IdeaLab 0105: Top 15 posts according to PostRank

Just for fun, here's what PostRank thinks my top 15 posts are. I don't know how it works, but here you go. If there are any patterns, they're not obvious to me.

Thanks go to Twitter superstar chrisbrogan for the suggestion, and to Beth Kanter for how this would fit into a more detailed site analysis [1]. And thanks to you for reading. Cheers!

• 9.4 10 GTD "holes" (and how to plug them)
  
• 7.8 An idea (and question) dump from the big-arse text file
  
• 7.0 A late adopter's productivity experiment with Twitter, plus some 140 word humor
  
• 7.0 Three indecisiveness phrases, and when (not) to use them
  
• 6.8 Simple project planning for individuals: A round-up
  
• 6.8 A daily planning experiment: two weeks of accountable rigorous action
  
• 6.7 The Path of Maximum Productivity: Seven tensions, and how to resolve them
  
• 6.7 What are the laws of work?
  
• 6.5 The productivity I/O sweet spot, or Why balance is a bad thing
  
• 6.3 IdeaLab 0729: A little GTD heresy, willpower, jealousy, and straight talk
  
• 6.2 Productivity lessons from mountain biking. Or, what sports can teach us about doing
  
• 6.1 The real reasons for the modern productivity movement
  
• 6.1 IdeaLab 0604: Giving, horse mouths, allergic cars, and a 2x2 matrix grab-bag
  
• 6.0 The Personal Productivity Encyclopedia of Superhero Powers
  
• 6.0 Induced personality disorder, or: I tried it, but I'm not proud of it
  

References

• [1] Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!
  

Comments

[Melanie Baker]

Hi Matt,

There's some more info on how PostRank works here: http://www.postrank.com/postrank/, and info on the various ways you can put it to work here: http://blog.postrank.com/getting-started/.

Basically, according to our analysis those are the posts your readers have found the most interesting, relevant, etc., and have expressed it by leaving comments, writing their own posts referencing yours, bookmarking them, etc.

I always find it interesting to see if the list our analysis comes up with matches up with the one publishers have in their heads. (Since everyone always has an idea of what their best stuff is.) :)

[matthewcornell]

I appreciate the detail, and that you stopped by. What a cool program you have.

[jp in MD]

I didnt read the article on how the process works, but I would think Melanie is right. I am pretty sure I've bookmarked or posted on 5 of those top 8 so that is probably how the system works.