Notes on focus, and getting it back.
How to Reduce Screen Time Without Relying on Willpower
A step-by-step plan to reduce screen time on your iPhone without relying on willpower: find your problem hours, set rules once, add friction, fill the gap.
Read the postWhy Screen Time Limits Don't Work (and What Does)
Apple's Screen Time limits are easy to ignore: one tap, or a passcode you set yourself. Here's why that happens, and what actually keeps a limit in place.
Read the postFocus at Work: Blocking Apps With an NFC Tag Instead of a To-Do List
Deep work doesn't fail because of a bad to-do list. It fails because Slack is one tap away. Here's how NFC-based app blocking makes distraction genuinely inconvenient.
Read the postScreen Time for Students: Why Willpower Isn't the Fix
Screen time apps that rely on willpower fail for the same reason every time. Here's what actually works for students trying to study without the phone winning.
Read the postWhy We Built Screeny: A Physical Key for Your Screen Time
Every app blocker we tried had the same escape hatch: a button. Screeny replaces that button with a real object. Here's the thinking behind it.
Read the postThe attention span myth and why your phone is the problem
The science of attention is not about willpower or broken brains. It is about design and how physical friction rewires your choices.
Read the postWhy Screeny knows nothing about your apps
Apple Screen Time framework lets Screeny block apps without ever seeing which ones you picked. Here is how it works, and why it matters.
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