The document summarizes the book "Calm Technology" by Amber Case. The book discusses how technology can overwhelm people with its lack of respect for their time and attention. It describes principles of "calm technology" that focuses on how humans interact with technology directly and peripherally. The book provides examples of technologies that fail to account for the human element and discusses how to design technologies that interact more effectively with people.
3. Omnipresent technology
can overwhelm the people
who use it. Author insist
that technology must
become more respectful of
people's time and
attention.
She describes the
“principles and patterns” of
so-called calm
technology, provides tools
and real-world examples of
technology that fails to
account for the human
element, and discusses how
to design this technology to
interact more effectively
with people.
5. 1. “Calm technology” is made up of a
series of design “principles and
patterns” that focus on how humans
interact with the sensory world
directly and peripherally.
2. Tech designers often fail to
account for the human element,
resulting in products that are
distracting and difficult to use.
6.
3. Calm technology should be an
essential design philosophy as society
enters the fourth stage of computing:
distributed computing.
4. Distributed computing will
involve a world of 50 billion devices,
the Internet of Things. It requires
simplicity; otherwise technology can
become overwhelming.
7. 5. Ideally, technology should
disappear into the background; when
it works well, people should
remain unaware of it.
6. Firms that incorporate these
principles – such as Apple – create
popular, lucrative products.
8. 7. Communication is an essential part
of calm technology; it affects context
visually, through sounds, and through
“haptic” touch and feel.
8. The way a particular technology
uses these indicators depends on the
kind of information involved and its
intent.
9. 9.Implementing calm technology in
product design requires the right
evaluation.
10. Incorporating calm technology as
an organizational principle can help
you ensure consistency and achieve
management buy-in.
