My Daily Habits Before and After the Apple Watch
TL;DR
Unless I’m an edge case, I think the Apple Watch is potentially a threat to businesses that depend on people filling idle time with their apps. Your mileage may vary.
Before the Apple Watch
Wake up around 8am.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Before getting out of bed, triage a bunch of email and Slack messages I missed while asleep. Clear a bunch of other homescreen icon badges, oh my god.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Dress and put my iPhone in my right pocket. The front one, because I’m not an animal.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Join a series of Google Hangouts and Slack chats for work (we’re a distributed company). Between each one, look at Twitter.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Write a bunch of code, answer a bunch of email, write some more code.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Finish work for the day. Put on shoes and a jacket and walk to daycare to pick up the boy. While walking there, look at Twitter on my phone.
Play with the boy until he gets bored and sleepy, or until the wife takes over.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Binge-watch something dumb like True Blood on the Apple TV while looking at Twitter on my phone.
Bed.
Burn a few minutes looking at Twitter on my phone.
Sleep.
After the Apple Watch
Wake up around 8am.
Take a few seconds to check my watch.
Before getting out of bed, triage a bunch of email and Slack messages on my iPhone which I missed while asleep. Ignore the homescreen badges because I barely see them anymore.
Dress and plug my iPhone into a spare charger on the kitchen counter because I forgot to charge it overnight.
Take a few seconds to check my watch.
Join a series of Google Hangouts and Slack chats for work (we’re a distributed company).
Take a few seconds to check my watch.
Write a bunch of code, answer a bunch of email, write some more code.
Take a few seconds to check my watch.
Finish work for the day. Put on shoes and a jacket. Grab the phone from the kitchen counter and drop it in my pocket. Walk to daycare to pick up the boy. While walking there, take a few seconds to check my watch.
Play with the boy until he gets bored and sleepy, or until the wife takes over.
Take a few seconds to check my watch.
Binge-watch something dumb like True Blood on the Apple TV while looking at Twitter on my phone.
Bed.
Take a few seconds to check my watch.
Sleep.