Give your Strava photos (via instagram) a great look with this new app. I always like discovering cool new apps. I guess I'm easily distracted. Squirrel! Hopefully you're already familiar with how to sync your instagram photos with Strava. I posted about it here. How to make your Strava instagram photos stand out and get noticed Prisma is a new app that creates quite … [Read more...]
Google’s “MyTracks” app will close on April 30th, 2016
A few years ago, when you could buy extremely low powered smartphones, it was quite common to find that some models struggled to run certain apps. I remember cursing my HTC wildfire as it struggled to run MapMyRide (this was just about before Strava exploded onto the scene...") In those days, I would often recommend a great and free app by Google, called MyTracks. This … [Read more...]
RiderState to close down. A sad day for bike GPS games.
Riderstate will close down on December 19th, 2014. … [Read more...]
Weight loss with smartphone apps update #3
Some further insight into my experience of using the smartphone app for weight loss. … [Read more...]
The MyFitnessPal experiment to lose weight. Is it working?
Nearly two weeks ago I posted that I was beginning a little weight loss experiment using the app. Let's see how it's working out. … [Read more...]
Using the MyFitnessPal app to lose weight
There's an old saying in performance management circles "what gets measured, gets done". Let's see if using an app to lose weight actually works. … [Read more...]
RiderState – a new way to play digital games on your bike.
The simple tagline for RiderState could be "Foursquare for cyclists". Become the "governor" of specific regions, by being the most frequent rider in each zone. … [Read more...]