Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
ALAN COOPERComputer 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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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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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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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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.
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