Calm Tech
Principle that technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention. Technology can communicate, but doesn't need to speak.
by Alara Orhon Ozseker and · updated 3mo ago
Calm Tech
Technology increasingly robs us of the mystical in our lives. Not everything needs to be fast and available and convenient. I love ideas and products that reveal themselves slowly - more whisper than scream.
-Dennis Paphitis
sari added 3mo ago
minimalist phone - reduce your screen time
alex added 5mo ago
Why @obsdmd is 100% user-supported and not backed by VC investors: 1. We want to stay small, we don't need to hire lots of people 2. We follow strict principles that we do not want compromise 3. Our users are happy to support us, we don't need VC money Obsidian will not exist… Show moreandrea and added 8mo ago
- What does it tell us about progress if the most influential technological innovation of the century is clearly destroying lives on a massive scale?
from I Ask Seven Heretical Questions About Progress by Ted Gioia
David Pennington added 8mo ago
The Zeitgeist Is Changing. A Strange, Romantic Backlash to the Tech Era Looms
by Ross Barkan
David Pennington and added 9mo ago
We don't necessarily need to constantly interact with people “around” us on the web. The sensation of being in the quiet companionship of someone else, like reading next to them in a cafe, is what we're missing. The sense of ambiently sharing space – of being co-present – while engaged in other activities is a staple of shared public spaces that we
... See morenote · by aron on Ambient Co-Presence
aron added 9mo ago
aron added 9mo ago
aron and added 10mo ago
Dolly Parton on why she’s only reachable through fax and doesn’t text: “I’m a low-tech girl in a high-tech world. I don’t want to talk to everybody that wants to talk to me. I don’t text because I don’t want to have to answer.”alex added 10mo ago