Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.
Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey.
I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.
History repeats itself again, I guess. The rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don't innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about, is now five years old.
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.
From a programmer's point of view, the user is a peripheral that types when you issue a read request.
I'm actually not a cannabis user frequently.
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.
Every cannabis user is a medical patient whether they know it or not
Your customer is not your user
Intuitive design is how we give the user new superpowers.
The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about is now five years old.
But what Web services suggest is that the connection is always there between an application that is resident somewhere in the cloud, and a user who is somewhere on the other end of a connection.
I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.
Upgrade your user, not your product. Value is less about the stuff and more about the stuff the stuff enables. Don't build better cameras - build better photographers.
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.
Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.
The IT model of the enterprise has become a lot more user lead.
The thinking needs to shift from being less about the actual things, to being about the individual user.
You don't have to please everyone-you have to please the user.