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title: "Pull vs push: intentional notifications"
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title: "Pull vs push: intentional notifications"
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date: 2023-03-20T12:15:00-04:00
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date: 2023-03-20T12:15:00-04:00
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categories: ["Technology"]
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categories: ["Technology"]
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## Some suggestions
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## Some suggestions
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Make heavy and extensive use of Do Not Disturb rules on as many platforms as
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Make heavy and extensive use of Do Not Disturb rules on as many platforms as
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possible. On mobile devices, it's often possible to automatically enable DND
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possible; on mobile devices, it's often possible to automatically enable DND
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during calendar events as well as enable it while you sleep. Mark yourself as
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during calendar events as well as enable it while you sleep. Mark yourself as
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unavailable in Slack (or Teams or XMPP or \_\_\_\_) outside of work hours. On
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unavailable in Slack (or Teams or XMPP or \_\_\_\_) outside of work hours.
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Android, you can sometimes long-press notifications you don't want to see and
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completely disable that category; this allows you to continue receiving push
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notifications from other categories but silences the one(s) you don't need.
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Disable push notifications for YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Maybe consider
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Disable push notifications for YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Maybe consider
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using alternative clients for those services that are more user-respecting in
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using alternative clients for those services that are more user-respecting in
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general.
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general.
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Religiously unsubscribe from everything that clutters your inbox. If you don't
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Religiously unsubscribe from everything that clutters your inbox. If you don't
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actively want to see it, unsubscribe from it or write a rule that marks it as
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actively want to see it, unsubscribe from it or write a rule that marks it as
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read and immediately shoves it in for example, a Marketing folder. Inboxes are
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reads and immediately shoves it in your archive. Inboxes are for pertinent,
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for pertinent, important information; the latest shoe sale at your preferred
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important information; the latest shoe sale at your preferred big-box store is
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big-box store is neither.
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neither.
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Get a [feed reader!][rssr] Please!
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Get a [feed reader!][rssr] Please!
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[miniflux]: https://miniflux.app
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[miniflux]: https://miniflux.app
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[ttrss]: https://tt-rss.org
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[ttrss]: https://tt-rss.org
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There are also desktop feed readers. These do come with a disadvantage though;
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some extremely active feeds, such as Slashdot, only retain the most recent
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entries. If you open your desktop feed reader once a day, you might end up
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missing some entries. Most blogs preserve entries for a _lot_ longer, though. It
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depends on what feeds you're interested in. If you want to go with a desktop
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reader, consider [GNOME Feeds] (Linux, GNOME), [Akregator] (Linux, KDE),
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[Newsboat] (Linux, TUI), and possibly [RSS Guard] (All). I've only named a few
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options; there are many more across all platforms.
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[GNOME Feeds]: https://gfeeds.gabmus.org/
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[Akregator]: https://apps.kde.org/akregator/
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[Newsboat]: https://newsboat.org/
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[RSS Guard]: https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard
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If you do adopt a feed reader, whichever it is, I strongly recommend migrating
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If you do adopt a feed reader, whichever it is, I strongly recommend migrating
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your _important_ newsletter subscriptions to [_Kill the Newsletter!_][ktn] This
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your _important_ newsletter subscriptions to [_Kill the Newsletter!_][ktn] This
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free service generates an email address, you subscribe to the newsletter with
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free service generates an email address, you subscribe to the newsletter with
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for you. At the time of writing, I receive 7 newsletters as feeds and it's a
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for you. At the time of writing, I receive 7 newsletters as feeds and it's a
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wonderful experience.
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wonderful experience.
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## In a nutshell
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Be thoughtful and intentional with your time and attention; they're incredibly
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valuable, both to you, to other people, and to companies.
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[ktn]: https://kill-the-newsletter.com
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[ktn]: https://kill-the-newsletter.com
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