I'm moving in the opposite direction, I've abandoned my smartphone and use a small pay-as-you-go phone as a sort of "pager". Nobody knows the number except fami

I'm moving in the opposite direction, I've abandoned my smartphone and use a small pay-as-you-go phone as a sort of "pager". Nobody knows the number except family and coworkers. Everyone else gets my global "google voice / straight to voicemail" number. I see it as there are three reasons to communicate: Emergency, Question, Assistance. Once we hardwired everything into one device (iphone/android) everything comes across as the same. That is to say, an Emergency/Question and Task all come to your phone at the same time. Being more connected can actually be very counter-productive as you spend more time reading emails/texts/requests instead of taking on the important stuff. I don't handle emails/tweets/IMs/text messages after hours. If there is an Emergency someone needs to CALL me. I don't respond to emails right away. I handle all emails at noon or the end of the day, I don't treat emails as "Emergencies" because it is a horrible place to alert people, email is for questions and tasks that don't need immediate answers. To me it's about handling the rocks (the big jobs, the important ones) before the sand and the pebbles (the questions and tasks). More reading: http://justinlim.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/of-rocks-pebbles-and-sand-who-are-the-rocks-in-your-life/ http://justinlim.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/of-rocks-pebbles-a.... shrug just my opinion