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.
ALAN COOPERUsability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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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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