May 18, 2012

Plan your next walk or run

www.walkjogrun.net

This is definetly a site for all those fitness fanatics who want to know how far they have travelled when they go for a quick run or a walk.

Walkjogrun uses google maps / earth to plan a route for your run as well as see other routes that have been planned by people in your area.

The best way to use the site is first of all take a look at the routes that other people have planned and then decide how far you want to go and if any of the routes are similar to the ones you want to use. You can then set your start point and navigate around to set check points for the route.

Although the site is a little slow and not that intuitive it is a great way to plan an excercise campaign and gives you a much better idea of how you are doing over a period of time if you time yourself.

We have rated this site as two star because as yet there is very little community interaction and it’s not that easy to use at first.

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Free Mobile Phone Back Up

www.mobyko.com

If you are anything like me and the rest of the team here we are always changing mobile phones. Every time I do I have to go through the task of remembering to copy numbers from my phone to SIM card and then from the SIM to the phone and vice versa and invariably I loose a few numbers. Being too lazy to connect the phone to my computer (and to be honest already having too many gadgets attached!!) I really wanted a simple way to do this.

Mobyko basically takes this pain away and I’ve got to say I am a great fan.

I first came across the site in 2006 and to be honest it was a bit clunky and the technology sort of worked but not very well. Since then the guys have done a fantastic job.

What you need to do

  • Visit the site
  • Sign up
  • Follow the instructions

That’s it really – within a few minutes you receive a text with relevant connection software and you then back up your numbers and anything else you want. I personally don’t use all the features but if your life is in your phone get on this site quickly. What’s more it’s FREE.

Hopefully the guys at Mobyko will give us a few words in the future to add to the site to give you the full low down on the solution.

This is definetly a Four Star site.

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