Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
ALAN COOPERThe things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
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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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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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It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
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