My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
ALAN COOPEREnglish bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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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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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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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