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.
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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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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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