Currently, I have written 3,170 posts on this blog. I don’t have any surveillance technologies (analytics) here, so I don’t know how many people read my work, or how much they like it. I do use Feedly as my feed reader and subscribe to my own site, so I can ensure that the RSS feed is working. Feedly also gives me an idea of how popular a post is. The number [second column from left] represents some algorithm based on how much more popular a post is than the average one. I don’t know how they determine this.
Over the past 6 years that Feedly has been keeping track of my site I have written over 1,000 posts. Of these, only 13 have been wildly popular. Most of my posts have a popularity rating in the single digits. This aligns with Sturgeon’s Law — “90% of everything is crap”. It’s hard to write a great post every single day. But writing the not-so-good stuff prepares you for the odd good post.
So here are the most recent posts that made the 10%.
a compass for the future of work
our future is networked & feminine
While some of your other posts did not make the Feedly Top List…I use several of your posts in my leadership class. Some of my favorites are:
2016 – Closing the Learning-Knowledge Loop
2013 – Networks are the New Companies
2017 – Embracing Automation
2018 – Questioning Technology
I love your posts – and have started to tweet (or retweet you) the ones that are especially relevant to my work.! @dwylieinstitute
How did you find this info? I use Feedly and would love to see what % of my work is crap.
The numbers appear beside the posts
Here – I fixed your title for you…
“10% of my work has gone viral – the other 90% is still great!”
Seriously though – love your blog.
Thank you, Renée. I appreciate the vote of confidence. I still like Sturgeon’s Law though ;)
Hi Harold, thanks for this. Manual pingback to my take on your posting. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/03/90-of-everything-is-crap-a-source-of-imposter-syndrome/
It was good to hear/read you and Lilia reconnected!
Thanks, Ton. Yes, it was great finally getting to meet Lilia.
While I’d agree that 90% or more of everything published on the Internet – and especially in social media – is crap… I’ve never considered any of your blog entries to fall within that category.
Thanks, Luc!