Comments on: On Taking Feedback http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/ Blog of P. Clint Rogers, PhD: Culture, Training, and Technology Specialist Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Kyle Mathews http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3775 Kyle Mathews Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:08:15 +0000 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3775 Absolutely. I think that's very much a general rule as you say that many more people can detect something is wrong, a few can pinpoint the problem, but very few people can create something that is better. I'm not a screenwriter but I am a designer of various sorts of things and my experience has been very much the same -- that very people can give me good advice about how to fix something but they generally are correct when something is or isn't wrong. Absolutely.

I think that’s very much a general rule as you say that many more people can detect something is wrong, a few can pinpoint the problem, but very few people can create something that is better.

I’m not a screenwriter but I am a designer of various sorts of things and my experience has been very much the same — that very people can give me good advice about how to fix something but they generally are correct when something is or isn’t wrong.

]]> By: Jason http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3779 Jason Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:04:03 +0000 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3779 Another interesting conclusion I draw from this idea is that I ought to be much more humble as I give others feedback about their designs. I spend much of my day critiquing others' work. After a while it's easy to think I've got it all figured out, and that my design eye is pretty darn sharp. But if I'm a product of this same rule of feedback (and I believe I am), while I may be right that something in a design could be improved, my specific ideas for improvement are just that - ideas - and so being less dogmatic about how I share them is probably a good move. Another interesting conclusion I draw from this idea is that I ought to be much more humble as I give others feedback about their designs. I spend much of my day critiquing others’ work. After a while it’s easy to think I’ve got it all figured out, and that my design eye is pretty darn sharp. But if I’m a product of this same rule of feedback (and I believe I am), while I may be right that something in a design could be improved, my specific ideas for improvement are just that - ideas - and so being less dogmatic about how I share them is probably a good move.

]]> By: roman http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3800 roman Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:55:07 +0000 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3800 We do user and usability research and I agree with the ideas for design and evaluation of UI's. Users know that something is wrong, but they often has no idea what it is, not to mention how to fix it. We do user and usability research and I agree with the ideas for design and evaluation of UI’s. Users know that something is wrong, but they often has no idea what it is, not to mention how to fix it.

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3807 Kathryn Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:45:32 +0000 http://www.clintrogersonline.com/blog/2009/08/20/on-taking-feedback/#comment-3807 I think I do apply the screenwriter's advice in most areas of my life, but as an occasional book editor who really thinks she's giving good advice to authors, it's a little too humbling to know those authors are following the same advice :) I hope you're doing well, my friend. I think I do apply the screenwriter’s advice in most areas of my life, but as an occasional book editor who really thinks she’s giving good advice to authors, it’s a little too humbling to know those authors are following the same advice :)

I hope you’re doing well, my friend.

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