content/posts/pull-vs-push-intentional-notifications.md

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 title: "Pull vs push: intentional notifications"
 date: 2023-03-20T12:15:00-04:00
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 categories: ["Technology"]
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 ## Some suggestions
 
 Make heavy and extensive use of Do Not Disturb rules on as many platforms as
-possible. On mobile devices, it's often possible to automatically enable DND
+possible; on mobile devices, it's often possible to automatically enable DND
 during calendar events as well as enable it while you sleep. Mark yourself as
-unavailable in Slack (or Teams or XMPP or \_\_\_\_) outside of work hours. On
-Android, you can sometimes long-press notifications you don't want to see and
-completely disable that category; this allows you to continue receiving push
-notifications from other categories but silences the one(s) you don't need.
+unavailable in Slack (or Teams or XMPP or \_\_\_\_) outside of work hours.
 Disable push notifications for YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Maybe consider
 using alternative clients for those services that are more user-respecting in
 general.
 
 Religiously unsubscribe from everything that clutters your inbox. If you don't
 actively want to see it, unsubscribe from it or write a rule that marks it as
-read and immediately shoves it in for example, a Marketing folder. Inboxes are
-for pertinent, important information; the latest shoe sale at your preferred
-big-box store is neither.
+reads and immediately shoves it in your archive. Inboxes are for pertinent,
+important information; the latest shoe sale at your preferred big-box store is
+neither.
 
 Get a [feed reader!][rssr] Please!
 
@@ -156,20 +153,6 @@ theme.][yarr-theme] Also worth a look are [miniflux] and [Tiny Tiny RSS.][ttrss]
 [miniflux]: https://miniflux.app
 [ttrss]: https://tt-rss.org
 
-There are also desktop feed readers. These do come with a disadvantage though;
-some extremely active feeds, such as Slashdot, only retain the most recent
-entries. If you open your desktop feed reader once a day, you might end up
-missing some entries. Most blogs preserve entries for a _lot_ longer, though. It
-depends on what feeds you're interested in. If you want to go with a desktop
-reader, consider [GNOME Feeds] (Linux, GNOME), [Akregator] (Linux, KDE),
-[Newsboat] (Linux, TUI), and possibly [RSS Guard] (All). I've only named a few
-options; there are many more across all platforms.
-
-[GNOME Feeds]: https://gfeeds.gabmus.org/
-[Akregator]: https://apps.kde.org/akregator/
-[Newsboat]: https://newsboat.org/
-[RSS Guard]: https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard
-
 If you do adopt a feed reader, whichever it is, I strongly recommend migrating
 your _important_ newsletter subscriptions to [_Kill the Newsletter!_][ktn] This
 free service generates an email address, you subscribe to the newsletter with
@@ -177,11 +160,6 @@ that email address, and it appends each email to a unique feed generated just
 for you. At the time of writing, I receive 7 newsletters as feeds and it's a
 wonderful experience.
 
-## In a nutshell
-
-Be thoughtful and intentional with your time and attention; they're incredibly
-valuable, both to you, to other people, and to companies.
-
 [ktn]: https://kill-the-newsletter.com
 
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