Comments on: Alan’s favorite graphic novels http://www.starchamber.com/2008/08/alan-kennedys-favorite-graphic-novels.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: wise crowds, accelerated design, swarm robotics, synthetic biology. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2008/08/alan-kennedys-favorite-graphic-novels.html/comment-page-1#comment-92738 Ned Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:07:26 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1970#comment-92738 Hi Peter: Thanks for stopping by, and good luck with Flashlight Worthy. Hi Peter:

Thanks for stopping by, and good luck with Flashlight Worthy.

]]> By: Peter Steinberg http://www.starchamber.com/2008/08/alan-kennedys-favorite-graphic-novels.html/comment-page-1#comment-92702 Peter Steinberg Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:18:05 +0000 http://www.starchamber.com/?p=1970#comment-92702 Ned, Peter here -- Alan's brother-in-law and the creator of Flashlight Worthy. Thanks so much for the shout-out. I too was surprised at Alan's deep interest in Graphic Novels. Having read comics for the last 30 years, you think it would have come up before I spied Art Spiegelman on his nightstand. As far as a list about numbers -- or any other list for that matter -- bring it on. Email me the material (through the site) and I'll have it live in mere minutes. This goes for your readers as well. We're looking for any and all thoughtful, themed lists. As to the lack of tools to allow you to create a list directly, well, I don't know there ever will be. While I'm a big proponent of the open world of the web, sometimes it can be too much of a good thing... If you take a look at the sites out there that allow anyone to create a list you'll find endless duplication within the site, poor editorial quality, and questionable topic choice. (Case in point, GoodReads launched just such a feature a few weeks ago. Within 24 hours there were 8 different "Best Vampire Books Ever" lists.) In general, I applaud democracy and giving power to the people (as illustrated by my 3 years as the head of Product Development for Meetup.com). In this case though I think ruling with an iron fist might yield better results. ;) -Peter P.S. Oh, and great blog. I dropped by the first time for Alan's first guest spot and have been following ever since. Ned, Peter here — Alan’s brother-in-law and the creator of Flashlight Worthy. Thanks so much for the shout-out.

I too was surprised at Alan’s deep interest in Graphic Novels. Having read comics for the last 30 years, you think it would have come up before I spied Art Spiegelman on his nightstand.

As far as a list about numbers — or any other list for that matter — bring it on. Email me the material (through the site) and I’ll have it live in mere minutes. This goes for your readers as well. We’re looking for any and all thoughtful, themed lists.

As to the lack of tools to allow you to create a list directly, well, I don’t know there ever will be. While I’m a big proponent of the open world of the web, sometimes it can be too much of a good thing…

If you take a look at the sites out there that allow anyone to create a list you’ll find endless duplication within the site, poor editorial quality, and questionable topic choice. (Case in point, GoodReads launched just such a feature a few weeks ago. Within 24 hours there were 8 different “Best Vampire Books Ever” lists.)

In general, I applaud democracy and giving power to the people (as illustrated by my 3 years as the head of Product Development for Meetup.com). In this case though I think ruling with an iron fist might yield better results. ;)

-Peter

P.S. Oh, and great blog. I dropped by the first time for Alan’s first guest spot and have been following ever since.

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