Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
ALAN COOPERIt has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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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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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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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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