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.
ALAN COOPERIf 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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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