February 2012
4 posts
Amelia Greenhall: Habit Formation Data Model →
ameliaatwork:
I’ve become really interested in the part of habit forming where you do something in increasing amounts, until you find the amount and timing that makes you feel amazing.
—-
Intention
Doing something 1x
Doing something in increasing amounts
Doing something regularly, at your minimum…
Hey hey mHealth market!
We’re gonna be big in the EU?
Some interesting findings from a PricewaterhouseCoopers report (via MobiHealthNews):
1. Worldwide mHealth market size = 23B by 2017.
2. Mobile-enabled monitoring services for chronic disease management will generate 15B in revenues by 2017.
3. Medication and treatment adherence devices + services will be 10% of the market and generate 2.3B.
4. Content and...
“I actually take a different philosophy on leadership, in which your job is to...”
– Andy Dunn, CEO, Bonobos (Fastcompany.com February 2012)
“As the industry migrates to reimbursement models based on outcomes and providers...”
– Via Chilmark Research.
Heck. Yeah. The time is coming for consumer centric health. We’ve been waiting a long, long time for this.
January 2012
7 posts
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the...”
– Johnny Cash (via misswallflower)
“def set_them_up_with_some_dolla_dolla_bills”
– During this early beta, we’ve been hooking our super amazing testers up with some credit to play around with. This is actually in our code. (via habitlabs)
Bustr Bensn: New Habit Labs side project:... →
bustr:
I had an idea the other day and had to built it…
It’s called Gonna Try and it’s sort of a super-simple hybrid of 43 Things and Health Month. It’s freeform like 43 Things, but it’s rooted in actual attempts to make a change right now, like Health Month.
The added twist is that I ask you…
Buster gets it just right...Behavior change: No...
bustr:
The multiverse, the universe, the world, history, everyone alive, your friends and family, you, your behavior, what you are doing right now. You can only change one of these things, and it’s not easy, and you’ll probably fail the first 38,000 times, but by eventually changing it you indirectly change all of the others. After figuring that out, the only remaining problem is figuring out...
How our own Amelia lost 40 pounds, and built Weigh... →
Super proud A!
habitlabs:
If you missed it earlier, Amelia’s talk on weighing herself every day is up on the Quantified self blog! If you want to start weighing yourself everyday, shoot us an email at amelia@habitlabs.com and say so - she’ll get you into the beta in the next week!
From the Quantified Self Blog:
December 2011
3 posts
Simplifying.
habitlabs:
Jump on in the Budge waiting room if you’re not already! We’re going to be letting a bunch of people in right after Christmahanukwanza.
What's your secret ingredient?
habitlabs:
What’s your secret ingredient?
What (or who) needs to be in the mix, to make your habit changes rise up like delicious banana bread?
What’s your nemesis?
What (or who) makes your habit changes wither like a salted snail?
Good Failure, Good Coffee: Schultz and the Power...
Howard Schultz, the guy who founded the Starbucks chain of coffee shops, knows what it means to f*ck up the user experience.
When Schultz first started trying to build a third place, he blew it. There were no chairs. His menu was written in Italian. The sweet sounds of opera music lured in very few fascinated buyers.
How did Schultz do it? He believed in the power of a 2nd try.
He...
November 2011
5 posts
My Quiet Time →
aka a typical Sunday…
“The one habit of highly successful people is that they’re able to create good...”
– See also: http://bryce.vc/post/13198157725/you-can-quit-but-you-cant-give-up
Today I am thankful for the calling Habit Labs is coding to fulfill - giving people the tools to create sustainable, healthy behavior change.
I am thankful for our amazing team: Buster, Scott, Amelia, Adam, Alex.
I am...
“As CIO magazine reported last week, iPads failed miserably in a test at Seattle...”
– From the smart guys at MobiHealthNews: http://mobihealthnews.com/14752/ipad-setback-at-seattle-childrens-is-but-a-minor-growing-pain/
Two points to write home about:
1. The Seattle Children’s Pilot made docs access Cerner’s EMR through the Safari browser rather than a native app....
Symbolism, Scanadu Style (from #tedmed)
scanadu:
Recently we created the symbol of our vision, it is called the Gradale.
At TEDMED last week, the Gradale took hold.
“When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files
Brilliant, creative people (and teams) often knock formulas that work. They’re too simple. They’re boring. They don’t expose all this wonderful complexity we envision and create for them.
But the secret of proven formulas? They work...
October 2011
13 posts
“Feedback loops don’t have a huge impact on health as numerous health...”
– - Pam Strayer, commenting on a visually compelling presentation by Aza Raskin, Massive Health
Lots of food for thought. Watch the whole talk.
BRYCE DOT VC: Thought Leadership at Web 2.0 Summit →
brycedotvc:
A few months back I bumped into an investor friend of mine at a café. Given neither of us live very balanced lives the conversation quickly turned to company building and fundraising. Now, this person has been involved with a number of the recent rising stars in tech, so I was curious to see if…
Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC:... →
#whoa. Congrats Jay! Habit Labs is cheering you on, every step of the way.
jayparkinsonmd:
So for the past month I’ve been laying all the groundwork for my next company. It’s called Sherpaa. The branding and the site are coming together nicely and the legal side of things is too. Here’s what Sherpaa will do:
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a friend of a friend who was…
Things people are saying about Habit Labs. →
habitlabs:
The press page. Now with quotations.
Bustr Bensn: Forcing it →
bustr:
Thoughts in no particular order, spiraling into a weird place by the end…
I’m trying to eat a salad every day for lunch.
Like many other things, it brings me face-to-face with the challenge of controlling my behavior outside the realm of habits.
What exactly am I “forcing” the change…
“The lesson is that, even today, we are designing for tomorrow’s technology.
...”
– Must read.
“Male wanderlust has been documented as early as the womb, where male fetuses...”
– All who wander are not lost. Quote source.
Female founders - the best thing you can do is veer off the beaten path.
Funders evaluating female founders - ask how often they got lost, or if they lead the pack on hikes. Do they walk a step ahead of male relatives?
If so, you’ve got a woman...
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– http://www.macstories.net/roundups/inspirational-steve-jobs-quotes/
“Soon my new machine arrived. Sleek, aluminum, solid. It had a look and feel that...”
– From @bryce’s post “The Computer That Changed My Life.”
Health startups take note of the language Bryce uses here:
Sleek. Solid. A look and feel of quality.
We should be building for the same reaction. We should be designing for high margin, high perceived value.
Low volume...
“Next time you go to the doctor, he may warn you that your EMR says that you have...”
– Hell yes.
http://www.carepractice.com/emr-needs-a-kick-in-the-app-hole/
“An effect was found in both cases; on average, participants bid 62% more when...”
– If you let them build it, they will come…from “Why we love the things we build (and are willing to pay more for them),” via @garrytan.
How do we get people invested in their own health? We know we need:
1. Data about what they’re doing (and not doing)
2. Data about...
September 2011
20 posts
Required Weekend Viewing: Where does Health 2.0... →
“OMFG epigenetics + genoanth:
“Research at Nanjing University has found...”
– http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/we-incorporate-genetic-information-food-we-eat-says-new-study
via @anselm
“A study published in the September issue of the journal Diabetes Care found that...”
– “Sometimes though, the hype overwhelms the message…”
http://mobihealthnews.com/13357/misinformation-exacerbates-mhealth-growing-pains/
“If Gamification were a country on Google Maps, Gabe is zoomed out and talking...”
– Buster Benson @habitlabs:
http://blog.habitlabs.com/post/10490680475/gamification-by-design
Style Guide: Welcome to Team Habit Labs...
Hi Superhero,
Welcome to Team Habit Labs! Buster, Scott, Amelia and I are *thrilled* to have you onboard.
You have a new account at Habit Labs Inc.
Your username is Rockstar and your temporary password is Gawd<Dam.
Your new email address is Rockstar@habitlabs.com.
You can sign in to Habit Labs Inc services at:
http://www.google.com/habitlabs.com
When you come in to the office 10.4.11,...
mHealth: Walgreens Ain't Half Bad...
http://www.walgreens.com/topic/mobile/apps/learn_about_mobile_browser_app.jsp?stop_mobi=yes&ec=hneo9153initial_mobile
"That's my religion, at least..." →
bustr:
Great post, Rick. I agree with the first 2 movements, but think the 3rd (quoted below) is far from over.
rickwebb:
To me, though, education, health care, the environment and government are probably the big ones. The ones where making a difference would truly make a difference. But the thing about those is that these dragons which we ponder battling are exponentially larger, more...
Habit Labs: A photo tour of Habit Labs HQ →
habitlabs:
About time for a tour of the Habit Labs HQ. It is a work-wonderland, where we all have labcoats (though we generally handle no liquids beyond coffee and tea).
Whiteboards and drawings and tagboards abound. Buster and Amelia draw diagrams on big pads of paper. (Right now we’re working on…
“In Holland, we have two words for design. One is vormgeving; in German...”
– http://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/09/the-dutch-have-two-words-for-design.html?utm_source=swissmiss&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2d83fe8aaf-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN
“Yet even now it is not the technology that moves us but the stories…”
– http://www.pehub.com/118436/union-square-ventures-backs-wattpad/
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Habit Labs: What the Health is Happening? Part... →
habitlabs:
So after the first 2 parts of this series were spent pimping out how Habit Labs *tries* to spend:
10% of time focusing on market movements;
10% of time checking out the competitive landscape, and
80% of time focused on building a company that writes the code for individual behavior change
Habit Labs: Hard or Soft? Which Way to Launch? How... →
habitlabs:
Seattle has a ridiculously strong bulletin board + email list sorta culture.
When Buster invited me to join one of these lists, I was skeptical at first. Who needs more in her inbox, right?
But the brutal honesty of founders sharing really tough sh*t changed my perspective.
Ye Olde List Serve…
Habit Labs: What the Health is Happening? Trying... →
“Easing” back into blogging. Brevity obviously not my strong suit. Via habitlabs:
As a startup founder, it’s often tough to figure out what news has direct import for your sector.
One commonly adopted habit path I’ve seen fellow founders pursue is to sit down, crack the laptop, slam a Red Bull or coffee, open up Hacker News/TC, and wallow around for a bit reading whatever…