English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
ALAN COOPERTouring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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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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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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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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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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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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