Show notes
In this classic UX Podcast interview, we talk to Amber Case, author, researcher, designer and, at the time we talked to her, cyborg anthropologist. We chat about the ideas expressed in Amber’s popular TED talk “We are all cyborgs now” before turning our attention to the notion of calm technology.
More and more things are demanding more and more of our attention. Everything beeps, flashes, vibrates or notifies. With the onslaught of the internet of things, this is at great risk of getting worse quickly.
As designers, we now need to learn how tackle the challenge of ubiquitous computing and devices competing for human attention
(Listening time: 42 minutes, transcript)
Episode 269: Calm technology with @caseorganic (UXP Classic) – how do we tackle the challenge of ubiquitous computing and devices competing for human attention? https://t.co/pmgkRoVr5f pic.twitter.com/Sv62uZza0Z
— UX Podcast (@uxpodcast) August 13, 2021
References:
- Full transcript for episode 269
- Case Organic – Amber’s website
- We are all cyborgs now – TED Talk (video)
- Calm Tech – Thinking Digital conference (video)
- Cyborg anthropology (Wikipedia)
- Actor-network theory (Wikipedia)
- Mark Weiser – Chief scientist at Xerox (Wikipedia)
- Xerox PARC
- The world is not a desktop by Mark Weiser
- Internet of Things (Wikipedia)
- John Seely Brown (Wikipedia)
- Severe Tire Damage (Wikipedia)
- Applying sound to UI
- Calm Technology – Principles and Patterns for Non-Intrusive Design – Amber’s book on calm tech
- Episode 204: Designing with sound with Aaron Day (on the book co-authored with Amber Case)
- Original show notes for Episode 122
- Episode 249: Digital anthropology with Genevieve Bell
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