Posts Tagged ‘Polka’

Quantifying Self with Polka

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Mike presented his use of Polka’s personal logging tools to the group at the Quantified Self meetup, in Palo Alto.

It was followed with a lot of questions on how to use the data most effectively, and how to weave location-based proximity into the logging process.

One thing unique about the group is that it really focuses on ‘me’, or what did you get out of it individually.

For me, Polka helps me 1) remember to log, 2) see the trends, and 3) dig deeper into what I’m feeling when I post a status (e.g. Twitter).

Biggest takeaway: Personal achievement is a key to the experience, and we all have different and multi-faceted goals.

For consideration: How do we paint the picture where the user is actually in control, where the posts, reports, and learnings are able to stay with the user, even when shared. We feel it is our job to make way for the user to build personal results and sharing them should be easy and secure over time.

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Product demonstration (2 min. video)

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Founder Mike Kirkwood shows Polka mobile and web applications for logging his health.

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If Found is now If Found +

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

We’ve been back in the labs to look at how we could make If Found a more effective and easier application.  Your number one feedback:  Let us personalize it.  And that’s exactly what we’ve done.

If Found 2.0 now offers iPhone and iPod Touch users:
- Custom controls of color of information strips
- Custom control of background color
- Saving of the style you create for quick updates
- Style library to get started personalizing and protecting your phone
- Strip templates optimized for both unlocked and locked phones

Make your background your own on your phone!  Download it today, and it’s now only $.99.

The app opens in a small window.

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To help a good samaritan return your phone, put in base info.

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Select a picture from your Photo Library, or take a new picture.

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At any time, minimize the app, to see what the new wallpaper will look like.

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Edit the style of the application further.

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If found now enables customizing the strips, and the phone background.

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Or select from pre-set palette.

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Multiple layouts. One is optimized for Locked Phones, one for Unlocked phones.

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Apply a fade to your strip, let your picture shine through.

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Customize new background color.

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Save your custom style, so you can use it again later.

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Select one from the Style Library.

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Final product.

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Or, go back to the Style Library, choose another Style.

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Preview it

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And now, the phone wallpaper is blue adding a personal touch.

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Custom and secure.

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My Health 1.1 for the iPhone now available

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

We released an updated version of My Health for the iPhone that continues our promise to deliver on user feedback and demand.

New features and capabilities in My Health 1.1 include:
- My Health Log, a new capability that allows users to log their private or team health observations and synch them with Polka services
- Improved navigation controllers to optimize for large data fields
- More data fields, such as expert contacts and CCR fields in prescriptions, allergies, and medical conditions

We believe this new release adds a great deal of new communication power and options for My Health users.

Price for new users is $2.99, and current users receive a free upgrade.

Note to users upgrading from My Health 1.0 to 1.1 and who want to install the new My Health Log feature.  Delete the current version of the app from the phone before installing.  The new install will synch from your record on the secure web .

Polka Hits Half A Million iTunes Downloads

Remarkable.  Simply remarkable. 

From our first application that debuted on day one of Apple’s App Store release, to four applications now available and more in the works, we are thrilled to announce that we have received more than 500,000 downloads of our applications.  In only six months!

We’re already passionate about what we’re doing.  But this type of news is even more motivation to keep developing and innovating for our dedicated and new users.  Thanks to all of you and your feedback, so we can be the best possible source and product for your mobile health.

On the main menu, a big feature of our 1.1 product is the updated “My Health Log”.  

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The My Health Log is your personal health log, it tracks all your messages between your web and phone account. 

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You can make observations about your health, or your team’s health on the go, by posting your health status from your phone.

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In My Health 1.1, we’ve expanded emergency contact information, and added expert contacts, keeping your doctor information close to you, and one-click away when needed.

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We’ve added the the rest of the list of CCR prescription fields, and expanded the notes fields for Allergies and Conditions.

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Introducing the iPhone Emergency Card

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Polka’s first iPhone™ application – the iPhone Emergency Card – is making a stellar debut with Apple’s revolutionary App Store.  It is one of the few applications to go live with their new store announced today.  Powered by Polka’s Me Services™ and Me Server™, the iPhone Emergency Card provides essential life-saving information on the extremely popular iPhone and iPod® touch devices.    You can read the entire release here at BusinessWire. (free account required).  Or read our first article, By Dennis Sellers, at Macsimum News.

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About Polka’s iPhone Emergency Card

Polka’s iPhone Emergency Card for the iPhone and iPod touch is available worldwide for $2.99 today and can be downloaded from the Apple App Store at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

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Polka’s iPhone Emergency Card stores users’ important health and contact information securely and makes it accessible anytime, anywhere, and when they need it most during the critical moments of an emergency.  Too often, hospital and doctors’ IT systems are diverse and unconnected, creating a scenario where a patient’s basic information must be collected from scratch.  A simple, yet possibly life-saving, solution like the iPhone Emergency Card provides vital information at users’ and emergency technicians’ fingertips.

iPhone and iPod touch users can create the iPhone Emergency Card in a matter of minutes, and detail important personal information, including emergency contacts, blood type, and more.  Users can access maps to nearest hospitals and medical centers seamlessly within the application.  In addition, iPhone users can print a wallet-sized version of their card as a back-up and hard copy.

How the iPhone Emergency Card Works

Once you’ve downloaded the application, here are some step-by step instructions and pointers to help with any lingering questions:

  1. Once you install the Emergency Card on your phone, it will ask you to Edit your information.  Put in your contacts by selecting them from your iPhone contact list and key medical information in the edit screen.  
  2. You are now ready to go.  Click on the “Call” button next to your contact to immediately start dialing them.     (on iPod touch the number is displayed with no “Call” button)
  3. To see a map of closest hospitals to your location, click on “Map Closest Hospitals.” It will ask your permission to use your location, and will then locate the closest matches for hospitals in your location using the iPhone Google Map interfaces.   
  4. To send yourself a card for printing, go to Edit Profile page and select “Create Printable Version”.  It will ask for an email address to send the card and for you to set a password.  You will be sent a card in email, which will also have a link to Polka’s website that you can logo-n and edit the card if needed.

 

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