Wrangling push notifications: Control your phone before it controls you

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been there. Buzzed, dinged, and blooped to death. For as incredible as smartphones are, their ability to notify you about anything and everything can quickly become a nightmare. Early on, in simpler times, it was a common technological courtesy for your phone to notify you whenever a call, text, or email was inbound. We branched out a bit with instant messaging, and if you were really crazy, you might even ask the ESPN app to ping you whenever your favorite team recorded a W. Notifications are a huge part of why smartphones have become more than just assets — they’re extensions of our brains. They’re digital assistants. They’re there to remember things for us,

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