Today’s Solutions: May 21, 2026

Nowadays we’re always on, always available. That iPhone in your pocket makes it pretty difficult to truly ‘punch out’ when you leave the office. (Especially when there’s code to ship and slack messages to read!) Instead we rely heavily on these pocket computers to stay in the loop, checking our phones a staggering 1,500 times every week! If you don’t believe me there’s an app that will tell you how often you check yours… We’re…

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