A Brief History of the Wristwatch

When I'm out skiing or boarding, I usually have a phone in my pocket for coordinating with other people. It sucks having to stop, take off gloves, dig it out of my pocket, and operate the thing while my digits freeze. The person at the other end has the same problem too, so you can expect a delay of half a minute or more before they answer. Texting with freezing fingers is often more practical than placing a call! In many ways I was happier in the days when, if I got separated from others, I could just shrug, go search for powder and perhaps meet up with them for lunch if we'd arranged a meeting time and place in advance.

A smart-watch or other wearable that would allow me to place and take calls without taking my gloves would be nice, but really, I can't imagine such a thing working very well. It would be better to have voice control and audio integrated into your helmet. There are already bluetooth helmet hookups... Maybe I should look into this and stop writing about the wrong tool for the job!

Pocket -> Wrist -> Pocket (phone) -> Wrist...

Now if I can just get my 10-year old patent for wrist squares to go through....