I really like the Utility face in general, and I have the different second-hand colors to quickly suss out which view I am in. One of the faces is focused on work-related needs (date, sunrise/sunset, meeting reminders, activity), and the other is less work-focused (date, sunrise/sunset, Hong Kong time, activity). The Simple face is for when I’d like a more stripped-down, classic look.
I have been playing around with complications and like how you can tune them to suit your needs. I never thought sunrise/sunset times would be useful, but with my current push to get fit, having those times on my wrist lets me easily find time windows to fit my bike rides in throughout the day. As I mentioned above, I don’t want to delve into my activity details on my watch, but having a little graph indicating where I’ve been slacking off is great.
The bottom line is they are very personal and are so easily changed that I find I don’t really worry all that much about locking down how I use my Apple Watch from here on out”. My whole approach to the Watch has become more fluid and dynamic. If I need another watch face to serve a specific purpose, a new view can be set up in seconds, and I can swap to it with a push of my finger. With familiarity comes a host of new ways to think about how to fit the watch into your day.
Note that I have removed the battery indicator from the watch face or my Glances. I rarely go to bed with less than 45% battery, and seeing that every time I looked at my watch was wasted space.
Notifications
I get very few notifications on my watch.
•Calendar reminders
•Message notifications
•Twitter replies
•Lead changes in the Phillies and Mets games
Calendar reminders are a no-brainer. Having them thump my wrist and show me where I’m going next is very helpful throughout the day.
Message notifications are also useful. For extremely chatty conversations, I set them to “Do Not Disturb” on the iPhone and check them when I have time. Generally, they don’t contain time-sensitive messages, so that works out. Twitter replies are helpful, and I find Twitterific does a great job of keeping me informed of any activity on Twitter that I should take a look at.
Lead changes in baseball games on your wrist using the app is a pretty nice way of keeping abreast of what is happening in games when you don’t have time to listen or watch (which is, sadly, most of the time for me)
Thinking critically about the types of helpful information I could use throughout the day has really paid off for me, and it has been an interesting experiment seeing how my interaction with the Apple Watch evolves week in/week out. I am finding it a more essential piece of technology now than in week one, and I can only imagine that, when native apps hit the App Store, we may find we have a very capable and powerful device on our wrist.
