MiramarMike: Blog

It's so easy to let work suck you back in with a ping here, a notification there - my advice is to TURN IT ALL OFF!  But before we get into steps and how to's - HAVE AN AMAZING HOLIDAY, I hope it's full of love, laughter, and friends! Contents and HOW TO TURN IT ALL OFF: Phones Work Profiles Syncing Notifications Laptops and the like Web notifications ChromeOS Out of Office Phones For either Android (Samsung, Pixel etc etc) or iOS, if you have a separate work phone - TURN IT OFF and PUT IT INTO A DRAWER . Work Profiles If you have an Android phone with a Work Profile - TURN IT OFF .  If work profiles is news to you check out my post  Using Your Phone for Work AND Personal . Note: some of the following steps might not be the same on every device - it's about choice! To pause or turn on your work profile from the Work profile tab: Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to the top. Tap the "Work" tab. At the bottom of your screen, toggle the Work apps switch.

I've been a quiet member of the "Twitter replacement" Mastodon universe for a while. My particular corner of it is using Cloud Island and I am @miramarmike@cloudisland.nz As always the best way to keep up with what I’m doing is the RSS feed from this website, but I realise that’s not for everyone. However you follow along, thank you and please spread the word!

I don't know about you but it feels like we're on the edge of something quite momentous. With all the talk of "what's coming" re Omicron and the numbers being bandied around, certainly the types of figures we here in AoNZ haven't experienced as we've watched other countries go through it a number of times. I s'pose that's one shining light, we know that countries do come out the other side. Of course there is much pain and loss and that's the worry, for me at least. I have no pithy phrases to give, no hints & tips, no, "have you tried this", I think I just needed to let it out, and let others know that you're not alone, I'm scared too.