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Re: Turning my smartphone into a boring productivity tool

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Post by 4ggr0 » Fri, Nov 06, 2020, 12:49 PM UTC

cosmie wrote: post #26

4ggr0 wrote: post #18

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I do the same, but recently my mom asked me a question I didn't really know how to answer. She asked, how she's supposed to contact me if there's an emergency. I countered that I don't think that I should be the Single Point of Contact for an emergency, because that's the job of the Police, Ambulance etc. I thought about this question a lot, in the end I think it's a classic "But what if the worst case happens"-situa…

"Mom emergencies" aren't always first responder type emergencies. They could be family emergencies she needs to communicate with you about, or (if my mom is any indication) her being in a time-sensitive situation where she needs to rely on your expertise for something. Or many, many "mom emergencies" that are not emergencies at all, but that she feels are. If you're using an iPhone, you can change the Ringtone and Vi…

I don't know if I can set it that specifically for Android, but I know that contacts can be excluded from Do-No-Disturb mode. I'd that this could be done for a specific apps and contacts. So if my mom writes me on WhatsApp, it stays silent. But if she calls or writes an SMS, it goes through.

Re: Turning my smartphone into a boring productivity tool

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Post by 4ggr0 » Fri, Nov 06, 2020, 12:50 PM UTC

theon144 wrote: post #20

4ggr0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do the same, but recently my mom asked me a question I didn't really know how to answer. She asked, how she's supposed to contact me if there's an emergency. I countered that I don't think that I should be the Single Point of Contact for an emergency, because that's the job of the Police, Ambulance etc. I thought about this question a lot, in the end I think it's a classic "But what if the worst case happens"-situa…

I rely on the "let call through if it rings twice within 5 minutes" feature and I let calls on selected contacts through. My family almost never calls me unless its urgent (we communicate over IM and other channels), so this solution is almost as perfect as it can be, I think.

That's a very good idea! Will probably implement this on my phone, thanks :)

Re: Turning my smartphone into a boring productivity tool

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Post by 4ggr0 » Fri, Nov 06, 2020, 12:51 PM UTC

doctorOb wrote: post #22

4ggr0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do the same, but recently my mom asked me a question I didn't really know how to answer. She asked, how she's supposed to contact me if there's an emergency. I countered that I don't think that I should be the Single Point of Contact for an emergency, because that's the job of the Police, Ambulance etc. I thought about this question a lot, in the end I think it's a classic "But what if the worst case happens"-situa…

A PagerDuty family account?

Maybe I could buy a pager for every family member, haha.

Re: Turning my smartphone into a boring productivity tool

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Post by 4ggr0 » Fri, Nov 06, 2020, 12:51 PM UTC

chmod775 wrote: post #23

4ggr0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do the same, but recently my mom asked me a question I didn't really know how to answer. She asked, how she's supposed to contact me if there's an emergency. I countered that I don't think that I should be the Single Point of Contact for an emergency, because that's the job of the Police, Ambulance etc. I thought about this question a lot, in the end I think it's a classic "But what if the worst case happens"-situa…

>She asked, how she's supposed to contact me if there's an emergency. Mine's got a setting where it rings normally when someone calls me 3 (or was it 2?) times in a row. So in an emergency just keep trying.

Yeah, this is probably the solution, thanks :)