Kyle Seth Gray's blog. Usually writing about tech, personal experience, but now leaning more towards health and fitness.
stereotypical lol long time no blog intro crashing, rummaging in the background Hey everyone. Apple Fitness+ is launching today! I'm super excited to see how Apple's offerings compare to the competition. Since I started using the Apple Watch, and focusing on closing my rings, I've used a handful of various
If you're like me, you may be the person in your family that's always helping with technology. And the one setting up devices and services for other family members. Recently, I finally bumped up against my 200GB iCloud sharing plan. Not wanting to pay for 2TB when I'm barely going
Update: 2/20/19: Apple has updated the Developer Support site with documentation on Two-Factor Authentication . Apple is now requiring Developer accounts have 2FA turned on as a security measure. This has led to a lot of confusion because a lot of developers have separate accounts for good reason. Here’
in 2017, it was the coolest thing for me to personally be in a testimonial video for the Apple Watch . It showed me how much Apple really cared, in their external and internal messaging, about how the Apple Watch changed people's lives. It makes me super happy to see even
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The Apple Watch's main flaw when it comes to workouts is that most third party apps suck. The built in workout app is the only app I've used that's rock solid, and gets you all the awards within Activity.app. It's where I track every run, ride, swim, walk, and
How to earn all the limited edition achievements for Activity on the Apple Watch.
730 days. 365 days seemed like a lot way back when I got my Apple Watch. I remember seeing the original 365 badge and thinking it was crazy, and now I’ve technically earned it 3 times. I’m forever grateful for technology like this that helps motivate me to
WWDC time! Time for great coffee, fun parties, and a whole lotta nerdiness in San Jose. I'm super excited to go, and here's a few things I'm hoping will happen. Wishes/predictions Health updates - speedier, more information, more data types, and expansion upon the Health Records integrations. Activity updates
It's no secret to anyone that reads anything I write how much the Apple Watch has motivated me. What's even more inspiring is seeing how my actions are able to inspire others, as well as watching them continue a great fitness journey. Federico Viticci just posted an amazing story about
In watchOS 4, for some reason, breathe notifications use a series of witchcraft and undocumented mysteriousness to maybe sometimes eventually send you notifications. I’ve found this to never be the case and be quite awful in practice. In that, I never freaking get notified. My solution, until September, is
January started with me wanting to actually utilize two things - the awesome swim workout mode on the Apple Watch, AND the pool at my gym. That first workout, I didn't really even know how to think of yardage with a pool, and because my pool happens to be not-so-standard,
Two years of cycling a lot. Figuring out different ways to do cardio. Trying running bit by bit, never going more than 5 or so miles. Cycling 100km in one go, 4000+ miles overall. Doing different ellipticals, from super nice LifeFitness gear to crap ellipticals that my dad got on
Remember that New Years award for the Apple Watch? Remember how a bunch of people got it earlier than they should've? Who did this pic.twitter.com/n5ZFW98hZP — Kyle Seth Gray (@kylesethgray) December 29, 2017 Turns out™, the badge didn't get a date associated with it. Here's the condition