Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
ALAN COOPERThe things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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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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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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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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When I was a teenager, that was when I fell in love with music. It affected me in a deep way. That’s why I love having teenagers at our shows.
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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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Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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