Conversation on the 18th of March with my internship coach, who has done lots of research in this area and has had a very successful career in the technology industry.
Peter, with whom I have regular catchup meetings, both to share my progress in this project and to stay up to date with the rapid changes that Risidio (my internship company) is going through, has done a tremendous amount of research in a project a bit ago, which considered addiction as a whole as the problem. He and his team at the time conceptualized a decentralized system that could provide support in a secure but personalized way.
After pitching Echo, explaining its 4 pillars and describing the route I took to come up with this concept, Peter was pleased with my the concept I came up with. He validated the insight that digital wellbeing apps lack the key piece of information, which is someone's
Feedback session with the other students and coaches on the 22nd of March.
Feedback Frenzy | March 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bds37Cm90c&t=14s
<aside> 🧠Story is clear, but delivery needs some refinement. That's solid feedback.
Although it might seem like this, the quote from Jason Kay isn't per se one key source that drives my project, it's more of a well put description of how this problem could be tackled. It's his observation that I found useful to include in my story.
Social features seem to be really intriguing.
</aside>