In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
ALAN COOPERThere’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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