Comments on: Lists (and being on them) http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/08/lists-and-being-on-them/ Editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new content startup. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dale http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/08/lists-and-being-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-111565 Dale Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:52:05 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=1025#comment-111565 List in general just piss me off. Everyone seems to want to compile everything into neat little lists of "top ten this" or "top 100 that". Usually they're full of bullshit. Especially unnerving for me are movie and music lists. Most of those clowns haven't an effing clue. List in general just piss me off. Everyone seems to want to compile everything into neat little lists of “top ten this” or “top 100 that”. Usually they’re full of bullshit. Especially unnerving for me are movie and music lists. Most of those clowns haven’t an effing clue.

]]> By: Vance http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/08/lists-and-being-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-111531 Vance Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:04:37 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=1025#comment-111531 Need to point out that the last sentence of my post above was meant to be sarcastic, but I don't know how to do an eye-rolling emoticon. But Ryan, you seem to fall into that middle ground of folks who DO, because of your public stage, wield influence (dare I say the words "Apple stock"?), and are a household name among a very select type of household, but can walk the streets of San Francisco unmolested (unless you venture into certain neighborhoods, possibly). Need to point out that the last sentence of my post above was meant to be sarcastic, but I don’t know how to do an eye-rolling emoticon.

But Ryan, you seem to fall into that middle ground of folks who DO, because of your public stage, wield influence (dare I say the words “Apple stock”?), and are a household name among a very select type of household, but can walk the streets of San Francisco unmolested (unless you venture into certain neighborhoods, possibly).

]]> By: Vance http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/08/lists-and-being-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-111529 Vance Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:00:19 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=1025#comment-111529 Dvorak, having sat around the table at the meetings where such lists are created, says they are utter BS. It is just folks throwing out names and someone writing them down, then people thinking how they can spice up the list with unexpected additions or ordering, etc. Yes, it allows the compiler of the list to attract attention and become power brokers themselves, but it also can be an attempt to show off their own "insideness" by listing folks that no one has heard of but whose true influence THEY, the true insider, can grasp. Dvorak, having sat around the table at the meetings where such lists are created, says they are utter BS. It is just folks throwing out names and someone writing them down, then people thinking how they can spice up the list with unexpected additions or ordering, etc.

Yes, it allows the compiler of the list to attract attention and become power brokers themselves, but it also can be an attempt to show off their own “insideness” by listing folks that no one has heard of but whose true influence THEY, the true insider, can grasp.

]]> By: Ryan Block http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/08/lists-and-being-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-111527 Ryan Block Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:48:20 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=1025#comment-111527 Perhaps, but I think the concept there was more about "celebrities" in a strict sense -- people who are likely to be recognized on the street (in which case I REALLY shouldn't be on it!). Perhaps, but I think the concept there was more about “celebrities” in a strict sense — people who are likely to be recognized on the street (in which case I REALLY shouldn’t be on it!).

]]> By: Todd http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/08/lists-and-being-on-them/comment-page-1/#comment-111523 Todd Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:53:18 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/?p=1025#comment-111523 TechCult's list FAIL since they put Tila and Perez above Sergey Brin and Guy Kawasaki. You have huge influence Ryan, I just don't know how to objectively measure it. Your written opinions on devices and tech services have been like 99.9999% correct when I personally evaluate those devices and services for purchase. TechCult’s list FAIL since they put Tila and Perez above Sergey Brin and Guy Kawasaki.

You have huge influence Ryan, I just don’t know how to objectively measure it. Your written opinions on devices and tech services have been like 99.9999% correct when I personally evaluate those devices and services for purchase.

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