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.
ALAN COOPERI’m an ‘evolve or die’ kind of a musician. I think it’s cool to try new things.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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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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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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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
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English bohemians sit in cold orderly rows, like carrots.
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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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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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Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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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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