{"id":25070,"date":"2015-12-22T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=25070"},"modified":"2015-12-22T09:20:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T07:20:08","slug":"you-are-your-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/22\/you-are-your-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"You are your phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Fig
Barcode of smartphone use over two weeks.Black areas indicate times where the phone was in use and Saturdays are indicated with a red dashed line. Weekday alarm clock times (and snoozing) are clearly evident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are a couple of quotes from the “You are your phone<\/a>” article:<\/p>\n

Even obscure variables such as how frequently a user recharges the phone\u2019s battery, how many incoming text messages they receive, how many miles they travel in a given day or how they enter contacts into their phone \u2014 the decision to add last name correlates with creditworthiness \u2014 can bear on a decision to extend credit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

The test subjects used\u00a0their phones more than five hours a day, on average. Much of that\u00a0usage\u00a0went\u00a0on unconsciously, the researchers found. When the subjects were asked to estimate how often they checked\u00a0their phone during a\u00a0day, the average answer was 37 times. The tracking data revealed, however, that the subjects actually used their phones 85 times a day\u00a0on average, more than twice\u00a0as often as they thought.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s an interesting read, though not too surprising.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Here are a couple of quotes from the “You are your phone” article: Even obscure variables such as how frequently a user recharges the phone\u2019s battery, how many incoming text messages they receive, how many miles they travel in a given day or how they enter contacts into their phone \u2014 the decision to add … Continue reading You are your phone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"You are your phone #mobile #research #privacy","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[1141,384,1117],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-25070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-mobile","tag-privacy","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23135,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/09\/unexpected-update-android-5-0-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":25070,"position":0},"title":"Unexpected update : Android 5.0.1","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's just been a few days since I took a leap of faith and upgraded both my phone and tablet to Android 5.0 (the Lollipop thing). \u00a0My feelings about it are mixed though. \u00a0On one hand, I love the updated user interface. \u00a0It just makes more sense to me and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11361,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/29\/new-phone-sony-ericsson-g900\/","url_meta":{"origin":25070,"position":1},"title":"New phone : Sony Ericsson G900","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 29, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of weeks ago my beloved Sony Ericsson P910 died.\u00a0 It got dropped one too many times.\u00a0 A rather large semi-lequid patch appeared in its left bottom corner and touch screen stopped working.\u00a0 Since the keyboard died a long time ago, I was left with no way to input\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sony-ericsson-g900-combo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27585,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/14\/why-i-dont-answer-most-phone-calls\/","url_meta":{"origin":25070,"position":2},"title":"Why I don\u2019t answer most phone calls","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The question of the phone call etiquette has been coming up more and more often recently. \u00a0Is it polite to call without a prior message or agreement? 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