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.
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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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