Each morning I look over my work calendar and make a series of verbal requests:
Set a timer for 9:59
Set a timer for 10:59
Set a timer for 11:29
Set a timer for 1:29
Set a timer for 2:29
Why?
I do not want to miss any meetings.
I will miss occasional meetings if I’m not notified.
I want to keep my phone on silent.
I don’t reliably notice my phone vibrating.
While I do notice a smartwatch vibrating, I can’t wear one.
This means I want my phone to make noise before each meeting, while otherwise remaining silent. I put in a bunch of time trying to figure out a better way, learning about the automation options for Android and trying several, and didn’t find anything that worked. Even the ones that seemed like they should have worked (MacroDroid seemed pretty promising) just failed to make noise at the right time. So I just set my timers.
On the other hand, it’s not a total waste: looking over my schedule and noticing how my meetings fit together and where I have free time is still a good thing to do. But I still wish I could automate this.
I do this too. Except, I do it the evening before—partly because my wakeup time may depend on it.
Except, I add more than one minute buffer mostly and sometimes many if I suspect I might be traveling. For calls that require nontrivial preparation, I set the alarm to −12 minutes—that will give me an extra warning when I snooze it.
Hey. Wrist irritation is pretty common with watches, but there’s different straps available and you might be able to find one you tolerate. Plastic tends to irritate pretty much everyone, but metal, canvas or vegan leather might be an option.
FYI this comment may help others but I doubt Jeff’s wrist health challenges are solely a material irritation issue. https://www.jefftk.com/p/wrist-issues
FWIW, I wore a watch pretty much all day every day for about 35 years, and then had to stop somewhat recently because I got to a point where the weight and tension was injuring my wrists. Loosening the band could help, but in order for that to be effective I had to loosen it so far that the watch would annoyingly flop around, so much that it wouldn’t stay on the same side of my wrist no matter how I positioned it. I can tolerate short durations now, and I spend that tolerance on wearing a smartwatch for exercise stats while running.
Thanks! As
lsanderssays, in my case it’s about pressure, not the surface effect on the skin.Not sure if I’m understanding the problem correctly, but: Modes & Routines > Work > Stay focused (Do not disturb: On) > Do not disturb > App notifications (None allowed), then add your calendar app to the list of allowed apps and turn up global notification volume, which should let the calendar alerts chirp at you while keeping messages, calls, and other notifications silent.
That would have large side effects: I don’t want DND always enabled on my phone.
(I’m new to smartphones, still trying to figure out the basic functionality :P) Would that be because DND also disables visual display of notifications? Or maybe it stores up the notifications and releases them once DND is disabled? Oh, or I guess the control over which notifications go through might not be fine enough? If any of those, that sucks; it doesn’t seem like it should be difficult to control which apps are allowed to make audible notifications.