Is the Apple Watch Really Worth Your Time?

This is a very interesting crowdsourced and curated approach to an Apple Watch review on Medium. Here’s what you need to know:

Even before the early adopters on Medium began receiving their Apple Watches, they began writing about it. And after they unboxed the devices and strapped them to their wrists, the posts really piled up. These were so numerous — and so good — that some of the Backchannel team here at Medium decided to create the Apple Watch Project collection, inviting the writers to pool their work in a quasi-anthology, with the idea that we would eventually skim the cream to make one master review, straight from the Mediumsphere. Our review would read as if a single person wrote it, but it would actually be a product of the collective intelligence of our network.

Here it is. Twenty-five different voices, one review. Take that, Walt Mossberg.

As you read this, keep in mind that every time the little watch icon (⌚️) appears, a different Medium writer is stepping into the spotlight and sharing his or her views. We’ve shown you only some of their faces, but each writer is identified in a note alongside his or her passages, with a link to the post so you can check out the full range of those individual takes.

Theres some really great takes. Read on.