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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.

Alan Cooper

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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Industry Midget Software Stand Toe
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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Balance Color Contour Contrast Form General Geometric High Interface Keep Minimal Palette Restrict Should Simple
To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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Around Branch Foster Memory Scene Silver Sprung Tendril Until Vine Young
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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Break Need Next One Out Put Record Tour Work
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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Alien Computer Facemfriend Human Manner Memory Own Recognize Work
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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Affect Dep Fell Love Music Show Teenager Way
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
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Behave Design Generous Helpful Likeable Person Respect Software User
You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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Book Nothing Out Religion Spiritual Story Thing
The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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Could Fight Lucky Pretty Really Thing
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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Development Dollar Flaw Harder Job might Million Process Software Squander Suit Think Tool
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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Ease Improvement Ironically Least Likely New Product Software Technology Thing Use
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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Box Designer Goal Help Magical Person Power Simply Think Useful
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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Computer Critical Deeper Human Interact Interface Longer More Sturdily Subtle Survival
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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Different Experiment Just Keep Kind Like Make Music Over Record Same Want
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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Annoy Corner Even Every Few Infuriate Kill Live Machine
My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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Accuracy Stop Computer Memory Million Number Own Perfect Phone Recall Store

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