Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again,
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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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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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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Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is ‘on paper.’
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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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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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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Form follows function straight to hell.
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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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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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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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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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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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Typography should not vary widely in an interface.
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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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