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.
ALAN COOPERThere is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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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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My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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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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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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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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