A nitpicky thing, but kudos to the post author for including the word "may" in the title.
I'm not sure if my ego is being stoked or bruised, but it irks me every time I see a post like "10 Commands You've Never Heard Of"... and it's either a list of esoteric commands used by low level coders or commands that have fallen out of favor over the years.
And I'm familiar with every one of them. I've seen this round of knowledge cycle full circle a couple times now. I can't imagine the eye rolling of neckbeards who've been around professionally since the 80s.
What happens is someone will read 30 blogs on blogging that say "hey lists are awesome," then whip up a random list without much thought, expecting fame and fortune.
It only works if you're either exceptionally clever, or are passing out some original information.
It seems like the normal readership are drawn to these kinds of list posts. Perhaps because they are "busy" and want to learn quickly by absorbing information nuggets. I question that they actually learn anything.
MSNBC (and by extension, their advertisers) has really been taking advantage of it by drawing readers to their many recent "top ten" lists.
Well there's different kinds of lists. A list could be a bunch of bullet points and <= 3 sentences each, or a narrow list of 3-5 where a lot is covered in each.
The latter can be extremely informative and provide a good starting point for someone. The former is filler.
I'm not sure if my ego is being stoked or bruised, but it irks me every time I see a post like "10 Commands You've Never Heard Of"... and it's either a list of esoteric commands used by low level coders or commands that have fallen out of favor over the years.
And I'm familiar with every one of them. I've seen this round of knowledge cycle full circle a couple times now. I can't imagine the eye rolling of neckbeards who've been around professionally since the 80s.