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If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.
Alan Cooper
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Alan Cooper
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Businessman
Born:
Jun 3
,
1952
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,
Software
,
Our
,
Like
,
Likeable
,
Person
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Behave
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Want
,
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You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
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Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.
Billy Graham
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Faith
Religion
Selfish
People
Church
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Neighborhoods
Kind
True
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
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A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
Steve Jobs
Experience
People
Problem
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Perspective
Will
Understanding
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Enough
Broad
Our
Broader
Solutions
Diverse
Had
Industry
Without
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Lot
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To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning, to illuminate, to simplify, to clarify, to modify, to dignify, to dramatize, to persuade, and perhaps even to amuse. To design is to transform prose into poetry.
Paul Rand
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Clarify
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Poetry
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Simply
Prose
Perhaps
Edit
Than
Order
Transform
Meaning
Much
Modify
Persuade
Assemble
Even
Illuminate
Amuse
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
Steve Jobs
Design
Feels
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Just
Works
The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.
Friedrich August von Hayek
Finance
Men
Economics
Design
About
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How
Demonstrate
Curious
Task
Little
Really
Imagine
Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.
Steve Jobs
Funny
You
People
Word
Some People
Design
Think
Dig
Some
Looks
Course
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Really
Means
Works
Deeper
Wellness is not a 'medical fix' but a way of living - a lifestyle sensitive and responsive to all the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit, an approach to life we each design to achieve our highest potential for well-being now and forever.
Greg Anderson
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Wellness
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Mind
Living
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Approach
Our
Way
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Responsive
Spirit
Potential
Lifestyle
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Well-Being
Forever
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