Do You Know What You Are Talking About?
Yesterday, I was trying to boost my productivity by surfing the Internet1, I found:
So! A couple of weeks ago I got Lightroom2. While I’ve not had that much time to play around with it as I would like.
And then he keeps on writing a review of Lightroom. His review of Lightroom is a glowing review of Lightroom. Which version? 2.0, 2.1, or the current 2.3? He doesn't say, I can guess from the date but how credible is he?. According to him, Lightroom is the best thing since slice bread and he has just reached nirvana.
People give opinions on cameras that they have never touched, used or even seen themselves. What do they know? No much. How accurate is the focus? How quick is the focus? What is the bias on the exposure? What's the smell of the sensor2? What's the tactile feel of the camera? How does the camera feel with my lenses?
- Which Camera should I get for...?
- The new camera from ...on is great/terrible/expensive/the best thing since slice bread...
- This camera is best because it was positively reviewed by ...com
There hasn't been one bad camera produced in the last 10 years. There are a couple of cameras that I "hate", I have tried them and they don't feel right for me. It's me, it's not the camera, it's me.
People writing articles like3:
- What I learned from my first wedding
- What I learned from my first paid assignment
And then they claim to be an expert. Before I buy hardware, I usually check it on Amazon, and there these people that write reviews of the item the day after they receive it. How do you know how it will work in the slighter longer run than a 24 hours period.
Malcolm Gladwell wrote that most of the successful people spent 10,000 hours4 to become good at what they do. How true is it? It sounds good, plausible and not too far from my own experience. Talented people will take less time, while the significantly less talented will have to work harder and longer.
You have two kind of people with 10 years experience:
- 10 years of experience
- 10 times 1 year of experience
— Dan Sanderson
Credibility takes times and consistency.
1 Melbourne University's Dr Brent Coker says workers who surf the internet for leisure, known as "Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing" (WILB), are more productive than those who don't. ↑
2 Yes some sensors are sweet like the Fuji S2, some are more spicy... ↑
3 Those are actual articles ↑
4 5 years of work 8 hours a day everyday ↑
Yesterday, I was trying to boost my productivity by surfing the Internet1, I found:
So! A couple of weeks ago I got Lightroom2. While I’ve not had that much time to play around with it as I would like.
And then he keeps on writing a review of Lightroom. His review of Lightroom is a glowing review of Lightroom. Which version? 2.0, 2.1, or the current 2.3? He doesn't say, I can guess from the date but how credible is he?. According to him, Lightroom is the best thing since slice bread and he has just reached nirvana.
People give opinions on cameras that they have never touched, used or even seen themselves. What do they know? No much. How accurate is the focus? How quick is the focus? What is the bias on the exposure? What's the smell of the sensor2? What's the tactile feel of the camera? How does the camera feel with my lenses?
- Which Camera should I get for...?
- The new camera from ...on is great/terrible/expensive/the best thing since slice bread...
- This camera is best because it was positively reviewed by ...com
There hasn't been one bad camera produced in the last 10 years. There are a couple of cameras that I "hate", I have tried them and they don't feel right for me. It's me, it's not the camera, it's me.
People writing articles like3:
- What I learned from my first wedding
- What I learned from my first paid assignment
And then they claim to be an expert. Before I buy hardware, I usually check it on Amazon, and there these people that write reviews of the item the day after they receive it. How do you know how it will work in the slighter longer run than a 24 hours period.
Malcolm Gladwell wrote that most of the successful people spent 10,000 hours4 to become good at what they do. How true is it? It sounds good, plausible and not too far from my own experience. Talented people will take less time, while the significantly less talented will have to work harder and longer.
You have two kind of people with 10 years experience:
- 10 years of experience
- 10 times 1 year of experience
— Dan Sanderson
Credibility takes times and consistency.
1 Melbourne University's Dr Brent Coker says workers who surf the internet for leisure, known as "Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing" (WILB), are more productive than those who don't. ↑
2 Yes some sensors are sweet like the Fuji S2, some are more spicy... ↑
3 Those are actual articles ↑
4 5 years of work 8 hours a day everyday ↑
