As CU Boulder’s senior associate athletic director and assistant vice chancellor for Advancement, works with donors to raise funds that support the university’s more than 350 student athletes across 17 sports. 

How soon after waking up do you look at your phone?

My iPhone alarm wakes me up at 6:30 a.m. daily. So, I guess I look at it first thing in the morning... likely looking for the “snooze” button. Those five extra minutes are some of the best five minutes of sleep I get.

App you wish you had the inner strength to delete?

Facebook. I love keeping up with my family around the country. But the video algorithms on developing your golf swing send me down rabbit holes. 

Last person you called?

Mom.

Duration of longest call last week?

52 minutes.

Where was your last selfie taken?

In Fraser, Colorado, during our family vacation. My youngest son thought he should be “cool” and show the peace sign.

Does anyone else have your passcode? 

My wife. 

Oldest photo on your phone?

Our Jackson family Christmas photo in 2015. 

What is your lock screen or background image?

A picture of a wooden cross with a hammer and a nail in the middle.

What do you use your phone for most?

Work. I am emailing, texting or calling someone quite often. 

Type and model of phone

Apple iPhone13

Three of your most-used apps 

Outlook, Maps and Twitter

Most-used emoji

Thumbs up

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Ben Capeloto (AeroEngr’22) is president of internal affairs and one of the CU Boulder Student Government (CUSG) tri-executives. Last semester, he and his co-presidents helped organize the BuffStreet on The Hill events, a series of public student concerts. In his career, Capeloto hopes to work on rockets or satellites.

How soon after waking up do you look at your phone? If I have a lot to do that day, I will leave it for 20 to 30 minutes, but oftentimes I will look right away.

Last person you called? My roommate. We live on University Street a block away from CU.

Duration of longest call last week? 12 minutes. 

Location/situation of last selfie? The Denver Museum of Nature and Science for a conference about Colorado aerospace.  

The main thing you use your phone for? Communication with friends and work colleagues, always via text and phone call.

Lock screen or background image? My dog, Lily! A 6-year-old Black Mouth Cur.

How many hours were you on your phone last week? Probably more than 30, unfortunately.  

Oldest photo on your phone? The same roommate I called last. It’s a photo of him from his birthday at a restaurant in 2010.

Model

iPhone 12 with a Casetify case that has an astronaut on it.

Most-used Apps

Spotify, Instagram, Reddit

Most-used Emoji

The crying face

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English professor Adam Bradley is the author of The Poetry of Pop and co-author of The New York Times bestseller One Day It’ll All Make Sense, the 2012 memoir of rapper and actor Common.

How soon after waking up do you look at your phone? Under three seconds. I’m checking whether my six-year-old’s waking me up at 5 or 5:30 a.m.

App you can’t live without: It’s a tie between Audible and the podcast apps. My brain eats words.

App you wish you had the inner strength to delete: Any social media app, starting with Facebook and working my way up.

Last person you called: Probably my wife, the law professor Anna Spain Bradley.

Duration of longest call last week: Just under three minutes, to my wife.

Location of last selfie: Took one with my two girls next to the six-foot inflatable rainbow unicorn lawn-sprinkler I bought them. Father of the Year.

Does anyone else have your passcode? I wouldn’t put it past my eight-year-old.

Most-used emoji: The thumbs-up emoji (brown-skinned version) is my new version of “K,” which was my new version of “OK,” which was my new version of “Okay,” which was my new version of actually writing people messages with substance.

First thing you’d do if you lost your phone for a day: Enjoy the silence. …Then call AT&T and get myself back up and running.

Apps 

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