ITWriting Blog

3 weeks ago | itwriting.com | Tim Anderson

Garmin, makers of sports watches which gather health and performance data on your activities, has announced Connect+, a subscription offering with “premium features and more personalised insights.”Garmin Connect is the cloud-based application that stores and manages user data, such as the route, pace and heart rate, on runs, cycle rides and other workouts, as well as providing a user interface which lets you browse and analyse this data.

1 month ago | itwriting.com | Tim Anderson

I have become a fan of bone conduction earphones. Initially this was because they are great for running since they let you hear everything going on around you which is important for safety. I also came to realise that pushing earbuds into your ear to form a seal is not the best thing for comfort, even though it can deliver excellent sound quality. Bone conduction earphones sound OK but not great, but I found myself willing to sacrifice audio quality for these other characteristics.

1 month ago | itwriting.com | Tim Anderson

This is perhaps my favourite book on running, and I have read quite a few. The title is a play on words. The author lists two meanings, though I can find three. The first is that running has a mystique; “athletes who fly in, astound us with barely comprehensible feats of speed and endurance, and then vanish again into thin air,” Crawley writes.

Dec 4, 2024 | itwriting.com | Tim Anderson

Yes I ran it again. It is a lot of fun but still very strange. Chip-timed but no results published! Well, they are published but hidden. Here they are:https://www.athlinks.com/event/391331/results/Event/1097603/Course/2542986/ResultsNote that nobody is named. The leaflet that comes with the bib for the race says to use the QR code on the bib to view your results. That takes you to Girls on the Run Las Vegas who are receiving a donation thanks to the race.

Oct 24, 2024 | itwriting.com | Tim Anderson

Facebook’s user interface for discussions is terrible. Here are some of the top annoyances for me:Slow. Quite often I get those blank rectangles which seems to be a React thing when content is pending. UI shift. When you go a post it shows the number of comments with some algorithmically selected comments below the post. When you click on “View more answers” or the comments link, the UI changes to show the comments in a new panel. Difficult navigation.