Comments on: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:37:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Diabetes Mine 2010 Design Challenge | A Sweet Life http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-3#comment-511614 Diabetes Mine 2010 Design Challenge | A Sweet Life Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:58:26 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-511614 [...] began hosting an annual design challenge two years ago, quite to her surprise, when she posted an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. She called for the gurus of consumer design to help revolutionize design [...] [...] began hosting an annual design challenge two years ago, quite to her surprise, when she posted an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. She called for the gurus of consumer design to help revolutionize design [...]

]]> By: Citylab » Blog Archive » Charmr: diabetes devices http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-3#comment-508249 Citylab » Blog Archive » Charmr: diabetes devices Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:51:25 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-508249 [...] da una lettera aperta che una paziente diabetica, Amy Tenderich, ha scitto a Steve Jobs, pregando il CEO di Apple di [...] [...] da una lettera aperta che una paziente diabetica, Amy Tenderich, ha scitto a Steve Jobs, pregando il CEO di Apple di [...]

]]> By: Dan Lock http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-3#comment-503371 Dan Lock Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:17:41 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-503371 There are already people (like me) working on medical device usability. The problems here is that medical devices are not consumer devices - the level of testing required is much higher AND the market is much smaller. If your iPod or iPhone crashes (and mine have, several times) it's no big deal. If your medical device goes down it could be really serious. That's not to say progress isn't, or can't, be made. I wouldn't bother asking Apple to help - they don't have any reason to get involved in such a risky area and open themselves up to litigation etc. You would do better to lobby the device manufacturers and ask them to invest more money in usability. We have the ideas to make these things better but it isn't easy when big pharma does not always want to invest in it! There are already people (like me) working on medical device usability. The problems here is that medical devices are not consumer devices – the level of testing required is much higher AND the market is much smaller. If your iPod or iPhone crashes (and mine have, several times) it’s no big deal. If your medical device goes down it could be really serious.

That’s not to say progress isn’t, or can’t, be made. I wouldn’t bother asking Apple to help – they don’t have any reason to get involved in such a risky area and open themselves up to litigation etc. You would do better to lobby the device manufacturers and ask them to invest more money in usability. We have the ideas to make these things better but it isn’t easy when big pharma does not always want to invest in it!

]]> By: Riva Greenberg: Got a Great Diabetes Product Or Application Idea? Apply Here « Daily News http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-3#comment-502994 Riva Greenberg: Got a Great Diabetes Product Or Application Idea? Apply Here « Daily News Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:21:09 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-502994 [...] began hosting an annual design challenge two years ago, quite to her surprise, when she posted an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. She called for the gurus of consumer design to help revolutionize design [...] [...] began hosting an annual design challenge two years ago, quite to her surprise, when she posted an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. She called for the gurus of consumer design to help revolutionize design [...]

]]> By: Riva Greenberg: Got a Great Diabetes Product Or Application Idea? Apply Here | Twitmerlin - News, Celebs Gossip, Social Media http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-2#comment-502950 Riva Greenberg: Got a Great Diabetes Product Or Application Idea? Apply Here | Twitmerlin - News, Celebs Gossip, Social Media Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:46:27 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-502950 [...] began hosting an annual design challenge two years ago, quite to her surprise, when she posted an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. She called for the gurus of consumer design to help revolutionize design [...] [...] began hosting an annual design challenge two years ago, quite to her surprise, when she posted an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. She called for the gurus of consumer design to help revolutionize design [...]

]]> By: Open letter to Steve Jobs | HypoThesis http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-2#comment-437822 Open letter to Steve Jobs | HypoThesis Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:32:36 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-437822 [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html [...] [...] http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html [...]

]]> By: Rozi http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-2#comment-430757 Rozi Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39:13 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-430757 This is great. I was little upset that i can go to see the last comments in this blog so I see this comments is very excellent. This is great. I was little upset that i can go to see the last comments in this blog so I see this comments is very excellent.

]]> By: bed http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-2#comment-418874 bed Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:31:20 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-418874 True. Loved it. Great idea. But if just the lobbyists allow APPLE INC. to get into Diabetes market. It will grow. And it will work. Wish it could work. By 2020 watched in documentary or so that out of every 5 Americans 1 would have diabetes. Something like that. It was strikingly out figure. True. Loved it. Great idea. But if just the lobbyists allow APPLE INC. to get into Diabetes market. It will grow. And it will work.

Wish it could work. By 2020 watched in documentary or so that out of every 5 Americans 1 would have diabetes. Something like that. It was strikingly out figure.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-2#comment-410973 uberVU - social comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:49:14 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-410973 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by egculbertson: #blankcheck inspired by @diabetesmine: get Apple to design all patient health tech (her orig. open letter here http://bit.ly/1QclAi)... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by egculbertson: #blankcheck inspired by @diabetesmine: get Apple to design all patient health tech (her orig. open letter here http://bit.ly/1QclAi)...

]]> By: Magnetic Bar http://www.diabetesmine.com/2007/04/an_open_letter_.html/comment-page-2#comment-386899 Magnetic Bar Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:52:06 +0000 http://diabetesmine.dreamhosters.com/2007/04/09/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs/#comment-386899 Apple is unlikely to respond. Apple is unlikely to respond.

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