basically this force ppl to only check for things at specific times instead of having to instantly interrupt work. its more of a social issue than a technologi

basically this force ppl to only check for things at specific times instead of having to instantly interrupt work. its more of a social issue than a technological one. some people will have proper notifications setup and even when they get them, will not go check what this is about immediately (maybe 3 or 4h later they will). It requires a lot of self control or a certain mind set tho so I can see why you' technologically enforce that behavior. Note that you have to suppress twitter, fb, sms, etc as well for this to work best.. thus.. thus there's still room for changing our habits when setting up notifications and responding to them. personally i made myself a rule that no notification is important enough for my direct attention. so i kept notifications via my phone vibrating only for direct calls (because people dont like voicemail and dont call a lot anyway) and for special msgs that due to the work i do need immediate attention (security incidents). everything else, even if they're "urgent" to someone, i wont get notified and wont check. i check twice a day instead, "manually" and this includes everything: mail, twitter, etc. If its that important they'll call me. else they can generally in fact wait a few hours - turns out im better at deciding whats important to my own time than they are (obvious, i know). I strongly encourage people who havent tried to do that, to give it a go for a couple of weeks. Note that this includes everything. Your personal SMS, tweets, what not as well. And that includes weekends and off hours too. Otherwise this wont work. I feel a lot more free since I started doing that a few years back and I get a lot more done in fact - while I feel like I work less. win/win.