res / ponder from Miles Peyton on Vimeo.

I used the Pebble watch for a few days to get a sense of its functionality. During this trial period I noticed that I would zone out during social interactions and read texts on the Pebble instead. Feeling texts vibrate into existence on my wrist gave them an urgency and physicality that sometimes made the texts more compelling than my friends.

“res / ponder” visualizes texts that you haven’t responded to. The texts behave as fluid that becomes more viscous the longer you wait to respond.

To make the app, I made a companion Android app that informs the Pebble when texts are sent and received.

The Pebble program uses accelerometer data to calculate the motion of the texts.