There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
ALAN COOPERMy computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
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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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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings.
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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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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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I just like so many different kinds of music that I like experimenting. I don’t want to keep making the same record over and over and over.
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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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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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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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