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As someone who already dreads smartphones coming out at lunch or dinner outings with friends, I already hate the idea of people's wrists lighting up and distrac
by rufo 14y ago
As someone who already dreads smartphones coming out at lunch or dinner outings with friends, I already hate the idea of people's wrists lighting up and distracting from conversation. :)
- danilocampos 14y agoBelieve me, this is better. The curiosity urge is what gets the phone pulled out of the pocket. From there, it's very low friction to decide to open it up and start screwing around. Separating the two acts has, for me, been an improvement.
- kefs 14y ago...or you could just set custom notification tones and vibrate patterns/intensity levels for specific apps/contacts/labels/anything (on android)
- danilocampos 14y agoIt's not the same as reading, though. I've done that in the past and it worked out like this: "Oh, I know exactly who is texting me. They are a high priority person in my life. Let's make sure they're okay... Aaand it's a cat gif." The text display is the game-changer here.