It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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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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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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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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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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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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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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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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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Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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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 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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