Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new technology.
ALAN COOPERIf you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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I’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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In turn, we will be tempted to kill our computers, but we won’t dare because we are already utterly, irreversibly dependent on these hopeful monsters that make modern life possible.
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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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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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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’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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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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