http://scottgould.me/are-you-a-builder-or-a-bulldozer/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://scottgould.me/are-you-a-builder-or-a-bulldozer/#comment-1412 Scott Gould Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:06:58 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1281#comment-1412 True. Everyone will do and there's no way to stop it.I'm just calling for us to stop giving voice to those who bulldoze what we're building together True. Everyone will do and there's no way to stop it.I'm just calling for us to stop giving voice to those who bulldoze what we're building together

]]> http://scottgould.me/are-you-a-builder-or-a-bulldozer/#comment-1411 Phil Rees Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:44:33 +0000 http://scottgould.me/?p=1281#comment-1411 Everyone is a critic these days, whether you've become an arm chair expert watching dumbed down TV shows such as 'Strictly Come Dancing', 'Popstar to Operastar' or shows like the BBC's 'Maestro' or the 'Design For Life' series with Philippe Starck etc etc. The point is everyone has an opinion and is entitled to make one. The difference is when people voice these opinions away from their living rooms, groups of friends at the pub or lunch meetings with peers, broadcasting them openly to the world via social networks.It's all well and good to be objective about how you personally critique / 'bulldoze' what others have built. Having a direct dialogue with a creator you disagree with and helping them iron out and improve what they're doing is fantastic. But sadly not so workable for the vast majority of active social media critics in the world. For instance, who can directly speak to Steve Jobs or his design team because they're unhappy with the latest whatever and would like to work through their better solution?The worlds newfound ability to criticise everything to everyone, in my opinion is just the same as virtually every school kid illegally downloading what ever media they crave, regardless of any consequences. The reason is because it's free and it's easy. The music industry has been going through really rough times. The smart record companies are the ones learning to adapt to whats changed, not fight the turning tide as things simply become free. Isn't it just the same for all businesses or 'builders' that they too much adapt their strategies and models, to embrace and use all this newfound criticism (whether its extremely useful or extremely damaging) and not the other way around. Everyone is a critic these days, whether you've become an arm chair expert watching dumbed down TV shows such as 'Strictly Come Dancing', 'Popstar to Operastar' or shows like the BBC's 'Maestro' or the 'Design For Life' series with Philippe Starck etc etc. The point is everyone has an opinion and is entitled to make one. The difference is when people voice these opinions away from their living rooms, groups of friends at the pub or lunch meetings with peers, broadcasting them openly to the world via social networks.It's all well and good to be objective about how you personally critique / 'bulldoze' what others have built. Having a direct dialogue with a creator you disagree with and helping them iron out and improve what they're doing is fantastic. But sadly not so workable for the vast majority of active social media critics in the world. For instance, who can directly speak to Steve Jobs or his design team because they're unhappy with the latest whatever and would like to work through their better solution?The worlds newfound ability to criticise everything to everyone, in my opinion is just the same as virtually every school kid illegally downloading what ever media they crave, regardless of any consequences. The reason is because it's free and it's easy. The music industry has been going through really rough times. The smart record companies are the ones learning to adapt to whats changed, not fight the turning tide as things simply become free. Isn't it just the same for all businesses or 'builders' that they too much adapt their strategies and models, to embrace and use all this newfound criticism (whether its extremely useful or extremely damaging) and not the other way around.

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