Something amazing occurred to me when I got my Pebble. It grabs notifications from my phone and displays them, but it goes a step farther: it lets you choose in

Something amazing occurred to me when I got my Pebble. It grabs notifications from my phone and displays them, but it goes a step farther: it lets you choose in the app which notifications are actually important. I never sat down and thought about this properly. I had it set up to buzz when my friends chatted in all my IM platforms, but that quickly got old and I didn't want to become numb to the sensation; the watch is surprisingly good at getting my attention. So I turned it off. I allow through text messages which my friends only use to contact me for important matters, and I've silenced almost everything else. It's amazing how freeing this is. Even for text messages, a simple glance at my wrist is enough; if I don't have my phone out already, I won't get it out unless it's for something important. I walk around the city with my head held high, surveying my surroundings, and noticing things I've never seen before in the neighborhood where I live. My friends know. They can wait, and when I do get around to replying, we pick up right where we left off, no worse for wear.