Jason Santa Maria: Critiqued

Imagine discovering that a college design class had critiqued your personal website as an assignment—designer Jason Santa Maria found that students at Michigan State had done exactly that. Instead of taking it personally or lashing back at the unsuspecting fledglings, Santa Maria acknowledges their comments with perspective and a sense of humor, turning the entire experience into a post about the maturation of designers, critique vs. criticism, and different design perspectives and realities. This should resonate with art school survivors (many of us), anyone who has ever compromised artistic vision for a client (all of us), and anyone who has ever procrastinated a bit with their personal website (I know I have). Also, what an interesting cautionary tale—you may have more viewers than you realize. Think about it... how would you respond to an unsolicited and, in some cases, relatively harsh critique of your work?