[giantrobot]

> I'm not entirely sure that being on the "elecronic leash" 24/7 has made life better.

My phone is always on silent and I have almost zero notifications allowed. It has built in CallerID so I know exactly who is calling. Unless it's from a very small list of people it goes to voicemail and maybe I return the call later. Also many things that used to be calls are now a couple texts back and forth, again something I can ignore and deal with later.

I like being available but I have no need to be constantly interrupted by my phone. I much prefer my smartphone to landlines because the features are so much more useful to me.

[nunez]

I've just embraced using a separate phone. On with all the notifications when I'm on; off (and not with me, usually) when I'm not. I hated this at first; won't do it any other way now.