It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
ALAN COOPER
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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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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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Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
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Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don’t want to keep making the same record over and over and over.
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If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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