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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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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