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Going back a bit further, Mark Weiser came up some principals around 'calm computing' [0]. As we transitioned into the ubiquitous computing age, computers were

Going back a bit further, Mark Weiser came up some principals around 'calm computing' [0]. As we transitioned into the ubiquitous computing age, computers were supposed to disappear. I wish that were the case but we seemed to have designed them to need more attention than ever. 0: http://quicksilver.be.washington.edu/courses/arch498cre/2.Readings/2.Theory/CalmTech(Weiser%20&%20Brown,%201996).pdf http://quicksilver.be.washington.edu/courses/arch498cre/2.Re...

jd3 5y ago
"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it." Calm Technology is "that which informs but doesn't demand our focus or attention." for those unfamiliar with Weiser/"Calm Technology": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology http://web.archive.org/web/20180604010109/http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/calmtech/calmtech.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20180604010109/http://www.ubiq.co... https://people.csail.mit.edu/rudolph/Teaching/weiser.pdf https://people.csail.mit.edu/rudolph/Teaching/weiser.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20141022035044/http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141022035044/http://www.ubiq.c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Weiser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jwLWosmmjE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jwLWosmmjE https://web.archive.org/web/20080905233018/http://www-sul.stanford.edu/weiser https://web.archive.org/web/20080905233018/http://www-sul.st... https://www.microsoft.com/buxtoncollection/detail.aspx?id=51 https://www.microsoft.com/buxtoncollection/detail.aspx?id=51