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 COOPERWell madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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