Episode 190 - Develop without an Ego
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 14:36 PM
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In this Episode David and Marc advise designers and developers to put their ego aside when presenting work to their clients and/or colleagues.
While being confident in your ability is a good thing, thinking that your solution is the only option is most likely to lead to disappointment. They also return to the "Community Journalism" topic, something they're still quite sceptical about.
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John Loudon 17 Feb, 2010 01:55:52 AM
Loving the new site guys, no idea when it changed but its far more streamlined now.
I go on opinion all the time try to speak with the clients sales people to gage what works and doesn't work for thier clients. The only issue is I have noticed this has doubled the amount of work for other mockups and design ideas.
Its a bit of a flawed system I think you should research first and take there opinions on board then do say 2 - 3 mock ups with one being yours and the other two being yours leaning heavily on the feedback and then refine the one they pick.
Always a leaning process though. :) The web the ever moving machine :)
nextdayflyers.com 23 Feb, 2010 00:46:26 AM
I know I like working with people that are humble, so I try to leave the ego at the door when I meet with clients too.
Benjamin Rama 25 Feb, 2010 13:20:05 PM
Interesting I was just talking about this with some colleagues - just see criticism as real feedback - its way more useful than hearing "way thats great" from people who dont design . Its not just good to be humble its the only way to survive - i think some of us have a natural tendency to never be happy with our work which is good and bad . btw I added we are not freelancers to my blog roll cos its v good
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Alex Mcvitie 24 Jan, 2010 06:40:21 AM
Epic its hard to develop without an ego tho :P