I am Daniel James
I am a Christian, a husband, a software developer, and a maker.
I have a fierce passion for problem solving, especially through software development. I am good at designing and implementing simple and complex software solutions. I have weaknesses and failures too. I co-founded a company in 2004 that had to close its doors in 2009. For me, saying "no" is harder than saying "yes." But because of going through a startup failure and taking a "fearless inventory" of myself, I am becoming the best me I can be. Read more
Daily Digest
16 October 2018
@amyhoy @sehurlburt What does such an app look like?
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:24:18 +0000 2018
@amyhoy @sehurlburt Well, I’d probably try understand a few use cases first. Are the symptoms measurable on a regular scale? (I.e. can symptoms from one day be reliably compared to symptoms from another day? Blood pressure, weight, minutes of PT exercise, etc.
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:36:24 +0000 2018
@amyhoy @sehurlburt Other symptoms might be less comparable, but significant if tracked as occurrences of the symptom/event on a timeline. Simplified mood tracking, occurrence of joint pain, migraine, etc.
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:38:09 +0000 2018
@amyhoy @sehurlburt I’ve tracked blood pressure data while working through weight loss to the point where I was able to work with my Dr. to get off medication. My tracking of data was used to compare effects of behavior over several weeks. Data collection was annoying though. That needs to be easy.
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:40:15 +0000 2018
@amyhoy @sehurlburt If initial use cases are for personal/local use, then I’d probably build an app that stored the data on-device (with some kind of export options). Starting with an offline-first mindset would address key components of here-and-gone startups evaporating and taking thing with them
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:42:55 +0000 2018
@amyhoy @sehurlburt Oh, rad. Forgive my tweet storm. I’m genuinely interested in this too.
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:43:53 +0000 2018
@amyhoy That’s an interesting idea. Kind of like the USGS “Did You Feel It?” but for possible food poisoning. https://t.co/niIiywzwEt An app could trigger alerts to probe the user until they indicate the symptoms resolve. Data storage and aggregation is difficult, but not impossible.
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 01:54:42 +0000 2018
@amyhoy Ah, yes. That makes far more sense in context of this conversation. 😓
— Daniel James (@thzinc) Tue Oct 16 02:41:46 +0000 2018