Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2nAt4lR.
Amber Case discusses using the principles of Calm Technology to design the next generation of connected devices, covering notification styles, compressing information into other senses, and designing for the least amount of cognitive overhead. Filmed at qconsf.com.
Amber Case is currently a fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. She is a cyborg anthropologist and user experience designer. She studies the interaction between humans and computers and how our relationship with information is changing the way cultures think, act, and understand their worlds.
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Designing Calm Technology
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Calm Technology
Amber Case | @caseorganic
Research Fellow, Harvard Berkman Klein Center, @medialab
QCon SF | 9 Nov 2016
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Design for the Next Generation of Devices
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“A good tool is an invisible tool.
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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.