Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
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Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
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Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#2Metalab should have solved this through private channels instead of in front of everyone.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#3Rule of thumb: If you don't have big enough balls to call a business contact and personally ask them to explain themselves when they do something you don't like or make a mistake, then you are not ready to run your own business.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#4I would like to know what they have learnt from all this and how they are going to deal with cases like this in the future. 'Cos it seems to happen a lot and their way to respond is by "making a big stink".
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#5Rule of thumb: If you don't have big enough balls to call a business contact and personally ask them to explain themselves when they do something you don't like or make a mistake, then you are not ready to run your own business.
With all due respect, what makes you qualified to say who is and isn't ready to run a business? Do you own your own business? Is it doing as well as MetaLab?
The best part of owning a business is getting to handle situations like this however you want, and living with the consequences on your own terms.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#6I would like to know what they have learnt from all this and how they are going to deal with cases like this in the future. 'Cos it seems to happen a lot and their way to respond is by "making a big stink".
I was hoping they would mention that in their blog post.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#7Rule of thumb: If you don't have big enough balls to call a business contact and personally ask them to explain themselves when they do something you don't like or make a mistake, then you are not ready to run your own business.
With all due respect, what makes you qualified to say who is and isn't ready to run a business? Do you own your own business? Is it doing as well as MetaLab? The best part of owning a business is getting to handle situations like this however you want, and living with the consequences on your own terms.
It's just my opinion. I made no claims about being "qualified" to dictate who else is qualified.
My opinion is that running a business more often than not requires, for lack of a better term, "having balls". You need to make difficult and tough decisions on a day to day basis. You need to be able to follow through and stand behind what you're doing.
As far as MetaLab's success, I have no idea whether or not my business is doing better or worse than MetaLab. MetaLab appears to have a steady stream of projects. And, don't get me wrong, I think Andrew is a great designer (as are his colleagues). I just think that his handling of these situations, especially the Mozilla situation, has been poor. I also think he needs to grow a pair and learn to defend his designs directly instead of engaging in theatrics via his blog and Twitter.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#8I'd never work with Metalab or use their products based on their handling of this. Not even a "next time we'll try private channels first" or any admission of error. Lame.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#9Rule of thumb: If you don't have big enough balls to call a business contact and personally ask them to explain themselves when they do something you don't like or make a mistake, then you are not ready to run your own business.
Big enough balls? Should they meet on the playground at 3 o'clock after Biology class too?
Let's be clear: Andrew is successfully running his own business. You're a silly person on the internet. You might want to take that into account when deriving your rules.
Re: Metalab's Andrew Wilkinson responds again: (The Great Mozilla Debacle)
#10Rule of thumb: If you don't have big enough balls to call a business contact and personally ask them to explain themselves when they do something you don't like or make a mistake, then you are not ready to run your own business.
Big enough balls? Should they meet on the playground at 3 o'clock after Biology class too? Let's be clear: Andrew is successfully running his own business. You're a silly person on the internet. You might want to take that into account when deriving your rules.
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