Today’s Technologies Need an Off-the-Hook Option - NYTimes.com

minimalmac:

Sure, you can turn off your smartphone when you want some alone time, but when it’s turned back on, like the grand finale of a fireworks show, the phone will boing, chime, trill, marimba and vibrate erratically with text messages, voice mail, app notifications, e-mails and a cannonade of messages from all the social networks you’re connected to.

Yep.

This is from more than 10 years ago. Things… have not gotten better, sadly :(.