I half disagree. If you're blogging then the point is to get that blog some eyeballs on it. Otherwise you write in a journal or don't make it publicly accessible or at the very least don't help it get indexed and never link to it.
I think there's link-bait and then there's LINK BAIT! (TM). It's a fine line between the two. You have to have a catchy, preferably keyword splattered, title or you become yet another blog no one cares about. I also think there's too much focus on the title when it comes to real link-bait. The really awful kind of link-bait is the kind that links to an article with very little to no content having anything to do with the title. In this case I think the article corresponded with the title enough for it not to be link-bait-style misleading. But that's me and there is no real answer. Just interpretations.