I talked to the CEO of Yondr (the magnetic phone pouches used in schools). What surprised me was how much he really eats his own dogfood -- he uses a flip phone himself and bans AI tools for his employees. He HATES social media! www.businessinsider.com/yondr-ceo-gr...
Yondr makes pouches for phone-free zones, like schools and concerts. Its CEO uses a flip phone.
Yondr makes the zippered pouches for phone-free zones, like schools and concerts. We asked the CEO about social media — and why he uses a flip phone.
www.businessinsider.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I talked to the CEO of Yondr (the magnetic phone pouches used in schools). What surprised me was how much he really eats his own dogfood -- he uses a flip phone himself and bans AI tools for his employees. He HATES social media! www.businessinsider.com/yondr-ceo-gr...
is he in an unending comedy show where everyone's phones are in yondr bags? is he in hell? is he in a top secret bunker? is he in OUR IMAGINATIONS?
May 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM
is he in an unending comedy show where everyone's phones are in yondr bags? is he in hell? is he in a top secret bunker? is he in OUR IMAGINATIONS?
Phoebe Bridgers concert: awesome
Phoebe Bridgers concert with everyone’s phone in a Yondr bag: a complete game-changer, 10/10, would wholeheartedly recommend.
Phoebe Bridgers concert with everyone’s phone in a Yondr bag: a complete game-changer, 10/10, would wholeheartedly recommend.
September 30, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Phoebe Bridgers concert: awesome
Phoebe Bridgers concert with everyone’s phone in a Yondr bag: a complete game-changer, 10/10, would wholeheartedly recommend.
Phoebe Bridgers concert with everyone’s phone in a Yondr bag: a complete game-changer, 10/10, would wholeheartedly recommend.
Hear the full convo about how Yondr works and the controversy around phone bans here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5UOB...
open.spotify.com/episode/5UOB...
Put Your Phone Away: Yondr CEO on the Philosophy Behind Phone-Free Spaces
On with Kara Swisher · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hear the full convo about how Yondr works and the controversy around phone bans here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5UOB...
open.spotify.com/episode/5UOB...
attention dylan fans/tapers, pick up some yondr-hacking pro tips from nyc teens.
Do Yondr pouches really work? School districts love the ‘phone prisons.’ Students have already figured out how to hack them.
Do Yondr Pouches Really Work?
Do Yondr pouches really work? School districts love the ‘phone prisons.’ Students have already figured out how to hack them.
nymag.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
attention dylan fans/tapers, pick up some yondr-hacking pro tips from nyc teens.
Would you go to a phone-free show?
Graham Dugoni invented Yondr pouches—which magnetically lock up phones during events like concerts and at schools—to encourage people to live more in the moment and wrestle our attention back from tech companies.
@karaswisher.bsky.social
Graham Dugoni invented Yondr pouches—which magnetically lock up phones during events like concerts and at schools—to encourage people to live more in the moment and wrestle our attention back from tech companies.
@karaswisher.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Would you go to a phone-free show?
Graham Dugoni invented Yondr pouches—which magnetically lock up phones during events like concerts and at schools—to encourage people to live more in the moment and wrestle our attention back from tech companies.
@karaswisher.bsky.social
Graham Dugoni invented Yondr pouches—which magnetically lock up phones during events like concerts and at schools—to encourage people to live more in the moment and wrestle our attention back from tech companies.
@karaswisher.bsky.social
Yondr pouches are just chastity cages for phones
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yondr pouches are just chastity cages for phones
teacher buddy says his public school is going to transition to a phones-in-yondr-pouches policy in the new year and we're talking about all the stuff that will make a comeback. passing around paper notes and fortune tellers. drawing "the cool S" on your desk. being so bored you hallucinate. glorious
September 24, 2024 at 10:50 PM
teacher buddy says his public school is going to transition to a phones-in-yondr-pouches policy in the new year and we're talking about all the stuff that will make a comeback. passing around paper notes and fortune tellers. drawing "the cool S" on your desk. being so bored you hallucinate. glorious
america (determined after abu ghraib to never again have their troops seen participating in such horrible atrocities): hello i would like to purchase one hundred thousand yondr pouches
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
america (determined after abu ghraib to never again have their troops seen participating in such horrible atrocities): hello i would like to purchase one hundred thousand yondr pouches
Youth-sized Yondr bags.
June 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Youth-sized Yondr bags.
Idea: Yondr pouches for congressional hearings
February 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Idea: Yondr pouches for congressional hearings
Today I saw an incredibly large horse sculpture and also Bob Dylan (who I don’t have a picture of bc yondr.)
April 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Today I saw an incredibly large horse sculpture and also Bob Dylan (who I don’t have a picture of bc yondr.)
It’s on Yondr. You can find it on Yondr.
July 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
It’s on Yondr. You can find it on Yondr.
joycon would be about rights, restoration, and relatives.
the smaller attendance, higher trust, phones in yondr bags salon the night before would be about other stuff.
the smaller attendance, higher trust, phones in yondr bags salon the night before would be about other stuff.
what could your bluesky-con be about that could draw 200 people
“darthcon” would have dogs to pet and fried potato dishes to sample
“darthcon” would have dogs to pet and fried potato dishes to sample
i think that if i organized a “Bouiecon” where people got together and, i don’t know, talked breakfast cereals and the constitution, i could get more than 200 people to show up
April 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
joycon would be about rights, restoration, and relatives.
the smaller attendance, higher trust, phones in yondr bags salon the night before would be about other stuff.
the smaller attendance, higher trust, phones in yondr bags salon the night before would be about other stuff.
Principals re phone bans: We know what we need to do to keep them safe. Having kids text & do those things I’m not sure what that would add to that terrible event anyway
Parents: WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF OUR CHILD IS ABOUT TO DIE THAT THEY CAN SAY GOODBYE
www.21alivenews.com/2024/09/05/f...
Parents: WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF OUR CHILD IS ABOUT TO DIE THAT THEY CAN SAY GOODBYE
www.21alivenews.com/2024/09/05/f...
FWCS shares update on Yondr Pouches
Fort Wayne Community School shares how their Yondr pouch program is going.
www.21alivenews.com
September 6, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Principals re phone bans: We know what we need to do to keep them safe. Having kids text & do those things I’m not sure what that would add to that terrible event anyway
Parents: WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF OUR CHILD IS ABOUT TO DIE THAT THEY CAN SAY GOODBYE
www.21alivenews.com/2024/09/05/f...
Parents: WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF OUR CHILD IS ABOUT TO DIE THAT THEY CAN SAY GOODBYE
www.21alivenews.com/2024/09/05/f...
June 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
so they locked our phones in yondr pouches but can confirm gillian anderson mommy? sorry. mommy? sorry. mommy??????
Just as a FYI everyone: I am seeing the live read of Secretary with Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder tonight so please understand the amount of sapphicism that will be occurring on the skyline
July 29, 2026 at 6:55 AM
so they locked our phones in yondr pouches but can confirm gillian anderson mommy? sorry. mommy? sorry. mommy??????
2 week update on the puzzle pieces 🧩 it’s getting scarier by the day
May 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
2 week update on the puzzle pieces 🧩 it’s getting scarier by the day
Oh wow, so they say we’re getting Yondr pouches next year
May 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Oh wow, so they say we’re getting Yondr pouches next year
taking bets: which company do you think is gonna be the first to roll out those yondr phone pouches for their employees?
April 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
taking bets: which company do you think is gonna be the first to roll out those yondr phone pouches for their employees?
Idk, maybe dry January, or buying a boox palma, or reading 10,000 books in a year from the library, or putting your phone in a yondr bag after sundown will fix you
Or you could just get an xbox. They got like a zillion games on gamepass so you can play a different one every single day
Or you could just get an xbox. They got like a zillion games on gamepass so you can play a different one every single day
January 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Idk, maybe dry January, or buying a boox palma, or reading 10,000 books in a year from the library, or putting your phone in a yondr bag after sundown will fix you
Or you could just get an xbox. They got like a zillion games on gamepass so you can play a different one every single day
Or you could just get an xbox. They got like a zillion games on gamepass so you can play a different one every single day
We do Yondr pouches here. And it does work, to the extent of reducing the phone-first culture. But it’s only part of the solution
April 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
We do Yondr pouches here. And it does work, to the extent of reducing the phone-first culture. But it’s only part of the solution
thinking about doing an improv show where I make all 6 people in the audience put their phones in yondr pouches
September 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
thinking about doing an improv show where I make all 6 people in the audience put their phones in yondr pouches
Schools are banning phones and buying Yondr pouches BEFORE we've addressed school shootings and guns?
Why am I not surprised with this country.
Why am I not surprised with this country.
August 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Schools are banning phones and buying Yondr pouches BEFORE we've addressed school shootings and guns?
Why am I not surprised with this country.
Why am I not surprised with this country.
Yes — there are designated phone use spaces where they'll unlock your phone if you need it, and Yondr bags are not total RFID blockers — your phone will buzz or vibrate if you get an alert.
September 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Yes — there are designated phone use spaces where they'll unlock your phone if you need it, and Yondr bags are not total RFID blockers — your phone will buzz or vibrate if you get an alert.