I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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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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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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