Apple Watch is probably the dumbest thing Apple has ever made.

First question, Brian: do you own an Apple Watch or is your assessment based on your previous ownership of a Pebble, and various screenshots and reviews of the product?

As an owner of the device, I can now say beyond a shadow of a doubt that even with 1.0 let alone any future development, that it has improved my life in just a few short days.

Apple Watch is an exercise in reduction to me. But not just in what the apps can and can’t do, but in dramatically reducing my iPhone usage. When I get a message, I can now respond far more quickly, if even necessary, with a far less awkward gesture in social situations. When I get a notification, it is no longer an invitation to the Pandora’s Box that is my phone’s home screen. And when I’m walking around and need directions I’m no longer heads down in a screen, but rather heads up to the world with a nice little tap-tap-tap on my wrist to alert me of an upcoming turn.

The killer feature of the watch is that I don’t use the phone.