No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
ALAN COOPERIn other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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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 has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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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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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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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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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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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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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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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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