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I happen to have personally worked for priestdo at Vassar, and I can say that he gets a lot done with his wearable; sometimes it's hard to tell if he's using it at a given time. ;)

I don't think he uses it while walking--he tends to stand around in the hallway while using it. I also never found out how easy it is to see the screen in sunlight...

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Not quite so, I do tend to stand in the hall - it is quite short, I would end up walking back and forth. But I do walk, read and type quite a bit. I will go outside and walk around campus if I need to write a chunk of code. I also regularly walk/run from home to campus (mile and a half). On the way in I use the time to catch up on email and plan out my day. I use the walk home to clean up any work related loose ends and transition to home tasks. -Greg

I'm a Vassar CS student as well, and our sysadmin's setup is as awesome as it looks. The first time I met him, I was a little intimidated by how plugged in he is. And yeah, it really is hard to tell when he's using it sometimes. He'll walk through the lab, you'll tell him there's a problem with your account, he'll look into the distance for a second, and he'll tell you he's fixed it.

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