Colour Commentary

The numbers behind going gray

Data-driven posts on smartphone addiction, grayscale mode, and reclaiming your time.

atarehDec 7, 20177 min read

How I Beat My Phone Addiction With Grayscale

Earlier this year, I started to become more conscious of how much time I was spending on my phone. More importantly, conscious of what I was doing on my phone. I started reading more Cal Newport and Tristan Harris. Constant distractions eroding our ability to focus? Social media is like slot machine gambling?

atarehJan 30, 20186 min read

Does Going Gray Reduce "Twitchy Phone Checking?"

When I started becoming conscious of my phone use back in May of 2017, I wanted to make sure I approached it as a scientist. Methodical, measurable, repeatable. I measured every variable I thought necessary: phone use duration, screen on/off time, specific app usage, phone check frequency.

atarehDec 14, 20172 min read

Calm

I had a reader reach out to me last week after gogray.today was featured on Vice. Lukas has a really strong point — grayscale doesn't look ugly, it looks calming and pleasant. I wanted to clear up what I meant when I stated going gray can be really "boring" and "ugly."

The Go Gray App is on the App Store

One-tap grayscale, 30-minute color breaks, and nudges, plus usage stats.