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Update 24: What we’ve built since you started testing (and what’s next)
First, a huge thank you to everyone who has been testing Good Ways and telling us how you’re finding it. We’re listening to all of it, and it’s shaping our thinking and how we build.
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Update 23: How to Grow a Goat
Ready for something different? I’m delighted to share our new project: How to Grow a Goat. The new and free app will give families daily activity ideas that help kids to play, explore, and spend more time outdoors.
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Update 22: Introducing The Good Ways podcast
I’m very excited to introduce The Good Ways Podcast – a new way for our members, supporters and followers to keep up with Good Ways, whether you’re out and about or listening from home. We’re sure other people will listen too, but first and foremost we’re making this podcast for Good Ways members: to keep…
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Update 21: What do you think of these new designs for our desktop app?
Tried using our desktop app yet? Built by Toby, it’s already super-powerful but we know it could look better. That’s where Anton comes in, and he’s just shared a new prototype design for us to test. As a Founder Member, we’d love to know what you think of it.
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Update 20: Join our first major campaign before we’ve even launched it
Please keep this message to yourself for now. We’ve got big plans for the winter, and we’d like the following project to be a surprise… We have some very big ambitions for Good Ways – many of which are far too big for any one person to achieve on their own.
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Update 19: 100+ improvements to the mobile app
We just had a great team meeting in Reading where we planned out the next steps for the mobile app. Thanks to all the testing and feedback, we’ve generated over 100 improvements that we plan to make over the next few weeks.
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Update 18: Help shape our culture. What do you think of these commitments?
These are our draft commitments. We want to know whether they feel right, if the tone is OK, whether anything important is missing, and whether there is anything here that Good Ways should not promise – or ask of people using it.
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Update 17: Wear Good Ways. Spread the word!
We’ve just opened a Good Ways shop – with T-shirts, hoodies and jumpers designed to take Good Ways out into the world. Wear yours on the trail, around town or wherever you wander. Stay warm, start conversations and help more people discover Good Ways.
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Update 16: Know someone in Exeter who enjoys walking, wheeling or cycling?
I’m very excited to share that we’re launching a Good Ways pilot in Exeter, with a burst of activity this autumn and the project continuing into next year.
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Update 15: Help test the Good Ways app on your next walk, run, wheel or ride!
I have some good news. The first version of the Good Ways app is ready for testing by Founder Members. For now it is just a simple navigation app, but it lays down the foundation for something very special later.