Back on the topic of making health fun (which we’ve been thinking of as life optimization), I ran across this article over at Technology Review about taking all those photos parents take of baby and making them useful. Basically the software asks parents to log milestones along with photos as a way to track development. As the article describes:
Researchers found that parents who used the program recorded nearly twice as many of these milestones as those who used a basic medical record-logging program instead. Pediatricians urge parents to monitor these milestones so they can be aware of early warning signs of developmental disorders, like autism or deafness.
But this was the real kicker for me: “Making medical record keeping more fun and less medical actually motivates people and can have positive influences.” Exactly!