Comments on: How to Write a Top-N List (If You Must) http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/how-to-write-a-top-n-list-if-you-must/ Salesmanship in Pixels Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Byrne http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/how-to-write-a-top-n-list-if-you-must/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Byrne Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:43:46 +0000 http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/?p=78#comment-24 Oddly enough, that top-ten list is exempt from the laziness charge. You can't just try out one or two points and ignore the rest, or do them in reverse order. The "N Steps to do X" is a very different genre, with very different characteristics (for one thing, a ten-steps list is something you might add to your <em>personal</em> bookmarks list—if you did the first five steps of "Ten Steps to a Better Blog," you'd want to remember the rest). Oddly enough, that top-ten list is exempt from the laziness charge. You can’t just try out one or two points and ignore the rest, or do them in reverse order.

The “N Steps to do X” is a very different genre, with very different characteristics (for one thing, a ten-steps list is something you might add to your personal bookmarks list—if you did the first five steps of “Ten Steps to a Better Blog,” you’d want to remember the rest).

]]> By: Byrne http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/how-to-write-a-top-n-list-if-you-must/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Byrne Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:43:00 +0000 http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/?p=78#comment-169 Oddly enough, that top-ten list is exempt from the laziness charge. You can't just try out one or two points and ignore the rest, or do them in reverse order. The "N Steps to do X" is a very different genre, with very different characteristics (for one thing, a ten-steps list is something you might add to your <em>personal</em> bookmarks list—if you did the first five steps of "Ten Steps to a Better Blog," you'd want to remember the rest). Oddly enough, that top-ten list is exempt from the laziness charge. You can’t just try out one or two points and ignore the rest, or do them in reverse order.

The “N Steps to do X” is a very different genre, with very different characteristics (for one thing, a ten-steps list is something you might add to your personal bookmarks list—if you did the first five steps of “Ten Steps to a Better Blog,” you’d want to remember the rest).

]]> By: suZen http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/how-to-write-a-top-n-list-if-you-must/comment-page-1/#comment-23 suZen Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:42:29 +0000 http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/?p=78#comment-23 Much of the current trend/interest in numbered lists is also generated by RSS reading habits and attention spans for individual posts. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/17/10-steps-to-the-perfect-list-post/ Much of the current trend/interest in numbered lists is also generated by RSS reading habits and attention spans for individual posts.

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/17/10-steps-to-the-perfect-list-post/

]]> By: suZen http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/how-to-write-a-top-n-list-if-you-must/comment-page-1/#comment-168 suZen Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:42:00 +0000 http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/?p=78#comment-168 Much of the current trend/interest in numbered lists is also generated by RSS reading habits and attention spans for individual posts. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/17/10-steps-to-the-perfect-list-post/ Much of the current trend/interest in numbered lists is also generated by RSS reading habits and attention spans for individual posts.

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/17/10-steps-to-the-perfect-list-post/

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