How a Veteran Turned Tech Exec Organizes Her Home Screen
‘There’s definitely a sense of organization and efficiency’
This is “What’s on Your Home Screen?” a Q&A column from OneZero. We want to understand more about how people use their smartphones — those life-consuming devices we dump hours into every day — to pave a way toward a better future. Or at least a more reflective one. We’ll add new entries regularly, and each will feature a new interview with a notable person about the apps they use, how they’re organized, and whether those red bubbles drive them nuts.
Niki Marin’s job is to keep you safe. She’s the head of operations and strategy at Jigsaw, an Alphabet company that develops security technology like Intra, which guards against some common attacks your phone may be vulnerable to.
It’s not the first time she’s had security on the mind. Marin is a West Point grad with experience in the U.S. Army, earning the rank of Captain during her deployment in Afghanistan.
So it may not shock you that she runs a tight ship on the home screen front. All folders, no junk, no excess badge notifications, barely any social media — save for a rarely updated but incredibly charming Instagram account dedicated to her bulldog.
