May #DSMA Blog Carnival: Why Data & Device Interoperability Matters

"This month the Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) blog carnival is taking a personal look how technology and its outputs affect our D-lives. It refers to the #WeAreNotWaiting campaign, a D-Community push for diabetes innovation now. It’s a grassroots initiative calling for diabetes data and device interoperability — so that we PWDs have full access to our own data, can share it as we like, and can use on whatever apps or platforms we choose without being locked into some proprietary product from just one manufacturer. For the month of May, DSMA is asking: Why does open D-data & device interoperability matter to you? How might your life improve if open data were the norm? We’re asked to share a story about how proprietary software or product incompatibilities have impacted our lives ... And if you happen to use a Mac — which btw is set to outpace use of PCs this year — forget it! Your choices for diabetes data software are incredibly limited, because for some inexplicable reason, most Pharma companies haven’t bothered to develop solutions for the super-popular Apple iOS ..."