Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
ALAN COOPERIn other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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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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Computers no longer interface with humans–they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.
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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
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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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