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Also, step five is unnecessary - this isn't YouTube.

I'm going to disagree a little here, conceptually. While his is not well executed and misses the target I think in general trying to engage your audience is a good thing. Preferably it would be more than just plugging your other projects but if you can get people talking and doing it's very rewarding both emotionally (I think we all know the feeling of successfully teaching or helping another) and selfishly (an engaged audience is more likely to vote in contests, share with others outside the site, and subscribe and view your other content).

Call it a difference in taste or style - I prefer to engage my audience in my writing, not by tempting them to come back for more later...

That was kind of my point, he missed on the execution and like you said made it sort of Youtube-ish. Having a page at the end that's a more... conversational, i guess, but related to the guide is what I was suggesting.

For instance I tend to end my projects with a sort of Post Mortem. Discussing what went wrong, why, and how to fix it, along with ideas for future improvements or versions and a call to action in the form of requesting that people who follow the guide post pictures of their results in the comments. None of that is necessary in-terms of completing the project but it steps out from the more technical tone of the writing in the guide and opens communication with the audience.

Of course that's not for everyone or every project but if he is going to "break the forth wall", so to speak, it was a suggestion for improving it.

Ah, yes - the lessons learned often feature in mine, but usually scattered throughout instead of collected in a lump.