Hey, I inoculated myself! I said that they're all great; we're talking about very small differences here. Personal preferences, even! And I thought we were all snark, all the time! I guess this is the New Earnestness, the New Decency. Soooorry!
I'd like an Irish and water, and someone else to write this piece of crap for me. This motion is simply too dull to write. (And a sure loser -- we're just keeping the client happy.)
LB, you're not having much of a time at work today. Maybe you can spice it up a bit? Write sentences with words the first letters of which spell "this client is a big dummy" or something?
Here's the data as a pivot table, with one very hard-to-read chart (which you should be able to play with, by adding trend lines and the like). 1MB file.
And I am done (or at least I've sent drafts off to the partner. They suck, and I'm going to spend the weekend rewriting them after I get comments back, but I can go home now.).
Life would be so much easier if I weren't such a slow, painful writer.
Alameida is the victor in the average length of a post title contest, averaging 25.45 words/title; Fontana Labs is a close second with 24.31. Bob manages 22, while the original co-founders, Unf and Ogged, languor below twenty, with 18.06 and 16.65, respectively.
I dropped Bertram, somehow - probably just before or just after Holbo. (For the sake of historical accuracy - "The Rest" was intended to ref. people I don't remember reading).
CT's great, with a remarkable roster. But just b/c I'm troubled by the earnestness of your post: Rank 'Em! My list is as follows (grouped, in order):
Group 1: Healy, Davies, Barlow, Waring;
Group 2: Quiggin, M. Farrell, Farrell, Holbo;
Group 3: Brighouse, Hargittai;
Group 4: The Rest.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 1:45 PM
Good lord, man, you can't do that!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 1:46 PM
Are you trying to break up CT?
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:10 PM
I understand one of them is dating Yoko.
Posted by sexualchocolate | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:21 PM
Yoko's a screamer.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:23 PM
I agree, Ted Barlow totally kicks ass.
Posted by Totally Not Ted Barlow | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:32 PM
Hey, I inoculated myself! I said that they're all great; we're talking about very small differences here. Personal preferences, even! And I thought we were all snark, all the time! I guess this is the New Earnestness, the New Decency. Soooorry!
(But admit it; you're list looks just like mine).
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:46 PM
I deny a list. (Except that I'd make a group 5, and put Hargittai in it. Take that, New Decency.)
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:49 PM
Let's do this for Unfogged posters.
Posted by Iron Lungfish | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 2:59 PM
Then we can do it for Unfogged commenters.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 3:00 PM
I'll go first:
1. Alameida (duh)
2. Labs, Unf, Bob
3. *crickets crickets*
Posted by Iron Lungfish | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 3:00 PM
Crickets! We need more crickets!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 3:03 PM
Actually, Lungfish, you've reminded me to do something I've meant to do:
Total Unfogged posts: 3209
Ogged: 2405, 75%
Fontana: 357, 11%
Bob: 261, 8%
Unf: 146 5%
Alameida: 40, 1%
I guess that makes you a glutton for punishment.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 3:23 PM
Ranked in order of frequency of posts (roughly posts/week):
Ogged: 21.47
Fontana: 5.95
Alameida: 4.44
Bob: 2.86
Unf: 1.3
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 3:56 PM
I'd like to see a graph of post frequency over time. Anyone?
Posted by textualist | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 3:58 PM
I'd like an Irish and water, and someone else to write this piece of crap for me. This motion is simply too dull to write. (And a sure loser -- we're just keeping the client happy.)
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:00 PM
As far as ranking commentators go, the #1 is easy enough to determine - we all know what that is.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:03 PM
Here's the data as an Excel file. (Numbers bit different because I took out unposted drafts.)
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:03 PM
Thanks Michael!
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:04 PM
Michael, how many weeks were you figuring? Those posts/week seem high.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:05 PM
I am so going to play with that excel file when I get home.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:05 PM
No, I guess they're right; nevermind.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:06 PM
I just counted the ones listed on the archives. So, I counted 112 weeks as the total lifespan of Unfogged.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:08 PM
ok, neverminding.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:08 PM
LB, you're not having much of a time at work today. Maybe you can spice it up a bit? Write sentences with words the first letters of which spell "this client is a big dummy" or something?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:08 PM
Or perhaps quit my job and regroup with Mr. Breath and the kids, running a fish and chips shack on the beach in the Bahamas.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:14 PM
Or that, though my plan is much easier, and pays better, and can enlist the help of the other commenters.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:15 PM
Here's the data as a pivot table, with one very hard-to-read chart (which you should be able to play with, by adding trend lines and the like). 1MB file.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:49 PM
Grouping by week would make the chart much easier to read, but I couldn't get Excel to do that.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 4:53 PM
And I am done (or at least I've sent drafts off to the partner. They suck, and I'm going to spend the weekend rewriting them after I get comments back, but I can go home now.).
Life would be so much easier if I weren't such a slow, painful writer.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 6:09 PM
I'm the same way. Sucks, I agree.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-15-05 6:15 PM
Alameida is the victor in the average length of a post title contest, averaging 25.45 words/title; Fontana Labs is a close second with 24.31. Bob manages 22, while the original co-founders, Unf and Ogged, languor below twenty, with 18.06 and 16.65, respectively.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 04-16-05 12:42 PM
I think either your calculations or your units may be off.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 04-16-05 12:45 PM
Duh, characters, not words. Not thinking.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 04-16-05 12:47 PM
In words (calculated by just breaking on whitespace) it's FL 4, Bob 3.7, Ogged 2.8, Alameida 4.3, Unf 3.2.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 04-16-05 12:48 PM
The last six posts on CT are all quite good, possibly the best material I've seen there for a month or two.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 04-16-05 5:06 PM
I dropped Bertram, somehow - probably just before or just after Holbo. (For the sake of historical accuracy - "The Rest" was intended to ref. people I don't remember reading).
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 04-17-05 4:19 PM