My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don’t want to keep making the same record over and over and over.
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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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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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