Focus

2 publications

April 12, 2026 3 min

The red dot on the Telegram icon isn't design. It's a weapon against your brain.

Your brain spent millions of years learning to react to red, motion, and unfinished things. Now every app on your phone uses that against you. What salience is, why "just for a second" turns into 40 minutes in a chat — and how to stop giving your attention away.

attention
design
technology

April 12, 2026 13 min

The architecture of attention: stop draining your most expensive resource into the sewer of Slack chats

47 seconds — that's how long you hold focus on one screen. 25 minutes — that's how long it takes your brain to come back after "a second on Telegram." A guide for remote workers: rebuild the architecture of attention and stop draining your most expensive resource into the sewer of chats.

attention
productivity
digital hygiene