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Re: The NoPhone

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Post by nicbou »

surfsvammel wrote: post #7

This is fun and all, but also incredibly sad. My fiancée previously complained that I was staring at my phone too much (and she was absolutely right). So, I decided to minimise it. Remove all apps and notifications, and kept it in a corner of the kitchen instead of in my pocket. Even though she has not increased her screen time, it is now obvious to me that SHE is staring to much into that screen. We are all phone ju…

Getting rid of notifications (banners and badges) goes a long way. Now I only get them for instant messaging, and I don't respond to messages when I'm with someone else.

I realised that I don't need to check emails as they arrive. Very few things require my attention.

I also removed time sink apps, with the exception of reading apps (I read myself to sleep with them).

I also stopped following everyone on some social media, so the feeds are empty, but I'm logged out anyway.

This has worked reasonably well. I am not a phone addict anymore, because my phone doesn't feed the addiction.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by Rerarom »

ISL wrote: post #77
hypertele-Xii wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hacker News without orange? Oh my.

You might not be aware, but it is possible to change the color of your top-bar in your profile once you have more than 250 karma.

Not the parent poster, but thanks, I had missed that.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by nicbou »

Jeff_Brown wrote: post #18
surfsvammel wrote: post #7

This is fun and all, but also incredibly sad. My fiancée previously complained that I was staring at my phone too much (and she was absolutely right). So, I decided to minimise it. Remove all apps and notifications, and kept it in a corner of the kitchen instead of in my pocket. Even though she has not increased her screen time, it is now obvious to me that SHE is staring to much into that screen. We are all phone ju…

News, asynchronous communication, and other media have a payoff structure not unlike a slot machine's. It can be genuinely hard to determine whether one's consumption of any of them is irrational.

I forgot who said checking notifications is like pulling the slot machine lever, but it's an apt comparison.

Re: The NoPhone

#134

Post by dlivingston »

psychomugs wrote: post #108
primitivesuave wrote: post #51

I found setting my phone to black-and-white makes me want to look at it less. On iPhone, the setting is buried under accessibility > display and text size > color filters

I was going to say that you could set this as an Accessibility shortcut to toggle Color Filters by triple clicking the home button, but realized while typing that most iOS devices no longer have home buttons.

I have it set to a triple-click of the lock button on mine.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by ryan-allen »

ryan-allen wrote: post #124
surfsvammel wrote: post #7

This is fun and all, but also incredibly sad. My fiancée previously complained that I was staring at my phone too much (and she was absolutely right). So, I decided to minimise it. Remove all apps and notifications, and kept it in a corner of the kitchen instead of in my pocket. Even though she has not increased her screen time, it is now obvious to me that SHE is staring to much into that screen. We are all phone ju…

I have on the odd occasion switched back to a feature phone. My longest streak was about 9 months and it was an interesting experience. For the first week I found myself looking for it in situations I never noticed, for example while waiting for my coffee to be made. Instead I had to find other things to do, like observe my surroundings, observe other people, be with my thoughts. There are quite a few things that are…

And I just droppped my 4 month old new Pixel and it's broken.

The new experiment begins, I guess!

Re: The NoPhone

#136

Post by utf_8x »

saagarjha wrote: post #126
ohazi wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was seriously considering getting this one, but I just can't get over the fact that they're not including a charger with the latest version. Pure greed.

It has wireless charging.

Chargerless charging :)

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by TheManInThePub »

earthboundkid wrote: post #74
offtop5 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading a fantastic book called Digital Minimalism on this very subject. Back when I used social media I noticed I'd be very angry arguing with people I didn't even know. Never meet anyone with a job. Deleted all that crap, moved , and had an amazing partner( she had a JOB) within a month. Life is right here, if your at a coffee shop and you notice someone reading a book that seems interesting ask about it. Works out…

HN is social media.

> HN is social media.

Strongly disagree.

Social media is where one shares ones social life (it's in the name!). HN, like many other sites dating back to the days of USENET, is a subject discussion forum; in HN case, a technical / IT discussion forum.

Granted, there are sometimes crossovers between the two, but HN certainy isn't one of them.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by tempodox »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #10
tempodox wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That means it had some time to mature and get over teething problems, apart from not being vaporware anymore.

Surely the NoPhone Air is still vaporware still? ;)

Not exactly, its plastic bag is quite real and tangible.

Re: The NoPhone

#140

Post by oaiey »

euske wrote: post #78

Now what I want to see is a real clinical study of quitting (or reducing) addictive phone use with this thing. Because fake cigarette can actually work for some people quitting smoking, why this one wouldn't? The same technique might work for video games or social networks too.

Completely agree with you. Do not buy it for the joke. Buy it when you want to fight your cellphone addiction. Good I feel naked when I leave my house without a phone. This thingy can help in the first months of a cold restart into a cellphone free life.
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