"A calm technology will move easily from the periphery of our attention, to the center, and back." It seems a big assumption that a technology occupying "the p

"A calm technology will move easily from the periphery of our attention, to the center, and back." It seems a big assumption that a technology occupying "the periphery of our attention" is calm. A lot of apps/sites are starting to do this 'dot where you have something you need to process', and although they are less obnoxious than notifications and popups, they are still a third party deciding that I need to do something, and worse, they hang around with their 'you have left something undone' vibe until you click on them. This is not calming. Frankly I think 'use as little of my attention as possible' should be the major principle, not 'be polite in how you dispose of my attention'