The world, however, is a noisy place.
He covers two methods of silencing the digital world around you, methods he calls backgrounding and bouncing.
As Pierce says, its like stepping out of a room where everyone else is still talking.
Heres how its done on the services you (probably) use most often.
From there, just select Mute from the list of available options.
Or, if you have keyboard shortcuts turned on, you might just hit the M key.
To set it up, poke the bell icon next to your workspace name.
Your controls will save automatically.
Alternatively, you’re able to mute individual channels within Slack.
Tap the name at the top, and then find the Mute button in the menu options.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
From there, tap the Info icon and then toggle the Hide Alerts slider to On.
Android Messages
Open a chat and then poke the three vertical dots at the top right corner.
Select Details, and then Notifications.
Toggle the slider for Show Notifications to Off.
Youll still be friends, you just wont have to see the crap they post on Facebook.
Muting Twitter accounts requires going to the persons profile and clicking the three dot menu.
Next select Mute @[account name].
The account will remain muted until you elect to un-mute it later.
Twitter also gives you the option to mute specific keywords, a useful tool for trying to avoid spoilers.
To mute keywords, go to prefs and Privacy, and then Muted Words.
Click add to block conversations containing these keywords.
Tap the three-dot menu from any conversation and select Mute.
This account will remain muted until you choose to un-mute it.
Story byBryan Clark
Bryan is a freelance journalist.Bryan is a freelance journalist.
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