A smart watch is great if you ride public transportation. just the easiest way to pay. that was the main draw of a smart watch for me. The other, lesser draw? my interest in alternative ways to express the time.
The Ancient Egyptians kept time with leaky jugs. For early man- time was a function of light & animal activity— The “death watch” was a digital watch that counted down to the moment you would die based on your demographic data. Watch’s are cool: a digital watch could be a revelation.
@futurebird I watched a friend contort his wrists into a series of increasingly awkward shapes to try and get his smart watch in the right position on the pad to pay for his drinks in the bar last night, and had to conclude that the future may be here but it looks hellishly uncomfortable
@afewbugs idk as someone with some mobility issues I find the watch much easier than getting my phone or wallet out. And really it shouldn’t need to be that close to the reader to work. But at the MTA has their readers in watch friendly orientations.
@futurebird I think maybe card readers are still catching up with the technology. I guess public transit readers are designed to get people through the gates as quickly and efficiently as possible, whereas the bar had a card reader that was sort of between the bartop and a till screen, easy enough to get a card held in a hand onto, but not the width of a watch plus wrist
