Designing a Personal Pebble Watchface
2 days ago
- #watch design
- #personal productivity
- #Pebble watchface
- The author created a custom Pebble watchface to help with time management, task initiation, and hyper-focus issues.
- The watchface features a comic book-inspired design with non-uniform event geometry to prevent visual filtering.
- Calendar events move towards 12 o'clock to indicate urgency, with a countdown timer for ongoing events.
- Work timers include warm-up periods and break alerts that require physical steps and taps to dismiss.
- Step tracking uses tiered badges rather than exact counts, and battery, Bluetooth, and DND status are shown as badges.
- The next task from Todoist is displayed, with quick actions via a companion app to complete or reschedule tasks.
- Edge markers show event reminders, end-of-day, and sunrise/sunset times, though some are gimmicky.
- The watchface is personalized and not published, allowing iterative changes without external pressure.
- Claude AI was used for prototyping designs and generating interactive HTML mockups.
- While helpful, the system still has failures, such as forgetting to start timers or gaming the step requirement.