July 9, 2008
The Work, Not The Person
OK, so John Gruber posts this hilarious screenshot to Flickr of someone's new iPhone app, which provoked a storm of snarky comments, which provoked this lengthy response from the company's CEO, which prompted this thoughtful essay from Ryan Singer at 37signals, which finally prompted these closing remarks from Mr. Gruber:
And a postscript regarding the tone of some of the comments in the Flickr thread: Constructive criticism of the design itself is, of course, OK. Gentle ribbing is OK. Personal insults are just wrong, though. Criticize the design, not the designer; the work, not the person.
Well put, sir.
Posted by dham at July 9, 2008 11:16 PM | TrackBack