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.
ALAN COOPERIronically, 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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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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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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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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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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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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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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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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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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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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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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