars. The guest was an advocat...
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...