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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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