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 title: "Pull vs push: intentional notifications"
 date: 2023-03-20T12:15:00-04:00
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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.
+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.
 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
-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.
+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.
 
 Get a [feed reader!][rssr] Please!
 
@@ -153,6 +156,20 @@ 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
@@ -160,6 +177,11 @@ 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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