Lists Lists Lists
Here's one thing that many bloggers and journalists can agree on: "A list goes a long way further than a carefully assembled article, and
the former takes half the editing time of the latter." That quote from Vallywag, which goes on to cite CNN Money Mag's 50 People Who Matter, is spot on.
There are too many lists and not enough thought.
For example, I'd rather experience-based insight than best-of lists from Guy Kawasaki. He's certainly been around the block a few times and could share so much more than Casey Kasem inspired blogging. Why does he relegate his experiences into lists all the time? I'd much rather opinion and analysis. Jarvis goes overboard now and again, and Umair has a penchant for diatribe, but between those two and Guy's seemingly never-ending stream of top 10 lists, I'll take the former any day.
We need less lists and more thinking and analysis.
A notable exception to this rule is Pitchfork's list of 100 Awesome Music Videos. If content is king and the medium is the message, they've combined the two pretty well. Just goes to show that there are very few had and fast rules in the blogosphere.
Links: How to write an A-list (Valleywag), 10 People who don't matter (Business 2.0)
Technorati Tags: blogosphere, content, kawasaki, jarvis, haque
Friday, June 23, 2006
 Comments:
George,
It's a misconception that a list is easy and an article is hard. It what depends on what's in the list.
If it's merely a list of songs, then yes, that's easy. But it takes hours to put something together like this:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/lies/index.html
If Casey Kasem did lists like this, you wouldn't get a top 40 every week.
Thanks,
Guy
# posted by : 3:10 PM, June 23, 2006
George,
It's a misconception that a list is easy and an article is hard. It depends on what's in the list.
If it's merely a list of songs, then yes, that's easy. But it takes hours to put something together like this:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/lies/index.html
If Casey Kasem did lists like this, you wouldn't get a top 40 every week.
Thanks,
Guy
# posted by : 3:11 PM, June 23, 2006
Ok, so perhaps Guy's blog is a bad example. It is true that his "lists" are more thought pieces than brain-dead drivel.
# posted by George Nimeh : 8:12 PM, June 23, 2006
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