[sinewav]

My favorite thing about analog watches vs. a smartphone is that there's no opportunity to get pulled into some push notification and forgetting why I was even checking the time to begin with. I've been trying to pay more attention to where I place my attention lately, and having a decent analog watch means I can forget where my phone even is, instead of having to be disciplined every time I interact with my "smartphone".

[c22]

Funny, my experience with a smart watch has been more positive. I find that getting push notifications on my wrist allows me to dismiss them then go back to what I was doing right away. Without the watch I tend to linger on my phone after dismissing the notification, addictively checking hn or emails instead of getting back to the real world. This is the only feature of the watch I really use, though. I'd love a "smart" watch that just received notifications and had a much better battery life.