<story><title>Airplane Mode</title><url>http://minimalmac.com/post/3165411533/airplane-mode</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>corin_</author><text>I&apos;ve read this three times now on the assumption that its point was going over my head - I&apos;m now fairly sure it&apos;s not.&lt;p&gt;The lesson I&apos;ve learned is not to turn my phone off, in case I want to show someone pictures stored on it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kenjackson</author><text>Read it again.  The real message is when meeting with a friend you haven&apos;t seen in a while, make sure you set it up so you get a lot of calls, emails, and texts.  Then when you go to airplane mode you seem super important, yet considerate.&lt;p&gt;And then when you go home, make sure to thank your mom  for the messages.</text></comment>
<story><title>Airplane Mode</title><url>http://minimalmac.com/post/3165411533/airplane-mode</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>corin_</author><text>I&apos;ve read this three times now on the assumption that its point was going over my head - I&apos;m now fairly sure it&apos;s not.&lt;p&gt;The lesson I&apos;ve learned is not to turn my phone off, in case I want to show someone pictures stored on it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>roc</author><text>...or take notes, or reference my calendar, or use app X (that remains useful without a live internet stream), etc.&lt;p&gt;What Airplane Mode says (in this context) is: I don&apos;t want to be &lt;i&gt;interrupted&lt;/i&gt; but I still want this increasingly important pocket computer to be available.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve been doing this myself quite a bit; though more-so with my iPad. What I&apos;d really like to see for this, is some sort of device-wide &quot;Do Not Disturb&quot;. Something that doesn&apos;t turn &lt;i&gt;off&lt;/i&gt; the radios, but does suppress the various &apos;interruptions&apos;: rings, buzzes, reminders, push notifications, etc.  Because sometimes you want to focus &lt;i&gt;on&lt;/i&gt; an app that requires a data connection.</text></comment>