several applications require them to be useful. Security events from my home cameras, messages from clients, timers, email
Anytime I'm using a peice of small business software I'd probably like it to be able to give me notifications
Anytime I'm using a peice of small business software I'd probably like it to be able to give me notifications
(I have turned all but phone call and sms notifications off on my phone. I will check my email/whatsapp when I want and see notifications there as needed. If someone has something urgent, they know how to call.)
Today I received:
* 3 reminders to eat
* 1 security alert (delivery)
* about two dozen instant messages between myself and clients
* a couple of dozen CI alerts
* 3 emails
Its easy to have different levels of notifications, and filter message channels. I have less distraction now than I had in an office by several orders of magnitude.
Everything is either immediately relevant or very important. The notifications I have make me more effective.
For me neglecting food intake means:
If I don't eat enough I get grumpy. This lowers the quality of life of myself and my loved ones. Alternatively if I get hungry it can cause me to over-snack (justified by anti-grumps thoughts); then I get fat and lower my quality of life slightly slower.
So these notifications are perhaps the most important ones.
Most people I talk to work at the same time as me, so to get a social message during the day would be unusual.
Everyone knows to call if it matters.
Note: also be aware that the digital wellbeing count counts updates to an existing notification as a notification. As such my morning alarm counts a few dozen notifications (alarm in 8hrs, alarm in 7hrs, 30mins, 2 mins, etc.)
1) only certain notifications that are important have unique sound, vibrate, etc.
2) other semi important notifications flash. Light is not that bright to notice.
3) other notifications have numbers on app so there are some despite not seeing any notifications.
Result: I stopped checking every hour. It's actually been an improvement for me to stay away from phone.
I noticed that some apps abuse you for disabling notifications and Viber is biggest example. I don't care about holiday wishes or viber news but I need app to stay in touch with some people. Sadly, I only check at most once a fortnight because of this disabled notification nagging.