I deny them all, I also turn off most notifications from programs on my PC and on my phone. My email clients, direct messages on HipChat and some facebook notif

I deny them all, I also turn off most notifications from programs on my PC and on my phone. My email clients, direct messages on HipChat and some facebook notifications on my phone (and phone calls and SMS) are the only notifications I want. I like to be in charge of when to consume information, instead of being force feed information. So except HipChat at work I get less than 10 notifications a day in total on all platforms. Most can be looked at when I notice them, and closed right away. Still keep them on for the 1 in 10 that I want to read.