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.
ALAN COOPERIt has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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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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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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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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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.
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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 has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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