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.
ALAN COOPERIf you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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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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Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair.
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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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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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While making art you should just do what is in your heart.
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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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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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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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We seem to be keeping old fans and are bringing on new fans that are teenagers. I think that is amazing.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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Computer memories work in a manner alien to human memories. My memory lets me recognize the faces of my friends, whereas my own computer never even recognizes me.
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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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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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