wearable tech

  • Coffee Break: Bangle Fitbit Bracelet

    This cool little bracelet hides a secret: your Fitbit. It’s part of a growing trend to conceal/jazz up your less-than-attractive plastic Fitbit bracelet, and I like it, particularly for the office. (But: of course you can just wear the regular Fitbit bracelet to work also.) Etsy seller FUNKtional Wearables has a ton of cute styles;…

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  • Coffee Break: Bellabeat Leaf

    I get a lot of pitches that go in one ear and out the other, but for some reason this jewelry/wearable tech hybrid caught my attention. Like a Fitbit, it tracks your steps, but it also helps you moderate your breathing (before an important presentation, for example), tracks your sleep, your fertility cycle, and gives you alarms…

  • Coffee Break: Posture and Activity Tracker

    My posture is one of those things that I continually wish I could improve. I’m ok in public spaces, I feel, but once I get behind closed doors I’m Queen Slouchy. Bad, bad, bad. I saw this little posture “coach” on Amazon a while ago and made the purchase. The idea is that once you…

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    Are Fitness Trackers and Smartwatches Office-Appropriate?

    Can you wear Fitbits, Jawbone Up bands, and Nike Fuelbands to the office? Are there types of wearable tech that you shouldn’t wear to work? Reader C wonders: I’ve been wondering lately about wearable gadgets and which ones are appropriate for the office, specifically in big law. I’ve recently fallen in love with my Nike Fuelband (in…

  • Coffee Break: Metal Hinged Bracelet

    So: that’s a Fitbit. Where? Right there, on her wrist. It’s part of Tory Burch’s new collaboration with Fitbit. I’m pretty psyched about this, even though I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Fitbit ever since I got the Force rash (while pregnant, too!). (I now wear a Fitbit Flex but only when I’m going on…