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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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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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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
I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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