DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Logging Tools http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Making Of a D-Tech Startup: Tidepool’s Universal Diabetes Data Platform http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/the-making-of-a-d-tech-startup.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/the-making-of-a-d-tech-startup.html#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 11:00:08 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=72461 Holy Diabetes Innovations! I am happy to announce that a small group of entrepreneurs and researchers including several parents of kids with type 1 here in San Francisco are tackling the diabetes data dilemma head-on, having just launched a new…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/the-making-of-a-d-tech-startup.html/feed 4 Dario: Turning Your Smartphone Into a Glucose Meter http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/the-dario-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-meter.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/the-dario-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-meter.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:00:23 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=72350 Have you heard of Dario, the new smartphone-compatible glucose meter that’s about to debut over in Europe and will hopefully be heading for the U.S. market within the next year? It’s a bite-sized meter that lets you turn your smartphone…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/the-dario-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-meter.html/feed 9 Tandem’s t:connect Software Takes Pumpers to the Cloud(s) http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/tandem-tslim-pumpers-now-connected.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/tandem-tslim-pumpers-now-connected.html#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:00:15 +0000 WilD http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=72407 Almost 10 months after the Tandem Diabetes t:slim insulin pump hit the U.S. market, we finally have access to the pump management software that goes with it. Tandem released their much-anticipated t:connect pump software last night (read: very early today)…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/tandem-tslim-pumpers-now-connected.html/feed 8 Sunday Funnies: D-Data Gone Wild http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/sunday-funnies-diabetes-data-gone-wild.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/sunday-funnies-diabetes-data-gone-wild.html#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:00:14 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=70541   With all the dueling software formats for blood sugar data, ever feel this way?     YES! We sure do. Our perennial question to D-device and software makers is why this data is made so complicated. Thanks for the…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/03/sunday-funnies-diabetes-data-gone-wild.html/feed 5 New Ginger.io App Connects Behavior to Health http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:23 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=70147 Your smartphone is watching you — to learn how your behavior might be affecting your health. OK, maybe it’s not at this very moment… but it could, thanks to a new app created by a Boston-based health IT startup company…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/new-ginger-io-app-connects-behavior-to-health.html/feed 9 Small But Mighty: Kickstarting Another New BG Logging App http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/small-but-mighty-kickstarting-another-new-bg-logging-app.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/small-but-mighty-kickstarting-another-new-bg-logging-app.html#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:00:51 +0000 AllisonN http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=69222 Finding new and innovative ways to log our diabetes info is all the rage these days. While some companies are manufacturing new gadgets to help us log and track blood sugar readings, medication doses, carb counts and more, many new…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/02/small-but-mighty-kickstarting-another-new-bg-logging-app.html/feed 1 The “Ethical Imperative” of Diabetes Interoperability http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/the-ethical-imperative-of-diabetes-interoperability.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/the-ethical-imperative-of-diabetes-interoperability.html#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:00:49 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=69008 The fact is, a handful of manufacturers currently have a stronghold on our diabetes data. Their systems collect this vital health data for us, but are designed to withhold it so that we rely on their products exclusively to access…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/the-ethical-imperative-of-diabetes-interoperability.html/feed 16 Glooko’s D-Device Connectivity Workaround http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/glookos-d-device-connectivity-workaround.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/glookos-d-device-connectivity-workaround.html#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:51 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=68298 When it comes to connecting diabetes devices and assuring that they can “talk to each other,” the small but mighty startup Glooko is making surprising progress. But it’s doing so with what is essentially a clever workaround — the first…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/01/glookos-d-device-connectivity-workaround.html/feed 8 Ask D’Mine: Is Medicare Snooping? And Dead CGMs http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/ask-dmine-is-medicare-snooping-and-dead-cgms.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/ask-dmine-is-medicare-snooping-and-dead-cgms.html#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:00:53 +0000 WilD http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=64997 Who doesn’t sometimes need help navigating life with diabetes? That’s why we offer Ask D’Mine, our weekly advice column, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois. This week, he takes a look at the federal government’s involvement…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/12/ask-dmine-is-medicare-snooping-and-dead-cgms.html/feed 11 How Many Carbs?… Can You Really Count on SureCount? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/how-many-carbs-can-you-really-count-on-surecount.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/11/how-many-carbs-can-you-really-count-on-surecount.html#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:00:15 +0000 WilD http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=63714 There are a heck of a lot of carb-counting “tools” out there. Today, we’re taking a look at the utility of one in particular… My 10-year-old son Rio and I have been watching the 1960s Sci-fi show Time Tunnel on…

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