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As starting points I'd recommend checking out Digital Minimalism [0] (a concept and book by Cal Newport) and Tristan Harris' work at the Center For Humane Tech

As starting points I'd recommend checking out Digital Minimalism [0] (a concept and book by Cal Newport) and Tristan Harris' work at the Center For Humane Tech [1]. There are lots of products that try to help people spend less time on social media. There are website/app blockers for this (including mine [2]) and tools like Rescue Time [3] which tell you where you're spending your time. There are communities around this too like https://www.reddit.com/r/nosurf https://www.reddit.com/r/nosurf Also, device makers, Apple especially, are starting to pay more attention to this. Even Facebook has made some steps in this direction (partly by co-opting the "Time Well Spent" phrase that Tristan Harris pushed) but they are too incentivised to do the opposite here and it's unlikely they'll do much of their own volition. [0] - http://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/ http://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/ [1] - https://humanetech.com/ https://humanetech.com/ [2] - https://www.deepmode.app/ https://www.deepmode.app/ [3] - https://www.rescuetime.com/ https://www.rescuetime.com/

stevesearer 7y ago
After trying out a dumb phone for a while last year, I found I still wanted modern phone features like camera, decent text messaging, shared calendar, maps, etc.. One idea in Make Time [1] was the idea of deleting distracting apps from your phone, which makes your phone into an amazing tool that does not foster distraction. I found this to be better than using Apple/Facebook/Google time management tools since it keeps me in control and not still relying on them and their tools. When I want to check Instagram I use the website and if I would like to post, I just download the app again and log in. [1] - https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422 https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525...
thiago_fm 7y ago
Hey Jefro118, humanetech is amazing! I didn't know it. It's exactly what I've been thinking the whole time, but never saw other people talking on that way. It's kind of the "philosophy" behind what I want to change. I've used rescue time before, Deepmode is pretty nice. Very neat. Do you work on this space?
- Jefro118 7y ago
  It's more something I do on the side - Deepmode is something I started building for myself and then decided I should try to turn it into a real product for others to use too. I'm not an expert but I've been doing a lot of reading in this area to make the product better and understand peoples needs.

stevesearer 7y ago

After trying out a dumb phone for a while last year, I found I still wanted modern phone features like camera, decent text messaging, shared calendar, maps, etc.. One idea in Make Time [1] was the idea of deleting distracting apps from your phone, which makes your phone into an amazing tool that does not foster distraction. I found this to be better than using Apple/Facebook/Google time management tools since it keeps me in control and not still relying on them and their tools. When I want to check Instagram I use the website and if I would like to post, I just download the app again and log in. [1] - https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422 https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525...

thiago_fm 7y ago

Hey Jefro118, humanetech is amazing! I didn't know it. It's exactly what I've been thinking the whole time, but never saw other people talking on that way. It's kind of the "philosophy" behind what I want to change. I've used rescue time before, Deepmode is pretty nice. Very neat. Do you work on this space?

Jefro118 7y ago
It's more something I do on the side - Deepmode is something I started building for myself and then decided I should try to turn it into a real product for others to use too. I'm not an expert but I've been doing a lot of reading in this area to make the product better and understand peoples needs.