Our world is made of information that competes for our attention. What is necessary? What is not?
When we design products, we aim to choose the best position for user interface components, placing the most important ones in the most accessible places on the screen.
Equally important is the design of communication. How many are notifications are necessary? How and when should they be displayed? To answer this, we can be inspired by the principles of calm technology.
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“A good tool is an invisible tool.
By invisible, we mean that the
tool does not intrude on your
consciousness; you focus on the
task, not the tool.”
Mark Weiser --
1993
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1. Machines shouldn't act like humans
2. Humans shouldn't act like machines
IV. Technology should amplify the
best of technology and the best of
humanity.
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I. Technology should require the smallest amount of our attention.
II. Technology should inform and encalm
III. Technology should empower the periphery
IV. Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of
humanity
V. Technology should respect social norms
VI. Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak
VII.The right amount of technology is the minimum amount to solve
the problem
VIII.Technology should make use of the near and the far
Eight Principles of Calm Technology
You shouldn’t have to go through the Internet in order to turn on and off your lights.
We are carrying around supercomputers in our pockets. We shoduldn’t be doing all of our processing in the cloud. Touching the network will become expensive.
How few times can you go to the network?
Includes other tech such as insilun pumps, crutches, etc.
Like being disconnected from the network
You shouldn’t have to go through the Internet in order to turn on and off your lights.
We are carrying around supercomputers in our pockets. We shoduldn’t be doing all of our processing in the cloud. Touching the network will become expensive.
How few times can you go to the network?