Apps & Tools

• Forest plant a virtual tree while you focus; if you leave the app, it dies.
• RescueTime detailed reports on your digital habits.
• Opal Blocker for apps that distract.

Influencers & Thought Leaders

• Cal Newport — author, writes about deep work, minimalism, attention.
• Gloria Mark — behavioral design, habits, and attention.
• Jenny Odell — art, technology, attention, resistance.
• Jonathan Haidt — Haidt’s research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, and how morality varies across cultural and political divisions.
• Nir Eyal — expert in in examining multitasking, interruptions, and mood with the use of digital devices.
• Sherry Turkle — researcher on human-technology relationships.

Media & Podcasts

• Digital Minimalism Podcast — conversations about balancing tech and life.
• NPR’s Body Electric Podcast — episodes on human-tech interaction.
• Left to their own devices — We handed kids the most powerful technology in history. Then we walked away. This is what happened next.

Think Tanks and Labs

• Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children's Hospital nonprofit research center seeking to understand and promote positive and healthy digital media experiences for young people.
• Center For Humane Technology nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that the most consequential technologies actually serve humanity.

Books & Reading

• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• Indistractable by Nir Eyal
• How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell