1/11 Apple - Congratulations on Screen Time! Showing us how much time we spend on our phones and tablets is a solid first step. I’m sure most of us will be surprised - and pained - when we find out exactly how much time we spend staring at pixels.
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2/11 Both Apple & Google are validating our fears...by addressing them. I wholeheartedly applaud these efforts. But we need to go further. Here’s what needs to happen:
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3/11 Apple lets us track what we’re doing on their phones & tablets. But adults spend >35% of their screen time on laptops. We need to understand our complete Digital Health. Not per screen but per person. That should include laptops, TVs, watches, and, soon, cars too.
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4/11 Screen Time is great. But now I have to fidget with even more settings myself and for my kids too... What about Work Time? Play Time? Give us broad default settings based on what we’re doing at the moment: No games while working, no work while we listen to music or reading.
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5/11 Weekend Time: Throttle back emails and notifications, no texts from anyone outside your contacts. Office Time: It uses our calendar information to hold notifications until after a meeting.
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6/11 There are big dials like this, but it’s hard to get to a one-size-fits all. No AI - yet - will know what’s right for everyone, at any point in time in the week, at any given time of day. I understand that. That’s what app developers are great at, so...
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7/11 Developers need access to Screen Time data - w/ user permission - and controls to notifications, time limits, b&w, etc. The right APIs will let them create specialized consumption visuals and controls for different personalities, age groups, and, yes, existing addictions.
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8/11 Lastly, education. We are getting the tools, now we need to know how to use them. Apple, Google should work with educators, psychologists, and orgs like ESRB and Common Sense Media to create standards, definitions, best practices to define our Digital Health ingredients.
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9/11 Much like a food pyramid, we need to know we’re not taking in too many sugars (games), use only the good parts (social media), go easy on the proteins (email, chat), and can fill up on fruits and vegetables (music, books, maps).
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Tony Fadell Retweeted Tony Fadell
Right on @caitharr - It's really to see this “food pyramid” idea continuing to take root! Let’s keep the convo going. ”A Food Pyramid for Kids' Media Consumption" https://www.wired.com/story/kids-screen-time-pyramid/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare … @WIREDhttps://twitter.com/tfadell/status/1004079631392272384 …
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