SiDiary
developed, like many meaningful inventions, tools from a concrete emergency
and/or for the tendency to simplify a process.
The
program was already developed in 2003 by Alf Windhorst for private use.
Major
purpose was to avoid this annoying paper diary and port it, for the ICT, on an
electronic device and profit from the statistic possibilities. In this period
the strong spreading of mobile pocket computers began, that were smaller than a
laptop and more portable and so outstanding for „the logging on the way“.
The
program was first used just by him and a handful party of people with diabetes
around a circle of friends and the enthusiasm for the fast improving values led
to the idea for making the program available for other people, too.
This
was the beginning of the internet web site www.sidiary.org in 2004, which is
still the approach place for the community of the software. The program was
made available completely free of charge by the version 1.0 to 4.0.
The
popularity became larger and larger, the user number, at least with help of the
honorary translators, that translated the program into nearly 20 languages.
It
became way to much work, like support and answering user-questions and in 2005
the SINOVO Ltd. & Co. KG was established. Mr. Alf Windhorst is still
responsible for SiDiary, which the requirements remain to the project to offer people
with diabetic an optimal support with self-controlling their diabetes. Of
course the users won’t be alone with their questions, and with the strong
community of SiDiary’s users, it should always answers your questions.
The price strategy pursues the original beginning of the project, which
cannot be offered now any longer completely free of charge. But the small
charges for the service with the continuous upgrading of the functions should
make it affordable for everyone.