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Beeper was made by the pebble dev. Eric should have read the goal by Eli goldratt, it's a case study of TOC. I still love my slides of time. Pebble: https://e

by graphe 3y ago

Beeper was made by the pebble dev. Eric should have read the goal by Eli goldratt, it's a case study of TOC. I still love my slides of time. Pebble: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_(watch) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_(watch) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-time-awesome-smartwatch-no-compromises https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-time-a...

drcongo 3y ago
What's Pebble? It's mentioned on the Beeper home page too with no context as though everyone should know what it is, sadly I don't.
- mikestew 3y ago
  One of the original smartwatches, if not the original: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-e-pape... (At least I think that's what the word salad of parent is referring to.)
  - drcongo 3y ago
    Thanks. I had one of those and quite liked it.
  - folmar 3y ago
    I would name Seiko Data-2000 the original, some 28 years earlier. Even if you'd like something more modern-looking the list still has IBM Linux Watch and Samsung SPH-WP10 and others before.
mtlynch 3y ago
For anyone confused, "TOC" refers to "theory of constraints": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constraints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constraints I also enjoyed The Goal and found it helpful for my manufacturing business, although I'm having trouble understanding how it connects to this blog post.
- graphe 3y ago
  It doesn't do with this post. It has to do with pebble. They overproduced and were too carried away with efficient over production and (probably) had warehouses full of pebbles. For years after you could get a new in box one for $40 or $99 at retail when it was supposed to be $200 or so.