Buzz off: even on vibrate, your phone is distracting you

"By now we know that we’re (mostly) not supposed to multitask - that we can’t do two things at once very well and that it takes us a while to refocus when we switch from one task to another. This is why we put our phones screen-side down and slightly out of reach when we want to focus on something or show someone that we’re paying attention. But unless your phone is off, it’s probably still distracting you. The familiar buzz of a new notification is not as innocuous as it seems..." Read more

Nicole Torres, Business Review Weekly, 14 July 2015