If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
ALAN COOPERIn other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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