One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
Alan CooperNo matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
Alan CooperIt'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 CooperPast dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again, 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 CooperTo our human minds, computers behave less like rocks and trees than they do like humans, so we unconsciously treat them like people.... In other words, humans have special instincts that tell them how to behave around other sentient beings, 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.
Alan Cooper