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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The terms "calm computing" and "calm technology" were coined by PARC Researcher [[Mark Weiser]] in reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies were creating. He felt that the promise of computing systems was that they might "simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The terms "calm computing" and "calm technology" were coined by PARC Researcher [[Mark Weiser]] in reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies were creating. He felt that the promise of computing systems was that they might "simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> He coined the term in 1988 to describe a future in which PCs would be replaced with invisible computers embedded in everyday objects. He believed that this would lead to an era of "[[calm technology]]," in which technology, rather than panicking us, would help us focus on what is really important to us.<ref>Want, Roy. Biography of Mark Weiser. Xerox PARC. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/weiser/Bio.html</ref>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Calm computing is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">term coined by [[Mark Weiser]] in </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies we</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">re creating. The promise of computing systems was that they would simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> Calm computing is the idea that computers should appear when needed and recede into the background when no longer needed. Calm computing is where the </del>primary task is not computing, but where computing augments and brings relevant information to the experience. Rather than focusing on computing and data, calm computing places emphasis on people and tasks.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Calm computing is a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">state of technological maturity where </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">user</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </ins>primary task is not computing, but where computing augments and brings relevant information to the experience. Rather than focusing on computing and data, calm computing places emphasis on people and tasks. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Weiser believed that [[Ubiquitous Computing|ubiquitous computing]] would lead to an era of "calm technology," in which technology, rather than panicking us, will help us focus on what is really important to us" <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bio by Roy Want, Xerox PARC</del>.<ref>A Ubiquitous Life. Bio of Mark Weiser. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/weiser/Bio.html</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The terms "calm computing" and "calm technology" were coined by PARC Researcher [[Mark Weiser]] in reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies were creating. He felt that the promise of computing systems was that they might "simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Weiser believed that [[Ubiquitous Computing|ubiquitous computing]] would lead to an era of "calm technology," in which technology, rather than panicking us, will help us focus on what is really important to us". <ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Want, Roy. </ins>A Ubiquitous Life. Bio of Mark Weiser. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/weiser/Bio.html <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Accessed Jul 2011.</ins></ref> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Weiser felt that calm technology would appear when needed and recede into the background when finished with. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Calm computing is a term <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">developed </del>by Mark Weiser in a "reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies we're creating. The promise of computing systems <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">what </del>that they would simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> Calm computing is the idea that computers appear when needed and recede into the background when no longer needed. Calm computing where the primary task is not computing, but where computing augments and brings relevant information to the experience. Rather than focusing on computing and data, calm computing places emphasis on people and tasks.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Calm computing is a term <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coined </ins>by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Mark Weiser<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>in a "reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies we're creating. The promise of computing systems <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>that they would simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> Calm computing is the idea that computers <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">should </ins>appear when needed and recede into the background when no longer needed. Calm computing <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </ins>where the primary task is not computing, but where computing augments and brings relevant information to the experience. Rather than focusing on computing and data, calm computing places emphasis on people and tasks.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Weiser believed that ubiquitous computing would lead to an era of "calm technology," in which technology, rather than panicking us, will help us focus on what is really important to us" Bio by Roy Want, Xerox PARC.<ref>A Ubiquitous Life. Bio of Mark Weiser. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/weiser/Bio.html</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Weiser believed that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Ubiquitous Computing|</ins>ubiquitous computing<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>would lead to an era of "calm technology," in which technology, rather than panicking us, will help us focus on what is really important to us" Bio by Roy Want, Xerox PARC.<ref>A Ubiquitous Life. Bio of Mark Weiser. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/weiser/Bio.html</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Calm computing is a term developed by Mark Weiser in a "reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were </del>creating. The promise of computing systems what that they would simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> Calm computing is the idea that computers appear when needed and recede into the background when no longer needed. Calm computing where the primary task is not computing, but where computing augments and brings relevant information to the experience. Rather than focusing on computing and data, calm computing places emphasis on people and tasks.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Calm computing is a term developed by Mark Weiser in a "reaction to the increasing complexities that information technologies <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we're </ins>creating. The promise of computing systems what that they would simplify complexities, not introduce new ones".<ref> Begole, Bo. Ubiquitous Computing for Business. FT Press, 2011. Pg. 12.</ref> Calm computing is the idea that computers appear when needed and recede into the background when no longer needed. Calm computing where the primary task is not computing, but where computing augments and brings relevant information to the experience. Rather than focusing on computing and data, calm computing places emphasis on people and tasks.</div></td></tr>
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