If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
ALAN COOPERThere is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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