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What’s the best Apple Watch running app? – Runner’s Week: Day 7
All this week on Cult of Mac, I've been reviewing the best running apps for Apple Watch. Over the past three months, I've run more than a thousand kilometers testing these apps in real-world running conditions, and now it's time to reveal which one earns pride of...
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Apple’s Workout app is perfect, except for one thing – Runner’s Week: Day 6
It's Runner's Week at Cult of Mac. All this week, I've been reviewing the best Apple Watch running apps. So far we've looked at Nike+ Run Club, Runkeeper, Strava, Runtastic and MapMyRun. Today, it's time to put Apple's built-in Workout app through its paces. Let's see...
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MapMyRun has some catching up to do – Runner’s Week: Day 5
It's Runner's Week at Cult of Mac. Every day this week, I'm reviewing a different running app for Apple Watch in an effort to help you decide which one you want to accompany you on your sweaty asphalt-pounding sessions. Yesterday I reviewed Runtastic. Today, it's...
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Runtastic running app squanders an early lead – Runner’s Week: Day 4
It's Runner's Week at Cult of Mac. Every day this week, I'm reviewing a different running app for Apple Watch in an effort to help you decide which one belongs on your wrist to log all your sweaty miles. Yesterday I reviewed Strava. Today, it's...
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Strava’s Apple Watch app is not just for cyclists – Runner’s Week: Day 3
It's Runner's Week at Cult of Mac. Every day this week, I'm reviewing a different running app for Apple Watch in an effort to help you decide which app belongs on your wrist to log all your sweaty miles. Yesterday I reviewed Runkeeper. Today, it's...
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Runkeeper app brings innovation and minor glitches – Runner’s Week: Day 2
Choosing an Apple Watch running app can prove exhausting. So let Cult of Mac Runner's Week help get you off the starting blocks. Every day this week, I'll review a different running app for Apple Watch. Yesterday I reviewed Nike+ Run Club. Today, it's Runkeeper's...
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Which Apple Watch running app deserves to log your sweaty miles? – Runner’s Week: Day 1
It takes a lot of effort to go running with Apple Watch, and not just because it gets you all sweaty. The hard work starts before you even put on your running shoes. Simply choosing which running app to use is an exhausting task. Even if you don’t install any of the...
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Telling Your Story – an NLP workshop
Sue Knight, an NLP trainer, and one of my mentors, invited me to present a session at her alumni event in the Dordogne, France, this summer. My session was about story telling. I believe that as we tell our own story, we create our personal founding myth - the reason...
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It’s time for Apple Watch to get serious about fitness
Apple puts fitness front and center in its advertising for Apple Watch Series 2, even going so far as to claim the device is a “superior sports watch.” But in reality, it is not a sports watch at all. It’s a smartwatch. And that’s a massively important distinction....
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I can’t wait to reply to App Store reviews in iOS 10.3
I’m not so thin-skinned that I can’t handle the occasional criticism. But there’s something about App Store reviews that really bugs me. Like most indie developers, I put blood, sweat and tears into my app, Reps & Sets, which I develop with my partner. It’s our...
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