Tag: Apps
Sill finds the best links on Bluesky and Mastodon so you don’t have to
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Runna acquired by Strava
Disappointing news. I like Runna---it's the most TrainerRoad-like running app I've used, and Strava is, well... they forbid their customers from disagreeing with their "business decisions" in their community forum, which probably tells you how much they care about their customers' opinions. In the announcement post on Reddit, Runna's CEO says they'll continue to operate independently both as a team and as a product, but nothing in the history of corporate acquisitions makes me think that is anything but temporary. I hope I'm wrong. (Via The Verge.)
Send Runna workouts to Zwift using Intervals.icu
I've been using Runna since last fall for all my run training, and so far it's been great, except for the fact that it doesn't sync its workouts to Zwift, which is where I do all my treadmill running in the winter. I've been told that's coming soon, but in the meantime, I've been using Intervals.icu as a middleman to send Runna workouts to Zwift. The trick is to rewrite Runna's workouts into Interval.icu's workout builder plain text format. It's a bit laborious, so to make that easier, I created a custom GPT that can do that---just paste the workout description from Runna (or just upload a screenshot of it), paste the output into a new workout in Intervals.icu, and presto, it should sync to Zwift.
Automatic treadmill incline control may be coming soon to Zwift
According to Zwift Insider, it's been in testing for a few months now for a small set of Zwift subscribers using the Wahoo Kickr Run treadmill, and now there's a support article about it. Will they support other smart treadmills, like the Technogym MyRun? Who knows, but Zwift's response, quoted in Zwift Insider's article, makes me hopeful that they will. (If anyone at Zwift is reading this, I'd love to beta test that when the time comes.)
TrainerRoad Launches Zwift Integration: Here’s How It Works
Doing TrainerRoad workouts in Zwift just got a lot easier.
Pixelfed Smashes Kickstarter Campaign Goal on Day One
After years of hardcore development, the Pixelfed project is taking a big next step by seeking crowdfunding dollars on Kickstarter.
Surf is a “Social Browser” App From Flipboard
Flipboard has unleashed Surf, a new kind of social app that combines a Feed Reader with a Feed Builder, with Social Interactions sprinkled in.
Best Bike Split now integrates directly with Zwift
I don't think it was widely announced except on the Zwift forum, but cool nonetheless, since you can now send Best Bike Split race plans to Zwift as a workout so you can practice your pacing plan there. I'm still waiting for TrainerRoad to ship their own Zwift integration, but I think this fun St. George race simulation will keep me entertained in the meantime.
How to Make Your First Loops Video
Loops is a brand new Fediverse platform for short-form video. This guide covers some of the things we do with making Loops Videos.
Strava is killing off its app ecosystem
They're introducing some incredibly draconian changes to their API agreement, which will severely hamstring many apps, and kill off many others. DC Rainmaker has more details, but in short, apps aren't allowed to show activity data to anyone other than the user, not even coaches; apps can't do any analysis, analytics, or train AI models on data obtained from the Strava API; and on top of everything, all these third-party apps have less than a month, in the middle of the holiday season, to comply with these changes. Training, coaching, and analysis apps that connect to Strava are going to be seriously affected, but just to highlight how absurd these changes are: I can't even show my stats from my activities on the front page of this website anymore. I've given Strava the benefit of the doubt in the past through other changes, but telling me what I can and can't do with my data (and it is my data, not Strava's data---I am giving it to them, not the other way around) is a gross overreach, and that, plus the "don't you dare disagree with our decisions" kicker on their community post, is a bridge too far, so I've canceled my subscription. Good riddance.
First Look: Loops, by Pixelfed
Loops is a Fediverse TikTok alternative by the creator of Pixelfed. We try the app out for a spin, and give our honest thoughts.
CORE introduces a new heat adaptation score
I've had a CORE sensor for a while but my biggest complaint has been that it's hard to understand and act on the data it shows, so for the most part it's been sitting in a drawer. That said, I do like this new heat adaptation score the app now shows front and center. It's nice to have all this data condensed down to an easily digestible metric, and, unlike the heat adaptation metric in Garmin Connect, I can use it to track my indoor heat training. Now let's see if I can get it to 100% before Ironman Canada.
TIDAL Embraces Nostr, CashApp May Follow
The widely-known music platform is embracing Nostr, but it's a small demo that's only a taste of what's to come.
Introducing Plinky: My Love Letter To Links
The story behind Plinky, my personal app for saving and organizing links that makes it incredibly easy to save links for later.
How to Stream to PeerTube or Owncast with OBS Studio
An increasing amount of Fediverse platforms support Live Streaming. We wrote a short guide to help you get started!
After Radio Silence, Kbin App Artemis Shuts Down
After a long silence from the developer, project moderators stepped down. The mobile app for Kbin appears to have closed its doors.
Audon provides fantastic virtual talk spaces for Mastodon
For a first attempt at making a talk space app that easily works with Mastodon, Audon is an incredible experience.
Check out These Beautiful Retro Mastodon Clients!
We show off wonderful convergence of retro computing and open source microblogging clients that you can try for yourself!