There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
ALAN COOPERThere is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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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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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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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