Some interesting projects
Posted: February 24, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 Comments »We’re really excited about the conference and in preparation have been scouring the web for the kinds of ideas that might come out of the day. Here is a selection below. Hopefully some of the people behind these ideas will be with us on the day to share their insights.
http://mindapples.org/ – Your five-a-day, but for your mind.
http://moodpanda.com/ – Tracking your mood, with the help of a panda
http://moodjam.com/ – Similar to Mood Panda, but less Pandas and more colours
http://buddyapp.org/ – A diary to help you track what makes you feel good and what makes you feel bad.
http://www.actionforhappiness.org/ – A global movement to promote happiness
http://www.getsomeheadspace.com/ – Meditation made easy, in 10 minutes
All of these apps, websites, and projects have something in common. They all use the power of new technology to help people’s mental health. Mobile apps and websites present unique opportunities to give people a different narrative through which to understand their mental life. Before these technologies existed someone might visit a counsellor or psychologist once a week, now there can be support through the web on a daily basis. All of these examples help to empower the person, to do things with them, rather than to them.
We hope that our conference can produce something as innovative as these projects.
I would suggest adding ‘Moodscope’ to this list. I’ve been using it for nearly a year and I have found it really helpful. It’s a little like Panda, but to my mind less gimmicky and more personal.
Hi, Jake (Co-founder of MoodPanda) here, I’m really sad that we didn’t know about this conference, it sounds like something we’d really have liked to have been involved with
I hope it went well, thanks for the mention! If you want to talk to us about MoodPanda we’d love to talk to you chiefpanda@moodpanda.com
In reply to James, something unique that we offer is the community around MoodPanda, tens of thousands of genuinely lovely people that help and support each other. The ethos around MoodPanda is around being unintimidating, friendly and to hopefully attract people who may struggle to track their mood otherwise