My computer’s memory stores a million phone numbers with perfect accuracy, but I have to stop and think to recall my own.
ALAN COOPERWe don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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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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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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A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic.
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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’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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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 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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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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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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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
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