This Apple Watch setting keeps me from annoying my partner during work sprints
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple Watch timer boosts productivity but annoys partners. Silent mode mutes alerts while preserving wrist haptics. Haptics keep reminders private, and household peace intact. I love me some timers. One of the secrets to how I manage my day is that I set timers for everything. I set them for appointments, sure. But I also set them to remind me when to get started on a phase of work. I set them to r