Articles on attention and screen time, and on how the disc works.
Screen Time, Opal, Freedom, one sec, Brick and Norma: three kinds of app blocker, what each is good at, and how to tell which one is yours.
Why concentration falls apart at work, what research inside real offices found about interruptions and email, and a setup that survives the day.
The evidence is mixed and quitting is not always right. How to decide, what to delete or block, and how to come back on your own terms.
How to run a digital detox for an evening, a weekend or a week, what goes wrong on day two, and what to keep afterwards so it lasts.
'Dopamine detox' is mostly a myth. You can't flush a brain chemical. What is real underneath, and how to do it without the pseudoscience.
Doomscrolling comes from a feed built to reward the next swipe, aimed at a brain built to watch for threats. Why it happens, and what breaks the loop.
Your phone costs you sleep, but mostly for duller reasons than blue light. What the evidence shows, and a fix that still holds at 11pm.
Most people who worry aren't clinically addicted, but the pull is real and engineered. The signs to watch for, and what works better than willpower.
Six ways to block apps with what you already have (App Limits, Downtime, Face ID locks, Restrictions, Guided Access) and the weakness they share.
Why revision falls apart, what research on interruptions and phone presence shows, and a study setup that holds when the material gets hard.
Screen Time was built for a parent holding the passcode. You hold your own, so it leaks. Where it comes apart, and what holds instead.
Norma is a steel disc that blocks the apps you choose when you scan it with your iPhone. What it is, how it works, and why an object beats an app.
Screen Time, App Library, grayscale, Focus: every built-in tool helps for a day, then fails. The weakness they share, and what makes it last.
It means a Focus is on, not that you've been blocked. What the line means on each screen, why it appears, and how to turn it off.
Opal is software, Brick is plastic you tap, Norma is steel you scan. How they compare on the off switch, the cost over time and your Mac.
270 grams of machined stainless steel you scan with your iPhone. Why the weight, the material and a battery-free NFC chip make a block that holds.
Four-plus hours a day, engineered rather than accidental. The behavioural science behind it, and the one change that gets the time back.
Screen Time, Opal, one sec, Freedom all live inside the phone you're escaping. How a physical disc compares, and why the switch's location decides.
A method to cut screen time that relies on friction instead of willpower: start with your two worst apps and put the barrier off the phone.
A phone check costs more than the glance: about 23 minutes to refocus, plus attention residue. How a day of interruptions adds up to hours.
