If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
ALAN COOPERI’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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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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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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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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