Two Good Web app’s
September 21st, 2006[ Geek ]
I’m not much for reviewing or recommending web applications. There are loads of sites out there for that. I don’t mind, however, mentioning apps that I’ve used for a while and continue to use regularly. Specifically, two I use every week come to mind.
I’ve recently been dabbling with a return to the gym after over a decade hiatus. I can’t stand gyms but I was able to find the closest thing to a non-gym you’ll ever find in a gym. I get bored almost instantly in a gym so I need variety but can’t justify spending cash on a personal trainer.
Enter
HyperStrike. Once you’re setup in hyperstrike, you can jump in and print out your workout for the day and you’re done. It’s a low cost, free at this point, alternative to a personal trainer. I never have to think about what I’m going to do in the gym and it’s different everytime. The other major feature is that they’ve used motion video capture to make little movies of every exercise. It’s the fastest way I’ve seen to learn a new exercise properly besides a personal trainer. Books are fine but unless their flip books, this is much better.
The other app is a correspondence game app called Its Your Turn. I’ve technically been a member there since 2002, however, I only recently returned to active use. It’s a simple concept. Start a game with someone. Make your move, then go back to whatever you were doing. You’ll get an email when it’s your turn to move.
This is one of the few web apps that’s been around since pre bubble, is still going, and has hardly changed over those years. It’s a simple, ugly site that works. The haven’t messed anything up by implementing ajax, johnnie 2.0, tagging, or any other flavour of the week. I was using their free service all these years up until about a month ago when I signed up for their paid account. I admire any web app that has the patience to wait over 4 years to land my sale.