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Posted By: Forrest of B.org | Date: 2/28/12 11:56 p.m. | |
In Response To: Re: Draft 1 Wireframe (RyokoTK) : Far be it from me to criticize someone for being defensive of their own work,
I wasn't taking any criticism personally until it became personal criticism. Apparently I misunderstood Joho's intentions, but Treellama seemed pretty clear with his "out of touch" comment and "people who are experienced and/or educated" implying that I'm not. I'm used to working in situations where everybody wants different things and I have to listen and weigh them all, and I'm used to having someone higher up the chain be able to say that it absolutely must or cannot be this or that way, and dealing with that. But nobody ever insinuates in that normal process that I'm not fit for the job or that I need tutelage from superiors just because I don't immediately comply with them. I am not the greatest designer in the world. There is much that I can learn. But I do have both education and experience and am not simply defying the obvious wisdom of those who know better than me out of ignorance. If I want to build "the nexus for all of the other Marathon sites and sub-communities" (well put), I do need to listen to feedback and input and adjust my design accordingly. But it is logically impossible to do everything which is being asked simultaneously, and even if it weren't, part of a designer's job is to be as critical as he is open-minded, neither shut out all outside opinions, not just do as he is told. My job is to weigh all the different ideas thrown around and decide on which ones to go with. To make that decision, I need to know the reasons people are putting forth those ideas, and if they are good reasons; so if they do not strike me as obviously good (in which case they probably would have been in my initial draft), I need to say why not, and wait for arguments as to why, and evaluate the strengths of those argument, and reply again, etc. I need to listen to the reasons why people want what they want, not just the things that they want, in order to find a balance between all those reasons. And my initial draft is made not just on a whim, but after consideration of possible critiques from different directions, so holding my ground isn't just me being stubborn, it's defending the opposite point of view, trying to strike a balance between different interests. And the fact that there are people arguing opposite points of view with me caught in the middle, some saying it should be more this and other saying it should be less this, vindicates that initial balance, I think. Not that that means there isn't room for improvement, possibly in both directions, as good arguments are made for seemingly opposite cases. So yes, please, everyone, do keep giving your input; that's why I'm having this discussion in public and not just building this in private for Hamish. But do also expect me to counter-criticise your ideas; and please offer supporting arguments in response to that. And above all please do so without imply my incompetence, and understanding that just because I will not obey you doesn't mean I won't listen to you. Convince me of your point, and remember that other people are trying to convince me otherwise, and that even if they weren't I would be trying to think of why someone else might object anyway, and that I do that even to my own ideas, because that's my job, to balance all those kinds of concerns.
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marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 2/18/12 3:29 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Bob-B-Q | 2/18/12 7:20 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | MrM12LRV | 2/18/12 7:30 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 2/18/12 8:54 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Tycho | 2/18/12 10:12 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 2/18/12 10:17 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org *LINK* | Tycho | 2/18/12 10:32 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Johannes Gunnar | 2/20/12 12:00 a.m. | |
Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 2/22/12 8:18 p.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 2/23/12 12:02 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | Johannes Gunnar | 2/23/12 4:04 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 6:29 p.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 2/23/12 4:21 a.m. | |
Big ideas for mar.b.org breakdown | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 6:37 p.m. | |
Idea 1: Organization | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 6:50 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 1: Organization | Johannes Gunnar | 2/23/12 11:00 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 1: Organization | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 11:22 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 1: Organization | treellama | 2/24/12 3:53 a.m. | |
Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/25/12 10:52 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/26/12 5:46 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/26/12 11:58 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/26/12 5:46 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Diogenes | 2/26/12 6:39 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/26/12 8:04 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Godot | 2/26/12 11:26 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/27/12 11:05 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/27/12 12:02 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | treellama | 2/27/12 4:39 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | RyokoTK | 2/27/12 5:58 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe *LINK* | W'rkncacnter | 2/27/12 7:45 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 8:41 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/28/12 2:27 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 11:55 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/29/12 3:35 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/29/12 8:01 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 8:39 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | treellama | 2/27/12 4:24 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 9:42 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/27/12 11:16 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | brilliant | 2/29/12 11:38 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | RyokoTK | 2/27/12 2:29 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 8:48 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | treellama | 2/28/12 4:31 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/28/12 6:44 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 9:22 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | treellama | 2/28/12 9:40 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 10:54 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | W'rkncacnter | 2/28/12 11:20 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Diogenes | 2/28/12 12:06 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/28/12 12:19 p.m. | |
Balance of issues | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 11:56 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | RyokoTK | 2/28/12 2:13 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/28/12 6:38 p.m. | |
On Process | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 11:56 p.m. | |
Re: On Process | treellama | 2/29/12 4:22 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | RyokoTK | 2/28/12 4:50 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe *LINK* | Diogenes | 2/28/12 5:31 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/28/12 6:57 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 9:40 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 9:41 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Godot | 2/28/12 1:25 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/28/12 2:33 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/28/12 7:03 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Godot | 2/28/12 9:03 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Tycho | 2/28/12 3:53 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/28/12 10:44 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Godot | 2/28/12 11:28 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 9:57 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Johannes Gunnar | 2/28/12 1:27 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/28/12 11:55 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | W'rkncacnter | 2/28/12 9:46 a.m. | |
Draft 4 - better variable columns | Forrest of B.org | 2/29/12 12:40 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | RyokoTK | 2/29/12 4:41 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | RyokoTK | 2/29/12 7:28 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | W'rkncacnter | 2/29/12 8:02 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | Forrest of B.org | 2/29/12 8:57 p.m. | |
check out mediaqueries if you haven't yet. | Johannes Gunnar | 2/29/12 10:14 p.m. | |
Re: check out mediaqueries if you haven't yet. | Forrest of B.org | 2/29/12 11:45 p.m. | |
Re: check out mediaqueries if you haven't yet. | Johannes Gunnar | 3/1/12 2:08 a.m. | |
...also | Johannes Gunnar | 3/1/12 2:15 a.m. | |
Re: ...also | Forrest of B.org | 3/1/12 10:25 p.m. | |
Re: ...also | poena.dare | 3/2/12 3:39 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | RyokoTK | 3/1/12 6:03 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns *NM* *LINK* | Johannes Gunnar | 3/1/12 9:30 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | RyokoTK | 3/1/12 10:44 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | Forrest of B.org | 3/1/12 10:02 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | RyokoTK | 3/2/12 5:27 a.m. | |
Draft 5 | Forrest of B.org | 3/3/12 11:53 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 5 | ukimalefu | 3/4/12 3:01 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | Diogenes | 2/29/12 5:08 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | Forrest of B.org | 2/29/12 11:29 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 4 - better variable columns | Diogenes | 2/29/12 11:38 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Bob-B-Q | 2/28/12 10:18 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | poena.dare | 2/28/12 11:12 a.m. | |
And they never paid me for it, either! *NM* | Bob-B-Q | 2/28/12 12:10 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | treellama | 2/26/12 4:04 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/26/12 5:49 p.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | treellama | 2/27/12 5:30 a.m. | |
Re: Draft 1 Wireframe | Forrest of B.org | 2/27/12 9:13 a.m. | |
Idea 2: Integration | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 7:12 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 2: Integration | treellama | 2/24/12 4:03 a.m. | |
Re: Idea 2: Integration | W'rkncacnter | 3/31/12 4:15 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 2: Integration | Godot | 3/31/12 10:35 p.m. | |
Idea 3: Unification | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 7:27 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | W'rkncacnter | 2/23/12 8:37 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 11:37 p.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | treellama | 2/24/12 4:13 a.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | Tycho | 2/25/12 6:10 a.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | Forrest of B.org | 2/25/12 11:01 a.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | treellama | 2/24/12 4:07 a.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | Forrest of B.org | 2/24/12 10:29 a.m. | |
Re: Idea 3: Unification | treellama | 2/24/12 10:43 a.m. | |
traxus overhaul | ChristTrekker | 2/23/12 6:28 a.m. | |
Re: traxus overhaul | Forrest of B.org | 2/23/12 6:31 p.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | Bob-B-Q | 2/23/12 6:37 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | mchief111 | 2/23/12 7:01 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | ukimalefu | 2/23/12 8:36 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | poena.dare | 2/23/12 8:57 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | poena.dare | 2/23/12 6:41 a.m. | |
Re: Big ideas for marathon.bungie.org | ChristTrekker | 2/23/12 7:50 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/3/12 6:56 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | RyokoTK | 3/3/12 7:23 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 3/3/12 8:47 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org *LINK* | W'rkncacnter | 3/3/12 9:44 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | ukimalefu | 3/4/12 3:05 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/3/12 11:19 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Johannes Gunnar | 3/3/12 11:47 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/3/12 11:18 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | W'rkncacnter | 3/3/12 11:25 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/3/12 11:58 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/4/12 7:54 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/4/12 8:25 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/4/12 8:45 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/4/12 8:46 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/4/12 9:17 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/4/12 9:27 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | RyokoTK | 3/4/12 10:16 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | W'rkncacnter | 3/4/12 10:48 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/4/12 6:20 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/4/12 4:33 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 3/4/12 12:26 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | RyokoTK | 3/4/12 4:30 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Johannes Gunnar | 3/4/12 4:51 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/4/12 8:31 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | treellama | 3/5/12 5:47 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | W'rkncacnter | 3/5/12 5:58 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 3/5/12 8:28 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 3/5/12 10:20 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Godot | 3/5/12 11:20 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | ukimalefu | 3/6/12 12:55 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 3/4/12 11:57 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | ukimalefu | 3/5/12 2:12 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | RyokoTK | 3/5/12 6:09 p.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | ukimalefu | 3/4/12 2:56 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Bob-B-Q | 3/4/12 6:38 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Tycho | 3/4/12 7:06 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | RyokoTK | 3/4/12 7:35 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Hopper | 3/4/12 10:09 a.m. | |
Re: marathon.bungie.org | Forrest of B.org | 3/4/12 11:34 a.m. | |
This might be a little redundant... | Diogenes | 3/5/12 12:04 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | poena.dare | 3/5/12 2:35 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | Diogenes | 3/5/12 2:40 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | poena.dare | 3/5/12 5:31 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | Forrest of B.org | 3/5/12 8:14 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | Forrest of B.org | 3/5/12 8:30 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | RyokoTK | 3/5/12 9:21 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | RyokoTK | 3/5/12 9:17 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | Forrest of B.org | 3/5/12 9:45 p.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | Diogenes | 3/6/12 5:04 a.m. | |
Re: This might be a little redundant... | Diogenes | 3/6/12 5:17 a.m. |
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