It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
ALAN COOPERKeep 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.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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We don’t fight about music. We don’t fight about artistic direction.
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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What’s yours?
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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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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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My 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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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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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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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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