It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
ALAN COOPEROne 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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 a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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