Two stories and a love App

It is amazing how life gives you the right information at the right place and time. I would't name it destiny, but it certainly is the expression of cause and effect.

The first story. I was reading an e-newsletter from missrepresentation.org when my attention was drawn to a story that compared a nine year-old girl to a company. What both had in common? Both had designed an App. The article pointed out a contradictory situation. In one hand,  a nine year-old girl designing an app was a great news because it meant that girls and women where entering in a male-dominated field as Information Technology (IT). More representation of women in IT will increase the probability that technology takes into account the needs of women. In the opposite side, a company launched an app game which contents promoted more violence against women. This kind of technology poses a great risks since almost one third of ever-partnered women in the world are still suffering intimate partner violence.

The second story. While surfing in the internet, I ran across the information of a Hackaton that took place in Washington in 2013. For the first time, IT specialists and experts on violence against women gathered together to find solutions in technology to address this social problem. What an important initiative! Imagine what we could do if technology and other social topics found a common ground.

The result. After giving some thoughts to the two stories, my business partner, a young and talented IT specialist, and I decided to created an App that would represent the best of these stories. The result was our Healthy Love App for iPhone (https://itunes.apple.com/sv/app/healthy-love/id841472988?l=en&mt=8). we consider that this is an app for love for two reasons. First, it is a tool that will give you some clues to find out if you are with the right partner. And second, we strongly believe that small things can change the world, so this app is a small contribution for a large problem that sometimes hides disguised as love.

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