In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
ALAN COOPERThere is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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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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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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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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