26 May 2008 0839H

Stop kvetching, start doing

The other night was a local IxDA event which they graciously arranged for it to be broadcast via internet, which was frankly genius in intent, although the execution of it was rather poor — speaker positioned in front of a window, no backup microphone to relay the sound to the online audience. If I am not mistaken I believe Dave Malouf shortly gave up trying to listen in and went back to cooking dinner.

Regrettably the event itself turned quickly into a support group for IAs Anonymous. Given that the topic was about who controls the design process, which itself is a loaded question to begin with — does one design in a vacuum? isn’t that the same as being an artist? does one design with the inputs of others? if so then what is a designer, etc? — I suppose it was to be expected. But not in the lengthy painful drawn out manner that it evinced to be.

I hate that.

For over 10 years I have listened to whiny designers kvetch about their situation. I myself have been part of the whinge. The buck stops here. Whiny designers, start figuring out a way to get to where you need to go, either by leaving and joining somewhere else, or doing like my boss said that Don Norman said back in ‘98: stop whining, start doing something about it. Just do something about what your situation is.

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