There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
ALAN COOPERComputer 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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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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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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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If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
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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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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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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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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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My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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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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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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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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