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.
ALAN COOPEROne of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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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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