The Internet is a powerful platform. All the information you need is there. Yet, on many sites it can be hard to use that information. This should be more simple.

I make it simple by creating smart solutions. Web-based solutions that make it simple to use your information. When, where and how you need it.

FIT File Viewer

See exactly what data is in a FIT file, used by Garmin and others. The data is in tgables, but also displayed on the map or a chart. The viewer can export data so you can further analyze it in a spreadsheet. It can fix corrupted FIT files, so you import them in Garmin Connect again.

RunnerMaps

With a few clicks, you create a running, walking or cycling route on the map. Easily share it with others. You can follow the route using the web app itself. Easier still, you can export it to GPX, so you can import it in your Garmin or other device. It works well on mobile, even creating a route. Although using your fingers is obviously not as smooth as using a mouse.

Schaatshorloge (Speed Skating Watch)

A MYLAPS transponder, records your lap times on an ice skating rink. Afterwards, you can see them on their web site. With the Schaatshorloge app, you can view the lap times on your Garmin watch during the skating. Different modes make it suitable for both endurance and interval training. Afterwards, you can analyze the activity on the Schaatshorloge site. For example, you can see heart rate, cadence and times for each lap.

Smarter Sudoku

Solving a Sudoku on the web can take the drudgery out of the process. There is no need for pencil and eraser, so you can focus on the puzzle. Visual tools make it even more fun. It provides daily puzzles at different levels, and you can import different kinds of Sudokus from other sources.

Gmail to Evernote

You can forward a Gmail message to a special address to add it to your collection of notes in Evernote. Using the Gmail to Evernote script you simply drag a label to a message in Gmail, then the script adds them to Evernote, in the notebook or with the tags that you want. You can even automate this if you add labels using Gmail filters.

ObjDB library

In Google Apps Script, one can use both spreadsheets and external databases (via JDBC, e.g. MySQL) as data sources. Google provides sample code to make it easier to work with data from spreadsheets. I have developed ObjDB, a library that makes it easy to work with data in a spreadsheet. It adds the most common database functions, and you can equally well apply it to external databases.

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