It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
ALAN COOPERYou can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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Computers no longer interface with humans–they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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