Robert may or may not be right about the sound of Windows Vista, but boy he sure nails the point of death by committee. There is a point of balance that needs to be struck between making sure that ideas are subjected to scrutiny that improves them and a process that squashes creativity and voice. Herewith, the Frank Shaw Creativity Review Law: After ten reviews, you might as well start over. Put another way, if 10 people review a document, piece of music, film, anything that requires creativity, the end product will have lost 90 percent of its impact. Time to start over!
Now I just need Chris Anderson to write an article on this point. ;)