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“Where the heck were you when the page was blank?” - Paul Butterworth Always such a bogus argument. This is what people say when they don't like your opinion b
by jakeg 16y ago
“Where the heck were you when the page was blank?” - Paul Butterworth
Always such a bogus argument. This is what people say when they don't like your opinion but have no argument to counter, so they resort to a rhetorical that implies you have no authority on the issue. But the fact is you do not need to be a creator to criticize a creation legitimately. Sometimes specializing in just observation/criticism and not creation allows you more time to think things over from the standpoint of analysis, whereas creation demands that a large portion of your mental energy goes to the creation process.
I can't speak to the blog in question but there's nothing fundamentally wrong with the idea of a blog just for the sake of criticism. How it goes about that criticism and any unnecessary hostility is another issue.
- jasonlotito 16y ago> . How it goes about that criticism and any unnecessary hostility is another issue. No, that's the issue. Dismissing that invalidates your entire comment.
- jakeg 16y agoI was responding to the bottom half of the article which makes the argument I referenced separately.
- jasonlotito 16y agoThen if you were, your second paragraph doesn't make any sense at all, and frankly, is pointless.
- msbarnett 16y ago> Sometimes specializing in just observation/criticism and not creation allows you more time to think things over from the standpoint of analysis, whereas creation demands that a large portion of your mental energy goes to the creation process. This sounds suspiciously like saying that you're an "ideas man". The reality is that the barrier to creation is so low in the digital world that if you are criticizing without bothering to learn how to create, I have a hard time telling you apart from the guys who would generously let me do all the work on their idea for 5% of the profit. If you have opinions on good design, put them into practice; don't just stand on the sidelines cursing at everyone who is trying.
- quickpost 16y agoI like that quote a lot. It demonstrates the creative challenge behind making anything from scratch.