Comments on: Who Ya Gonna Trust? http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/ sharing insights into the people side of ASIC design Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Avidan Efody http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1216 Avidan Efody Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:48:49 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1216 I guess some form or another of the phenomena you referred to as "OVM and VMM fans vandalism", might also account for the fact that you did not win the "EDA's next top blogger" competition, although you surely deserved it ;-) I guess some form or another of the phenomena you referred to as “OVM and VMM fans vandalism”, might also account for the fact that you did not win the “EDA’s next top blogger” competition, although you surely deserved it ;-)

]]> By: Karen Bartleson http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1205 Karen Bartleson Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:56:00 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1205 I'm so glad you told this story, Harry. I was part of the "Hairy" situation, too. The person who doubted that I had indeed written my own blog post and definitely work for Synopsys was obviously mistaken. I'm not even sure that person was real since there was evidence that he was not. It was not a fun experience. Anyway, the values of transparency and credibility in the land of Web 2.0 go far in establishing us as trustworthy. And yes, I trust you. I’m so glad you told this story, Harry. I was part of the “Hairy” situation, too. The person who doubted that I had indeed written my own blog post and definitely work for Synopsys was obviously mistaken. I’m not even sure that person was real since there was evidence that he was not. It was not a fun experience.

Anyway, the values of transparency and credibility in the land of Web 2.0 go far in establishing us as trustworthy.

And yes, I trust you.

]]> By: Ry Schwark http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1195 Ry Schwark Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:11:20 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1195 ...rolled BACK registration for blog comments on mentor.com... …rolled BACK registration for blog comments on mentor.com…

]]> By: Ry Schwark http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1194 Ry Schwark Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:06:20 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1194 Harry, Nothing new here. check out: http://www.cracked.com/article/100_the-5-ballsiest-lies-ever-passed-off-as-journalism/ Skepticism is a necessary part of critical thinking. Don't believe everything you read. One of the annoying things about being in PR is it is like being a lawyer. There are a ton of great lawyers, but there's always some sleezeball who makes the rest look bad. False reviews violates the public relations society's code of ethics, but there's no disbarment in our world. Oh well. Just don't think the rest of us are cool with this. We're not. Our job is to tell the truth the best way we know how. But it has to be the truth. PS. We've rolled registration for blog comments on mentor.com too. But it wasn't about controlling legitimate comments, it was about controlling spam. Because really, do you need to read the comment from Mrs. Thomas Lucerne who needs help taking out her $23 million dollars from the federal bank of Nigeria? To the extent we don't get spam, we'll drop registration requirements. Harry,

Nothing new here.

check out: http://www.cracked.com/article/100_the-5-ballsiest-lies-ever-passed-off-as-journalism/

Skepticism is a necessary part of critical thinking. Don’t believe everything you read.

One of the annoying things about being in PR is it is like being a lawyer. There are a ton of great lawyers, but there’s always some sleezeball who makes the rest look bad. False reviews violates the public relations society’s code of ethics, but there’s no disbarment in our world. Oh well. Just don’t think the rest of us are cool with this. We’re not. Our job is to tell the truth the best way we know how. But it has to be the truth.

PS. We’ve rolled registration for blog comments on mentor.com too. But it wasn’t about controlling legitimate comments, it was about controlling spam. Because really, do you need to read the comment from Mrs. Thomas Lucerne who needs help taking out her $23 million dollars from the federal bank of Nigeria? To the extent we don’t get spam, we’ll drop registration requirements.

]]> By: Steve Meier http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1193 Steve Meier Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:06:39 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1193 Hi Harry: You clearly articulate a major whole in the internet rating systems, which we hope to solve on our site. There are some good reputation systems at Stack Overflow, Yelp, Ebay, but clearly TripAdvisor is behind the curve. One conundrum is registration and identity as these are both required, but going towards centralizing with a single global id. Another problem is that reputation is also by topic. I may be an expert on P&R, but not on analog sim, yet if I have a single reputation developed for P&R and I post something analog then it would falsely attribute weight to my viewpoint. Lot's of fun challenges to solve to get to a cleaner net. Hi Harry: You clearly articulate a major whole in the internet rating systems, which we hope to solve on our site. There are some good reputation systems at Stack Overflow, Yelp, Ebay, but clearly TripAdvisor is behind the curve. One conundrum is registration and identity as these are both required, but going towards centralizing with a single global id. Another problem is that reputation is also by topic. I may be an expert on P&R, but not on analog sim, yet if I have a single reputation developed for P&R and I post something analog then it would falsely attribute weight to my viewpoint. Lot’s of fun challenges to solve to get to a cleaner net.

]]> By: Bob Dwyer http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1192 Bob Dwyer Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:35:21 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1192 Hi Harry, First off, it was nice to meet you at DAC. Second, I thought this was a really well written piece that that touches on points that come into play on so many different subject areas online. It's really hard to find someone truly unbiased to write authentically on any topic, let alone filter out those trying to game the system for their gain. One minor point related to EDA communities and registration requirements... I realize it's not the main focus of this entry, but I wanted to mention that Cadence.com doesn't require registration to read/comment on our blogs and we don't require registration to read the forums. Registration is only required to add new forum entries and create a community profile. When we first launched, we did require registration to comment on blogs, but that was changed shortly thereafter. Best regards, Bob Dwyer Cadence Design Systems Hi Harry,

First off, it was nice to meet you at DAC. Second, I thought this was a really well written piece that that touches on points that come into play on so many different subject areas online. It’s really hard to find someone truly unbiased to write authentically on any topic, let alone filter out those trying to game the system for their gain.

One minor point related to EDA communities and registration requirements… I realize it’s not the main focus of this entry, but I wanted to mention that Cadence.com doesn’t require registration to read/comment on our blogs and we don’t require registration to read the forums. Registration is only required to add new forum entries and create a community profile. When we first launched, we did require registration to comment on blogs, but that was changed shortly thereafter.

Best regards,
Bob Dwyer
Cadence Design Systems

]]> By: Jeff Jorvig http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1191 Jeff Jorvig Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:47:59 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1191 Harry, Great post! I think in many cases we let our guard down when dealing with contacts on the internet. The anonymous ability let's people portray themselves in any way they wish, to leverage or sway another. I liken in somewhat to the CB radio days of old when people would become a fictitious character to gain some type of leverage over another, again enabled by the anonymous aspect of contact. We just need to maintain vigilance and make no assumptions about the motivations of our casual contacts via the internet. Jeff Harry,
Great post! I think in many cases we let our guard down when dealing with contacts on the internet. The anonymous ability let’s people portray themselves in any way they wish, to leverage or sway another. I liken in somewhat to the CB radio days of old when people would become a fictitious character to gain some type of leverage over another, again enabled by the anonymous aspect of contact. We just need to maintain vigilance and make no assumptions about the motivations of our casual contacts via the internet.

Jeff

]]> By: jeff sobieraj http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1190 jeff sobieraj Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:55:20 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1190 good post. I use Trip Advisor frequently for reviews on potential vacation hotels. What i typically do is send an email or reply to a specific reviewer for more details. Its the only way i can ferret out the author's credibility. other than that, i look at the volume of reviews, and figure if there is an adequate number of posts, and if most are favorable, it must be ok. I have checked places i like a lot, and read the negative reviews some write, and therefore conclude there are certain people you can never please! jeff good post. I use Trip Advisor frequently for reviews on potential vacation hotels. What i typically do is send an email or reply to a specific reviewer for more details. Its the only way i can ferret out the author’s credibility.

other than that, i look at the volume of reviews, and figure if there is an adequate number of posts, and if most are favorable, it must be ok. I have checked places i like a lot, and read the negative reviews some write, and therefore conclude there are certain people you can never please!

jeff

]]> By: tim schneider http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1188 tim schneider Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:05:45 +0000 http://theasicguy.com/2009/08/27/who-ya-gonna-trust/#comment-1188 Great post Harry! Definitely have seen this sort of stuff on iTunes, Amazon and many other 'forums'. It's pretty rampant on Twitter and starting to creep into Facebook and other social networking sites. I've not seen as much of it on LinkedIn. While not funny, (re: comp.lang.verilog post) I did get a chuckle at 'Hairy' the ASIC guy :-) obviously that person has a 'metastability' problem! Great post Harry! Definitely have seen this sort of stuff on iTunes, Amazon and many other ‘forums’. It’s pretty rampant on Twitter and starting to creep into Facebook and other social networking sites. I’ve not seen as much of it on LinkedIn.

While not funny, (re: comp.lang.verilog post) I did get a chuckle at ‘Hairy’ the ASIC guy :-) obviously that person has a ‘metastability’ problem!

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