Can technology help you lose weight?
I’m fat. This is not a new revelation, nor one that I’m just coming to realize, but it needs to be written none the less. I’ve had an up and down battle with my weight for about 15 years now and given...
View ArticleHypeCheck(in) – Week 1 with weight loss tools
Editors note: This post is a day late due to the snow. I have to say, I had some pretty lofty expectations about the tools I had selected when starting this program. I chose them because the tech press...
View ArticleAbout that Apple HealthKit hospital rollout….
Reuters has an exclusive report this morning about hospitals rolling out pilot programs using Apple’s HealthKit. If you work in this business no doubt link to it have flown through your Twitter feed...
View ArticleSorry Nerds, The Wearables Market is a Bonafide Mess
So I’ve spent a fair amount of time testing a number of wearables over the past few weeks. Some of this I’ve done for my own edification, some for my own self-improvement, and all of them because I...
View ArticleWSJ: Apple Cut Health Features Due To Erratic Sensors
Following up on my post from yesterday, comes a write up in the Wall Street Journal describing why the Apple Watch isn’t going to be the health-tracking powerhouse it could have been. …the company...
View ArticleResearchKit Is A Game Changer, Just Not The Way You Think
As you no doubt have read by now, Apple announced Monday an open-source medical platform named ResearchKit. The platform, which runs natively on an iOS device, provides medical and scientific...
View Article7 Days With Apple Watch
I, like most of the technology nerds of my ilk, arose dutifully at 2:55 a.m. on April 10th to pre-order the Apple Watch. Within 3 minutes I had procured a 38mm Apple Watch and a 42mm Apple Watch and I...
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