We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
ALAN COOPERNo matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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The things like that we could fight about, we really don’t. We are pretty lucky for that.
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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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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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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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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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