The dangers of period-tracking apps feat. Maggie Delano

Innovation For All - Diversity in Tech and Business

In the season finale of Innovation for All, Maggie Delano tells us how period-tracking apps exclude people who are not straight, cis-gendered women without medical conditions. She explains how user design could be more inclusive and introduces us to the benefits of Quantified Self.

You'll learn:

• The issues surrounding period-tracking apps
• How period-tracking apps can be more inclusive of people with medical conditions
• How user research can think about cases that fall outside of the set target audience
• Ways to increase inclusivity in the on-boarding process of app design
• Concerns of data privacy in period-tracking apps
• How self-tracking can be beneficial
• Ways that self-tracking is happening organically
• Ideas on tracking "subjective" experiences such as emotion and mood
• How to leverage user research to avoid stereotypes and generalizations
• Examples of queer-inclusive business ideas

Get show notes for this and every episode at innovationforallcast.com.

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Innovation for All will be returning in March 2020 for the third season.

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