It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
ALAN COOPERJust how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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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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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’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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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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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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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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