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Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 10:27:34 JST Tim Chambers

FYI: looking fo the best recent writings or social postings on #Calmtech. If you have seen any good things on this lately LMK.
Bonus points if you find it relating to #Fediverse UX evolution.
For those new to this idea see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm_technology
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  Calm technology
  
  Calm technology or calm design is a type of information technology where the interaction between the technology and its user is designed to occur in the user's periphery rather than constantly at the center of attention. Information from the technology smoothly shifts to the user's attention when needed but otherwise stays calmly in the user's periphery. Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown describe calm technology as "that which informs but doesn't demand our focus or attention." The use of calm technology is paired with ubiquitous computing as a way to minimize the perceptible invasiveness of computers in everyday life. Principles For a technology to be considered calm technology, there are three core principles it should adhere to: The user's attention to the technology must reside mainly in the periphery. This means that either the technology can easily shift between the center of attention and the periphery or that much of the information conveyed by the technology is present in the periphery rather than the center. The technology increases a user's use of his or her periphery. This creates...
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  Jared White (jaredwhite@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 11:43:26 JST Jared White
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  @tchambers I didn't get very far building this out, but this is along the lines of what you're describing I think:
  https://codeberg.org/jaredwhite/slow-software
  
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  Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 12:07:31 JST Tim Chambers
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  #Calmtech #Fediverse One article I am rereading…https://caseorganic.medium.com/sit-siri-designing-our-tech-to-have-good-etiquette-c64bc7c6a94a
  
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  Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 12:08:37 JST Tim Chambers
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  @jaredwhite Great!
  
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