As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us.
ALAN COOPERUsability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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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.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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