2021
DW TV interview on work-life balance in the gig economy for The Day. February 2021.
Contribution to submitted evidence (NPS0045) to the House of Lord’s National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee. January 2021.
2020
Written evidence (LOL0066) submitted to UK Parliament Lords’ Select Committee Covid-19 Committee Inquiry, “Living Online: The Long-Term Impact On Wellbeing”.
Written evidence (COVO188) “Addressing problems resulting from transition to remote work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic” submitted to UK Parliamentary Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in response to the evidence call, “The impact of coronavirus on businesses and workers”.
2017
What happens when you turn off your notifications. Refinery29. Our New Scientist feature was picked up by Refiniery29’s News section. August 2017.
One day without notifications changes behaviour for two years – New Scientist. Our work on microboundaries is discussed as a way of helping people break bad habits around notifications and distractions. August 2017.
Changing Academic Life podcast – Interview with my supervisor Anna Cox on family, work & strategies for making the changes we want, presenting among other things, some of the work I’ve carried out on microboundaries in my PhD.
2016
Finding Email in a Multi-Account, Multi-Device World, Library Journal, Infodocket, Gary Price. Link to the homonymous paper. 2nd May 2016.
Why we should design smart cities for getting lost – The Conversation. Marcus Foth talks about how smart cities should adopt design frictions to encourage diversity, fuel innovation, and promote sustainability. April 2016.
From the ZX Spectrum to smartwatches, The Psychologist. My supervisor Anna Cox discusses some of our work presented at CHI 2015 on email and work-life balance, among other things. April 2016.
Microsoft Research advances at CHI2016, Microsoft Research blog, George Thomas Jr. Summary of research by MSR presented at CHI, including our paper on Finding Email in a Multi-Account, Multi-Device World. 28th April 2016.
Microsoft to showcase advances in virtual reality and more at CHI 2016, WinBeta, Kit McDonald. Summary of research by MSR presented at CHI, including our paper on Finding Email in a Multi-Account, Multi-Device World. 28th April 2016.
How are we coping with technology in the digital workplace? CMSwire, David Lavenda. Highlights of different research on mobile devices, email and productivity presented at CHI 2016, including our paper Finding Email in a Multi-Account, Multi-Device World. 20th April 2016
2015
Managing Interruptions = Better Digital Product Design, talk given at Product Tank by my supervisor Anna Cox, presenting some our work from CHI 2015 on email and work-life balance as well as other research. July 2015.