I love my iPhone. I hadn’t expected to adore it quite so much but there ya go. It has quickly become one of those things that I can’t figure out how I ever lived without. The secret to my adoration is the App Store. I know that you can jailbreak it and put all sorts of stuff on it but right now the App Store is enough.

The App Store is the paradise of niche software. For example: I have a thyroid issue and debilitating migraines. My neurologist always wants to know certain things in regards to the migraines. Before my last migraine, what did I eat, where was I on my cycle, how many hours of sleep did I get the night before, when was the last time I had sex, did I have my meds and my vitamins, how much stress was I under at work? They may seem like odd questions but I understand why any and all of that data is important. The kicker is that I don’t keep track of that each and every day. So I seldom have an answer.

I tried for years to keep track of it all in a little notebook and that worked for a while but became so difficult that I stopped. Enter the App Store…

With the ridiculous name of Lady Biz I found an answer. I believe the app was originally created to help women who were trying to get pregnant which wasn’t my goal but a lot of the information would be perfect. The kicker was it is a bit pricey and didn’t have a few things I needed. So I took a chance and wrote the developer. He answered quickly with the plans for the next release and asked for input for how to make it more useful.

We wrote back and forth about what would make my life simpler and be useful for me, and he is implementing those changes. I love the app and I love the changes he is making specifically in regards to items I want to see.

Talk about eye opening, I wrote to several of the other developers, commented on their app, told them what I liked and what I would love to have included. In each case they wrote me back quickly, discussed the ideas and overall have implemented large parts of them. Unless you are a developer, have one in the family or have a ton of cash – this is as close to custom software as you could want.

The App Store really does allow a quick and casual interaction with people that make the software and that sorta rocks.

Tags: app, iphone, lady biz, store
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