If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
ALAN COOPERI 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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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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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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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 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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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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