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Yesterday was the first time in months, if not years that I was not connected to the internet for over consecutive hours (I’m excluding sleep, to be fair). My phone died while I was traveling with friends for a bachelor party, and honestly being offline felt… amazing. Alas, nothing good lasts forever, and I will be locking back in on Sunday. Not to worry, during this time I will continue to crank out unhinged interfaces.

After being offline for most of the day, I allowed my phone to charge so I could reconnect. I have a ton of text messages, emails, and Slack DMs to get back to. Such is life I guess. Unfortunately, many people were asleep when I started writing back, so I’ll need to wait until tomorrow to see how they respond. Many people had the “notifications silenced” indicator on.

This got me thinking about the “Notify anyway” feature. Notifying might not be enough to get someone’s attention. To that end, what if you were able to play a transcription of your message on their phone at full volume?

Yes, this would be disruptive, but it would also command attention, which is valuable especially when time is of the essence. This is probably overkill for most interactions, but I like the idea of this being a feature you can use for desperate times.

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