Many of the Huichols and North American peyotists claim that when one eats peyote, one is "tasting oneself: if the user is pure, this cactus is "sweet. " Barbara Myerhoff, accompanying the Huichols during their 1965 and 1966 hunts, recorded that they urge new participants to "Chew it well. It is sweet, like tortillas.
An important reason Google is usually listed among the world's most trusted brands is that it conveys a sense that the user comes first.
If I were a snarky Reddit user though, I would say, hypothetically, that that would just be like reading Reddit's Front Page a day later. But I'm not going to go there.
I was always the type of drug user that I had no moderation. When I was smoking and drinking, I was full on smoking and drinking. And I am also the type of drug user where I do smoke and drink, there's no creativity in terms of my writing process. I would just stare at the paper for hours and nothing would get done.
Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.
A user interface is well-designed when the program behaves exactly how the user thought it would.
Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.
For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or avoiding pain.
Who would you talk to? That is the first question for almost any startup that you need to answer. Who is my user and where am I going to find them?
The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.
[I'm]a freak user of words, not a poet.
Rent is the portion of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the user of the original and indestructible powers of the soil
The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.
Intuitive design is how we give the user new superpowers.
Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore. ". . . He turned from me with a sigh. "I need a drink. ". . . "Oh, good. That'll fix everything. I'm glad in a world gone mad, you've still got your old standbys. ". . . "What do you expect me to do?" he asked. "You could. . . You could. . . Well, now that you're here, you could help us. Plus, this guy we're meeting. He's another spirit user. ". . . "Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back. " He turned away again, and I heard him mutter, "I need two drinks. "
Our mission is to revive the gaming industry by increasing our user base.
In a user lead model, users are bringing in their own technology. . . and you can build software then, around the user.
For the user, it doesn't matter whether he is getting access on Wi-Fi, 3G or 2G networks. What matters is good connectivity, and as a technology provider, our job is to hide the complexity of the technology.
In Tetrad form, the artifact is seen to be not neutral or passive, bur an active logos or utterance of the human mind or body that transforms the user and his ground.
Your customer is not your user
