Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
ALAN COOPERComputers 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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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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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.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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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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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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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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