The world according to Andrew

I’ve been reading a lot lately about the newly released Jawbone UP. The pre-release buzz sounded really promising. A wearable device that synced with an iPhone that provided some personal telemetry data visualised through an accompanying app. It looks like a great start – the design was great too – with the device being a single unit including a 3.5mm jack for syncing built in. My worry at the time was that the accompanying software looked, well like a bit of an afterthought really. And it seems as though I may have been right. There’s are lots of reports coming from around the internet of limited features and buggy syncing.

It got me thinking about the importance of the conduits and outputs (and outcomes) in the Internet of things concept. All of these connected devices, transmitting their data, elegantly, continuously is all well and good but it’s how the data is interpreted and used that’s important. It sounds obvious (and is) but was clearly forgotten in this case. Hopefully Jawbone will work to make improvements in future versions.