Turning backgrounds and lock screens in visual nudges
So far, my discussion about the mindful iPhone has focused on things you can do to your phone to make it less distracting, better able to distinguish between
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Skip to contentSo far, my discussion about the mindful iPhone has focused on things you can do to your phone to make it less distracting, better able to distinguish between
Another feature that turns your iPhone into a filter between you and the world is Do Not Disturb. When you activate Do Not Disturb (DND), incoming calls, texts,
One of my favorite illustrations of the physical nature of our relationship with smartphones, and of the ways that relationship can go awry, is the phenomenon of phantom
In the last several posts, we saw how to adjust ringtones, text tones, and email alert tones. The idea was twofold: to give your phone a more wide-ranging
A VIP list in Mail (the iPhones’ default email client) serves the same purpose as Favorites in phone and messaging: it lets you distinguish the people whose messages
Here’s how you set ringtones and text tones. The central panel from which you control ringtone, text tone, voice mail, calendar and reminder alerts, and most other sounds
Let’s get started with the main way your phone communicates with you: through its ringtones. Your smartphone’s ringtones are designed to alert you when you have call, a
I'll begin by showing you how to redesign the way your iPhone interacts with you. Going step-by-step through your iPhone's settings, we'll turn the iPhone from a device
Can our information technologies protect our attention rather than erode it? Can we use digital devices to help us focus and have more time, rather than be constantly
For the last few months I’ve been working off and on on an article about how to make your iPhone more mindful— how to change its various settings