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Watch don't Fit

While Silicon Valley implodes with their gadget mania its believers will consume all that we produce.  So it is with some friends and neighbors who as smart as they are do fall prey to the lure of the tech. One of them, a mom, has decided that she will wear a Fitbit on one wrist and an Apple Smartwatch on  the other.  When asked why - she said the Fitbit tracks her movements better.  'Fitbit' to the uninformed is a physical motion sensor based wrist band/strap that will convert your steps into a digital readout. Now most smart phones already have this feature built into them (at no added cost) but that is not relevant since she believes that this gadget is the best representation of her limbic activity. Also the Apple contraption literally and figuratively is competing for the same activity based messaging with its own branded interface. So for someone like me who is happy to simply get a chance to walk and is least interested in tech for the sak...