Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
ALAN COOPER
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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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