There are people who are late, and then there are people who are really late. Most of us have had a run with showing up 5 minutes late for a series of events - there's just too much to do in the time allotted. But then there are people who are really late - like hours late. I won't pretend to understand the science behind this, but I'll give these people a cop-out and say they are just running on polychronic time.
I may be misunderstanding this, but for my purposes, I'll say it's looking at time like when you were a kid. You didn't know when the school bus came. You just waited until you mom said "your bus is here" and then you went outside. 7:52 meant nothing to you. I've occasionally relapsed into this mode as well, but I think the hour-laters are in it much more often.
Enter the polychronic watch. It works thusly. You enter an appointment in your watch and it asks you a series of questions: what time the appointment is, how much time do you need to get ready (none, some, a lot), where is it (address or town). Then as the event approaches the watch gives smart reminders like: "You probably want to start finishing up now. You should be driving out in about a half hour." or "If you want to make it before the beginning, you'll need to leave in five minutes." The watch also looks for holes in the schedule and asks if there is anything planned during that time, so events aren't missed. When an event is repeated, the watch asks if it is a repeated event and then plans accordingly. The watch also has a GPS device that calculates necessary travel time. It keeps records of how long things take and tailors itself to the user (ie when the user says some time to get ready how many minutes does that really mean).
Think of it like a GPS with turn-by-turn directions. Or think of it like a mini robot-maid (like Rosie on the Jetsons). This could obviously be an iphone app, but a stylish watch version should be available for the less technologically inclined.
I may be misunderstanding this, but for my purposes, I'll say it's looking at time like when you were a kid. You didn't know when the school bus came. You just waited until you mom said "your bus is here" and then you went outside. 7:52 meant nothing to you. I've occasionally relapsed into this mode as well, but I think the hour-laters are in it much more often.
Enter the polychronic watch. It works thusly. You enter an appointment in your watch and it asks you a series of questions: what time the appointment is, how much time do you need to get ready (none, some, a lot), where is it (address or town). Then as the event approaches the watch gives smart reminders like: "You probably want to start finishing up now. You should be driving out in about a half hour." or "If you want to make it before the beginning, you'll need to leave in five minutes." The watch also looks for holes in the schedule and asks if there is anything planned during that time, so events aren't missed. When an event is repeated, the watch asks if it is a repeated event and then plans accordingly. The watch also has a GPS device that calculates necessary travel time. It keeps records of how long things take and tailors itself to the user (ie when the user says some time to get ready how many minutes does that really mean).
Think of it like a GPS with turn-by-turn directions. Or think of it like a mini robot-maid (like Rosie on the Jetsons). This could obviously be an iphone app, but a stylish watch version should be available for the less technologically inclined.
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