Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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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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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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