18 Dec 2015
Josh

Existing monthly, October 2015

Product development

On the web side, I added Runkeeper as a new integration for tracking workouts, and built in some more "self-serve" functionality, like the ability for suspended users to reactivate their accounts without emailing us, and the ability for all users to export their data as a zipped set ...

10 Dec 2015
Josh

Existing monthly, September 2015

Another late report means another terse report!

Product development

This month was full of aborted attempts to add new things.

We tried adding Intercom for support and in-app messaging, but deleted it shortly after as it felt far too invasive, going against our values of not sharing user data.

I ...

09 Dec 2015
Josh

Existing monthly, August 2015

This one's going to be brief because it's so overdue.

Product development

In the Exist web app, I added "how you compare" banners showing how users' steps, sleep, and productivity compared to the global average. I also introduced real-time step insights showing how your progress is going during ...

29 Oct 2015
Josh

The future of activity data

Recently I was interviewed for ReadWrite in a post about the future of activity tracking and health data. Because it wasn't a post all about me, most of my answers weren't used, so I think it's worth publishing my full response here to give you an idea ...

22 Sep 2015
Belle

Exist for iOS: creating the weather card

Last weekend I completed the last custom “card” view in the Exist for iOS dashboard. If you’re not up to date, check out what I was up to before I started this blog series in Part 1, and how I added the mood card in Part 2.

The weather ...