Three steps to sign up, three points to explain how a Web 2.0 application or product works. Three seems to be everywhere.
Twitterfone: how it works in three
Basecamp: three price points
Clip N’Seal: how it works in three
Choppr: how the process works in three steps
Blogger: how to set up a blog in three steps
iQ Content at the IIA congress: 3 steps
Why 3?
Three is a magic number. Can you tell us why?
May 17, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I always thought that three is magic because we got two hands and in general the body is sort of bipolar. Add to this true-false, black-white, good-bad. And once a third option becomes apparent (gray) – you got magic!
May 18, 2008 at 5:10 am
Three is special because:
One instance tells you nothing
Two instances set a pattern
Three breck the pattern
This template for humor resonates deeply, so threes are common elsewhere
May 23, 2008 at 1:09 pm
That’s easy!
It’s easy as
One, two, three, as simple as
Do, re, mi, A, B, C, one, two, three!
Baby you and me girl!
It’s easy as
One, two, three, as simple as
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
May 29, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Instructions often come in three steps:
Ready, Steady, Go
On your marks, get set, go
June 10, 2008 at 2:54 pm
metro, boulot, dodo
July 11, 2008 at 5:53 pm
3 steps are great, 3 sign-up options are bad.
http://www.bytesurgery.com/blo.....decisions/
July 24, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Three just works. Bing bang boom. Yada yada yada. Bish bash bosh.
Or maybe it’s just a design pattern that’s stuck in our collective conciousness and we think it’s best because it’s popular and it’s popular because every thinks it’s best…
December 12, 2008 at 6:01 pm
3 is a short easy-to-do list, shortest list available.
4 is a longer list and more to do.
2 is a couple and not enough.
We tend to learn in three ways.
See it, Say it, Do it…
And that’s that.