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This is nice, and well done getting all the way to production!

As you point out in one of your posts, the meaning conveyed by the same battery level differs between extroverts and introverts.

For me, low social battery would mean "please leave me alone", whereas for others it would mean "please talk to me".

I wonder how that could be conveyed, of if there is another analogy other than battery level? Maybe a "talk to me traffic light"?!

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I do like the traffic light idea. It's hard with the battery constraints of a wearable, but e-ink and a larger display might help give even more nuance.

I previously worked on a similar project focused on office interruptions, where you could display short statuses on an e-ink display on your desk - here's my teammate's writeup: https://www.timmychiu.com/dash . We didn't really get the chance to test it in the field, since COVID-19 hit that semester...

Should come in different colored LEDs: green for extravert, red for introvert, and maybe yellow for normal/average?

Also: 10% 20% 60% 80% 100% ?

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