Guard Attention · Tool review · AI-generated
Phone Focus modes and Do Not Disturb, explained
What iPhone Focus and Android Modes do according to Apple, Google and Samsung help pages, how the two differ, and where they stop helping.
// Themes
This month
Each month has one theme and the articles written around it. Essays by Ed are labelled as his.
// October 2026
Slow Mornings
The first hour of the day without a screen: where the phone sleeps, what replaces the scroll, and the small admin to hand off the night before.