“My android phone wakes me up with its stock alarm clock into a cold San Francisco summer morning. I lie around a bit, but eventually get up to enjoy yet another day. An hour later, I’m running in my dress shoes, tie waving in the wind like that of an anime superhero schoolboy, towards a light rail train stop. Twenty seconds before I get there, the train leaves, right before an unanticipated 20-minute break in the service. I eat a bagel I don’t want in a cafe nearby to sit there and work while waiting; my day, having barely started, is already ruined. Could I have made it? Of course, I could. I could have not re-tied my tie in order to drape it half inch shorter; I could have not procrastinated on reddit for five minutes while sipping tea, I could have postponed paying my bill to the evening. On the other hand, I don’t want to finish too early and wait at home instead of in a cafe. I need something to let me know, at all times, when the next train is.”