Kankeri Japan

[Tjuggles]

Thanks! I watched it twice so far. Great vid, great memories!

[Tjuggles]

Just under two weeks left before my one-year paternity leave ends! I can't believe it has been one year already. That went by fast, and likely in part because two kids is a ton of work!

I am looking forward to getting back on a schedule that doesn't include staying at home all day. Things will be busy still, but busy in a different way, and at the very least I will have more than 5 minutes of focus time before a rugrat cries or needs attention.

Until then, here is a post from the projects thread: I released ShredLog!

RELEASED! Download (or update) and try it today!

I am satisfied with the status of the app and have released it for iOS and Android! It Feels great to complete my goal of getting this out before my paternity leave ends (in less than two weeks!). For reference, here are links to the respective app stores:

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... icktionary
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/footbag-d ... 1586795106

Alternatively, navigate to the App Store and search "ShredLog". As I write this, only the Android version is currently available; the iOS version is still under review. It should be available in the next day or two.

Here is the information I added to the app stores about the app:
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Why ShredLog?
To have a tool that will help you to reason about your game. The more you know about how you are kicking (e.g., tricks you are hitting), the more you can adjust your game to, for example, practice tricks or concepts you haven't practiced a lot. This will help you become a more well-rounded player. The idea for the app came about over many years of kicking experience...I started kicking in the late 1990s. I have early memories, just a few, of doing mirages and butterflies during lunchtime at High School. When I entered university in 2000, I was blessed to be just down the road from Greg "GFSmoothie" Nelson. He changed the course of my life to one that would include footbag for decades to come (and still going!). During my footbag career thus far, I have had numerous notebooks with notes from footbag sessions, including tricks I hit, how many times I hit them, etc. As I completed one notebook, I would buy another and the old notebook would eventually get lost to time. As a result, I don't have any history of the kinds of tricks I was hitting, say, 5 years ago. If I had a way to save all of my notes into one place, and be able to reason about it (e.g., by having summary statistics about the tricks I wrote down), I believe I would be a much stronger player. This was the motivation for developing this app: Give Footbaggers, both newcomers and seasoned veterans, a tool to help them remember and reason about their game.

ShredLog has four main features, each described below: A. GOALS, B. JOURNAL, C. STATISTICS, D. DICTIONARY.

A. GOALS

Set and manage goals. A goal consists of the following:
1. A trick name (NOTE: Tricks must be selected from the dropdown menu)
2. Set foot (i.e., which foot the trick starts on)
3. How many times you want to hit the trick
4. A start date and end date (i.e., a timeframe in which you want to hit the trick)

Goals can be in one of four states:
1. TODO (A goal has been created with zero progress towards completion)
2. STARTED (A goal has been created with some progress towards completion, but not complete yet)
3. COMPLETED (A goal has 100% progress, and is therefore finished)
4. EXPIRED (A goal's end date is in the past)

How goals work:
1. Set a goal (e.g., left-foot-set mirage x 10, from today until next week)
2. Enter tricks in your journal as you hit them (e.g., left-foot-set mirage x 5, today)
3. The app automatically updates your goals based on your journal entries, allowing you to focus on what you love: kicking! You will be congratulated once you complete a goal.

B. JOURNAL ENTRIES

ShredLog provides a journal for you to record all the tricks you hit. A journal entry consists of the following:
1. A trick name
2. How may times you hit the trick
3. The date you hit the trick

How to use the journal:
1. Enter a trick (NOTE: Tricks must be selected from the dropdown menu)
2. Select the set foot (i.e., the foot that the trick starts on)
3. Enter how many times you hit the trick
4. Enter the day you hit the trick (NOTE: by default the day is set for the current day)
ShredLog updates your goal progress for you based on your journal entries.

C. STATISTICS

ShredLog amalgamates your goal and journal data into useful summary statistics. It gives you information about the following:
1. Streaks (e.g., the longest number of days you have kicked in a row)
2. Goals (i.e., How many goals you currently have in each of the four states a goal can be in)
3. Journal (e.g., How many total tricks you have hit)
4. Most-practiced trick (What trick have you hit the most, how many times, and more)

D. DICTIONARY

ShredLog provides a searchable dictionary of information for over 700 footbag tricks. For each trick, this includes the following:
1. Trick name
2. Alternate names
3. How many adds the trick is
4. Job's notation (that is, an explanation of how to do the trick)

I hope that you find ShredLog beneficial. Keep kicking!

TJ
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I expect there will be features/attributes that are less appealing than others, and I am open to feedback. I have some ideas for future updates that I will share in the near future, once some people start using it.

[boyle]

This looks like a great lot of work. I just downloaded and having a play around with it. I think it will be pretty useful. Congratulations on putting it out - huge effort.

[CIC flurry]

Might be cool to put the badges on there too.

Did you hear, worlds maybe in Japan next year?

[Tjuggles]

Might be cool to put the badges on there too.

Good idea! Who do I talk to about those? I assume I need permission?

Did you hear, worlds maybe in Japan next year?

I did. I chatted with Taishi yesterday. That would be incredible. I would likely be heavily involved since the other members' English may not be up to par for hosting a tournament solely in English.

[acxel22]

If japan happens I also offered full support to Taishi, so count on me

[boyle]

Did you happen to go to Japanese championships? I believe they were on this weekend.

I would really love to see Worlds in Japan (it being more accessible to me is a good reason but probably like #20 on my list of ideas of why it would be good.

[Tjuggles]

If japan happens I also offered full support to Taishi, so count on me

Yay! That will be a big help. Fingers crossed!

[Tjuggles]

Did you happen to go to Japanese championships? I believe they were on this weekend.

I did not; I just got back from a conference the week before and my wife took care of both kids while I was gone. I didn't wanna rock the boat even more...but next year is a strong maybe!

I would really love to see Worlds in Japan (it being more accessible to me is a good reason but probably like #20 on my list of ideas of why it would be good.

I would love to see it in Japan, too, in part for similar reasons. But also because it is about time? Not sure if that is a valid reason. I know that Jorden might disagree with the location based on what he was saying in a post somewhere on here not too long ago. Assuming we do get the bid, I think there are a few additional avenues we can go to get some funding for, e.g., bringing a player or two here. Don't quote me on that though. I am currently on a committee that will host a conference in a couple of years and we have found at least one organization that has agreed to help us financially, so hopefully we use them for Worlds, too.

[Tjuggles]

I have been back at work for a month now, which thinking about it now is crazy; it feels like just a week or so ago. Classes started this past Monday, and it is great to be in the classroom again with the students. I have been kicking about twice a week or so since I have been back at work. That also feels great; I developed a dad body from being more or less sedentary while taking care of two hoodlums for the last year. Things are starting to improve in terms of exercise, and boy does it feel good. Looking forward to turning things up a notch and getting my ass back into shape. A huge stimulus for this would be learning that Worlds will be in Japan next year.