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Flip Phone Diaries

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Think you could survive without your smartphone for 7 days? Hear stories from brave folks who have taken First Week Flip Phone: the smartphone detox challenge! FirstWeekFlipPhone.com

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Episodes

  1. November special

    Laurence takes Flip Phone Diaries on the road - to Puebla, Mexico for the Fulbright conference Want to take the 7-day smartphone detox challenge yourself? firstweekflipphone.com

  2. October pre-detox

    Want to take the 7-day smartphone detox challenge yourself? firstweekflipphone.com October - the Chicago holiday edition https://qz.com/1253379/how-much-would-you-pay-to-use-facebook-google-and-wikipedia-a-new-study-tries-to-find-out/

  3. September post-detox

    flipph.one/shortcut getshortcut.co flipph.one/experience-tube flipph.one/time-well-spent Gray screen: iOS: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut (bottom) > Color Filters. This allows you to quickly triple-tap the home button to toggle grayscale on and off, so you keep...

  4. September pre-detox

    Want to take the 7-day smartphone detox challenge yourself? firstweekflipphone.com On this month's episode we discuss how similar smartphones mimic cocaine addiction with a neuroscientist. futurescope.com "Huffington's post": flipph.one/ariana Gamification app: flipph.one/forest Kick the habit...

  5. August post-detox w/ Zach Etahiri & D.Long

    Why do we keep touching our pockets all the time? Are we like frogs in boiling water when we use our smartphones? New York Times piece: flipph.one/NYT-focus Adam Georgiou's (flipphone.me/diaries/#/adam) call to action: quitsocial.media You've heard him. Now go cop Zach's visuals: zachetahiri.com

  6. August pre-detox

    SPECIAL GUEST: Boulder photographer zachetahiri.com Do flip phones work at 8000 feet? Who is Flip Phone Diaries new James May? Is Facebook the new McDonalds? Links: flipph.one/FastCompany flipph.one/CompulsionTest firstweekflipphone.com

  7. July post-detox

    First Week Flip Phone: The Smartphone Detox Join the mailing list: http://eepurl.com/dAhu_f Apps & rats! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44640959 https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc2947358 Smartphone detox... how about a data detox? https://datadetox.myshadow.org/en/detox...

  8. July pre-detox

    Laurence and Tushar end up making another challenge to each other Give the data detox a go: https://datadetox.myshadow.org/en/detox Nobide's meditative tunes: https://nobide.fm/

  9. June post-detox

    Tushar finds this week particularly difficult without a smartphone due to a Flip phone Fail

  10. June pre-detox

    Where Laurence and Tushar discuss how things have changed now they're back in the world of smartphones like everyone else

Topics in this show

digital minimalism digital wellness first-week diaries flip-phone challenge mental health personal stories smartphone detox tech unplugged

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About this show

Think you could survive without your smartphone for 7 days? Hear stories from brave folks who have taken First Week Flip Phone: the smartphone detox challenge! FirstWeekFlipPhone.com

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Flip Phone Diaries have?

Flip Phone Diaries has 10 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on December 4, 2018.

What is Flip Phone Diaries about?

Think you could survive without your smartphone for 7 days? Hear stories from brave folks who have taken First Week Flip Phone: the smartphone detox challenge! FirstWeekFlipPhone.com

How often does Flip Phone Diaries release new episodes?

Flip Phone Diaries publishes every two weeks, based on its 10 episodes since June 2018.

Who hosts Flip Phone Diaries?

Flip Phone Diaries is created and hosted by Flip Phone Diaries.
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