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.
ALAN COOPERNo matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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