http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6977 Clearly I'm the spouse. ;) I've had mine since Christmas and I still really like it. Random thoughts after reading your thoughts: Battery life comes in consistently at about 6 days for me. I don't like that it doesn't give you an easier way to check that, but eventually it will show a low battery symbol on the home screen. If it shows that at 8:05am right after I get to work, it will die by 5:25pm, 10 minutes before I get home. A decent amount of warning depending on how many notifications you get. YMMV I really need to deactivate the music controls. I accidentally triggered my music during church. Fortunately it was only Elton John that started playing. Water resistancy is great. I've showered, swum, done dishes, and bathed the baby in it. No issues. If I leave my phone in my office while I"m on the reference desk, the bluetooth is almost in range. So it will continually connect and disconnect which causes lots of vibrating and notifying and probably drains my battery. When I'm walking through Fred Meyer or Costco and pushing the cart, it doesn't count my steps. My old fitbit used to give me almost 2 miles of credit if I did both of those in a row. It makes me irrationally angry not to get that credit. So I do this thing where I try to push the cart one handed. Also I should probably work out more efficient routes through the stores. I love the firework goal achieved and I'm enjoying letting it set goals for me, pushing me more each day. And then I fail many days in a row and it back pedals on the goals. It's fun. I like to imagine its tiny robot brain saying, FINE, you won't walk 7,000 steps, can you please just leave your office today? Also my baby has learned to hit the band until it wakes up which amuses me. lizinthelibrary@idkfa.com (lizinthelibrary) Cognitive Surplus Tue, 17 Mar 2015 23:49:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6977 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6975 I like to think I'm just running *super* hard. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:24:57 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6975 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6974 In my experience with the Misfit stepcounter on my Pebble, and inferring some of what E's done with her Vsmart, it sounds like it's algorithmic and analyzes motion after the fact. I think the stepcounter does what it can to keep up in real time, but at least on the Misfit it will adjust the stepcounter after an active spell. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:40:27 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6974 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6973 SPDCA: Garmin Vivosmart Smartwatch A few years ago, I had an impulse buy on a watch that looked to be sorta sporty. And by "sorta sporty," I mean it had the ability to take your pulse. Other than that, it was just an electronic wristwatch. I liked it. It wasn't fancy. But it gave me someting to look at, and something to do with my hands when I didn't know what to do with my hands. It got me out of the habit of whipping out my phone ever so often to check the time, and having time on my wrist worked out really well for biking. Then the battery on the thing ran out. And in replacing it, I destroyed its capability to take my pulse (though, I didn't really miss it that much). Then the plastic band started to wear. And then it eventually broke. And now it just sits on the small shelf in my bathroom, reminding me that I have 10 minutes to dress, eat breakfast, and brush my teeth after my shower. This last December, Someone was being bad about the control of sensitive information, and let leak their Christmas gift idea for their spouse. It was the Garmin Vivosmart, which I thought was intriguing. It wasn't the gaudy, wrist-calculator smartwatches I'd seen before, but instead a smart band that didn't have an interface except for when you interacted with it. About a month later, the giftee demoed their band at a party and I was still pretty interested as someone who is a fan of subtlety and obscure human-computer interfaces. The band is black, and the display is an array of white LEDs that shine through the band's surface. You "double-tap" the band if you want it to wake up, lighting up the LEDs to display one of the display mades it has. By default, it will show you the time, but if you "swipe" the current screen left or right it will cycle through your current step count, how far you are in your step goals for the day, and if you have any notifications on your phone. Other than kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:14:30 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6973&msg_id=6973