Comments on: Random observations – Part 5

By: Mishtu Banerjee

Mishtu Banerjee — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:55:01 +0000

43"Always ask if a choice is driven by emotion or whatâ€™s in your real best interest"

Corrollary: If a 'logical' choice creates a deep emotional response -- step back, your gut's telling you something you are wise not to ignore. When driving, keep both logic and emotion firmly on the steering wheel.

By: Random observations - Part 5 | The Design Blog Database

Random observations - Part 5 | The Design Blog Database — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:14:12 +0000

[...] Things remain interesting around smashLAB. (Interesting is code for “really great and also really fucking hard”.) Lots of new lessons for us, including some that have taught us a little humility, which I’ll talk about in a future post. That being said, here are a few more random observations. (more…) [...]

By: Design

Design — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:47:04 +0000

I hear some wisdom in these words.

By: Clayton Misura

Clayton Misura — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:13:39 +0000

William' s post was a sucker punch. His comment was inflammatory, arrogant and, like I mentioned before, worthless. I wouldn't have had a problem with Mr Reid's own choice of words, if he would have actually addressed the composition, and provided, just a little helpful feedback: even an etymology lesson. But he didn't. Instead, he attacked the person, and ignored anything good about the actual article.
I'm sure the author has taken into consideration the use of profanity in his articles, and chosen not to sanitize them for a reason.

And please, we're not talking about honesty.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:41:19 +0000

William's honesty gets a "go piss off". Your honesty is supposed to be noble. Lovely.

By: Clayton Misura

Clayton Misura — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:39:05 +0000

Pamela, please dismount your moral high horse. I guess my honesty wasn't appreciated, but I stand by what I posted - with my real name ( gasp!). William's comment hardly registers as 'constructive criticism'... I mean, come on.

By: Eric Karjaluoto

Eric Karjaluoto — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:14:21 +0000

Come now Pamela. I've never been wrong. Ever.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:06:31 +0000

I actually agree with William. Profanity has its place, but here it just seems out of place, and kind of immature. It doesn't make the writing better.

There seems to be a contradition between the advice you give -"be honest", "surround yourself with nice people" and a kind of snotty, screw-you attitude where any constructive criticism is met with "thanks for the comment; that being said, I'm right". The 9-5 post was a a classic example of being misguided and then stubbornly defending your stance rather than contemplating the possibility (bizarre as it might seem) that you might be wrong.

And to Clayton.......grow up.

By: Clayton Misura

Clayton Misura — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:18:12 +0000

@William Reid

What's really getting tiresome: people like you leaving worthless comments. 'ideasonideas' is a great read for two reasons: the articles, and the discussion. Both of which I return for. So piss off.

By: Eric Karjaluoto

Eric Karjaluoto — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:16:51 +0000

Easy solution: stop reading.