Courtesy of Kevin Kelly’s Recomendo newsletter (it’s free), here’s a neat iPhone ring hack for those of us who keep the ringer silenced:

Like many people I keep my phone ringer on vibrate, but I don’t usually carry my phone on me – I may leave it on a desk – so I often miss calls. I’ve greatly reduced missed calls by setting the phone to flash its flashlight and flash its screen while it vibrates. That flashing light is enough to notice from a distance. It is easy to program on the iPhone. Go Settings > Accessibility > Audio Visual > Flash for Alerts. For Android: Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Screen Text > Flash Notifications. — KK

On the one hand, AppleTV’s tvOS informing me that Stars-Flyers has gone to overtime WHILE I’M WATCHING THE GAME is kind of annoying.

On the other hand, at least tvOS isn’t as “smart” or privacy-invading to know I’m already watching it.