There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
ALAN COOPERThere’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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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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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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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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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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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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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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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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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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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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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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