On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:05, Peter Simons <sim...@cryp.to> wrote: > Hi Magnus, > > > To be very blunt, I said your EXPERIENCE is invaluable. In your > > initial email you didn't recount that experience in a way that > > clearly pointed out what wasn't working. That means your initial > > email wasn't invaluable, because there was nothing in it that I could > > act on. > > yes, you are right. In an ideal world, I would have written my original > message differently. I was frustrated, because I had spent quite a lot > of time working on this project, and it felt like the quality of the > results that I was able to achieve didn't compare favorably to the > amount of effort that was necessary to achieve them. So I was > disappointed, and that emotion clearly showed in my message. Obviously, > my message would have been more helpful if it had been written from a > purely objective point of view. However, since I *am* emotionally > involved in this project, it is hard for me to be 100% objective. Still, > the fact that I'm not 100% objective does not imply that my perception > would be entirely wrong or inaccurate. > > In your response, you ignored the contents of my message, because you > felt that it didn't contain any specific information that you could act > on. You didn't say that, though. Instead, you said the opposite: you > said that my feedback would be invaluable (even though you clearly > didn't believe that it was, or you would have responded to it). To me, > that looked as if you would dismiss my point of view. > > Personally, I believe that everyone on this list has nothing but the > best intentions, but we are imperfect human beings who are prone to > miscommunications. Apparently, we've had a miscommunication. Now that we > have cleared that up, I think the way to go is to forget about it, and > to move forward. Is that all right with you?
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