"Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely……" — Alan Cooper
"Run for your lives-the computers are invading. Awesomely powerful computers tackling ever more important tasks with awkward, old-fashioned interfaces. As these machines leak into every corner of our lives, they will annoy us, infuriate us, and even kill a few of us. 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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13 Quotes by Alan Cooper
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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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Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's…
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If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous…
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not…
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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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No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
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Ironically, the thing that will likely make the least improvement in the ease of use of software-based products is new…
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Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.
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Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily…
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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To our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat…
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a…
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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
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People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.
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It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make…
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
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The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly…
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The concerts you enjoy together/ Neighbors you annoy together/ Children you destroy together,/ That keep marriage in tact.
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I want war. To me all means will be right. My motto is not "Don't, whatever you do, annoy the…
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Get out into the sunlight-out where everything is-with a vibration that is so dominant that those who annoy you, those…
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I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they…
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If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.
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What, more petitions! Won't you be, and stay, intimidated? You must really annoy Sen. Dodd. Here it is [my signature],…
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Things that annoy me end up fuelling my ideas.
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