Comments on: Hello? It’s your phone, saying you’re drunk… http://www.docgurley.com/2009/12/31/hello-its-your-phone-saying-youre-drunk/ Posts from an Insane Healthcare System Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Autisticat http://www.docgurley.com/2009/12/31/hello-its-your-phone-saying-youre-drunk/#comment-29740 Autisticat Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:23:47 +0000 http://www.docgurley.com/?p=2006#comment-29740 I think it's a good idea, but a mistake to only release it on the iPhone... It has recently been losing its trendiness with the growing focus on Google's phones (and, frankly, the sheer number of "boring" adults using it) -- plus, a lot of people in the target demographic can't afford an iPhone, with many college kids & older teens only having prepaid phone accounts through youth-oriented providers like Virgin Mobile. I'd been hoping that it was a more interactive app, one that might use a more interactive approach to 'diagnosing' how impaired the user is. I mention that because like too many other folk, I have a parent that can't judge how her medications affect her. She won't listen to me when I warn that her judgment (physical or cognitive) is messed-up, but she might trust an objective testing program if I could get it running on her computer in an emulator or something... I think it’s a good idea, but a mistake to only release it on the iPhone… It has recently been losing its trendiness with the growing focus on Google’s phones (and, frankly, the sheer number of “boring” adults using it) — plus, a lot of people in the target demographic can’t afford an iPhone, with many college kids & older teens only having prepaid phone accounts through youth-oriented providers like Virgin Mobile.

I’d been hoping that it was a more interactive app, one that might use a more interactive approach to ‘diagnosing’ how impaired the user is. I mention that because like too many other folk, I have a parent that can’t judge how her medications affect her. She won’t listen to me when I warn that her judgment (physical or cognitive) is messed-up, but she might trust an objective testing program if I could get it running on her computer in an emulator or something…

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