Opower started the trend: Tell people how their energy consumption compares to their neighbors’, and watch them start to conserve electricity in order to move closer […]
The Best Coaching is Personal
First, a confession: This series of concurrent research findings was surfaced in the most recent issue of the Klick Wire, a weekly mHealth newsletter. That […]
My First Streaking Experience
A few months ago, I spoke with Shape.com about a phenomenon they dubbed “streaking.” Streaking refers to performing a specific health-related behavior every day for […]
How Do You Choose the Right Fitness Technology for You?
As I’ve discussed before, I use a Fitbit One to track my daily steps. I’ve owned it almost a full year and am surprised to […]
A Simple Secret to Improve Your Running (Or Anything Else)
What if I told you there’s a nearly free, fairly simple way to become a better runner (or swimmer, or biker, or whatever it is […]
Why I’ll Abandon My Fitbit (Eventually)
Startup incubator RockHealth (which, incidentally, I think is an incredible organization) recently published a report on wearable sensors that’s grabbed a lot of attention in the […]
Tracking Your Health
I was excited to see this article in MobiHealthNews about a new app my company just launched called Track Your Health. You can check out […]
The Value of Feedback at Multiple Levels
One of the key tactics to support user competence through technology is providing feedback on performance. Ideally, the feedback does a few things: Acknowledges success […]
Big Brother’s in Your Pocket!
OK, I chose the post title just to be alarmist. I don’t really think that wearable and integrated trackers (for example, to count your daily […]
The Power of Goals and Progress Tracking
After the Boston Marathon on Monday, the New York Times has a thought provoking analysis of marathon finish times. Theoretically, marathon finish times should be […]