Without predudice to Rakesh, this is a general point on feedback to
the posse.
You can be honest without being rude. The key is to offer constructive
criticism - suggest things to do that improve your listening
experience instead of pointing out what you think is wrong. The latter
always comes across as negative and/or rude no matter how nicely you
try and phrase it. Much like the phrase "with all due respect" which
usually means somebody is about to say something that is not
respectful... at least in my experience (this might be a British turn
of phrase)
Criticism is so much easier (and instinctive) for most people. It
takes almost no effort to criticise ("I don't like it" is such a
short, easy and unconsidered statement), but rather more effort to
offer a constructive idea to improve something having first considered
what you don't like and what you'd like to see in its place.
For the academically minded I suggest reading Edward de Bono - the
handbook for the positive revolution
On Jun 16, 7:56 pm, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't think I'm being rude just honest.
>
> I am not saying Joe leave the podcast. I am pointing out issues (for
> me) in the podcast. The posse can decide for themselves whether to do
> something or not.
>
> Others have already mentioned compromises maybe they could be looked
> at by the posse.
>
> I do think that the argument that they do it in there spare time puts
> them above constructive, critical feedback is a lot of BS.
>
> Just remember that in the java sphere these people are rock stars.
> They have stages at conferences - heck they even have their own
> conference!
>
> Ultimately I cannot make them do anything they do not want to do. I
> hope that I am giving them honest and positive feedback so the podcast
> can improve ( or stop it from going downhill).
>
> Rakesh
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Greg Reddin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Rakesh <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> I told him these days though it seems to be less focused and I don't
> >> get as much from the podcast as I used to.
>
> >> This is mostly due to Joe. His topics are of little interest to me as
> >> they are barely Java relevant are he demands more of the podcast
> >> length than he used to. And the Apple discussions are far from
> >> objective and so pointless.
>
> > I haven't really been following this thread closely, but since I
> > haven't seen much of this perspective I'll go ahead and say it: I
> > enjoy Joe's input and intend to continue listening as long as the
> > Posse continue recording. I think it's a bit rude to go into
> > somebody's house (in this case the Posse's virtual "room") and
> > complain about the hosts. I guess it's good to give honest feedback
> > and all, but really, the Posse has no obligation to anybody to do
> > anything at all and they can talk about whatever they want. If some of
> > y'all don't like it don't listen. If they lose the audience then maybe
> > they will stop. I hope not.
>
> > Greg
>
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