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3 Reasons Why I Would Not Do Agile Project Management
Agile software development has been a revelation for me. It has brought me and my teams much success, and a very rewarding working environment.
Sometimes I hear people say that agile project management isn't appropriate in all circumstances.
In fact, I used to say that myself; however now I'm not so sure.
There are some circumstances where an organisation's culture is possibly too different to successfully adopt agile. At the moment I can think of only 3 reasons why I wouldn't do agile software development:
1. If I was working for an organisation that believed it needed complete clarity about a solution before it could start a project. I believe this is a false positive, and it would be very hard to adopt agile in an environment where key stakeholders insist on this.
2. If I was working for an organisation where the relevant product owners couldn't – or wouldn't – commit to being actively involved throughout the project. I really do believe that active user involvement is the first principle of agile, and imperative for a project to succeed.
3. If I was working with a team that I didn't believe could cope with ambiguity, or didn't have sufficient communication skills to collaborate effectively with business colleagues or customers.
In these circumstances (particularly if combined), adopting agile could be very difficult indeed, because in my experience these 3 agile principles are critical success factors!
When writing this list, I did also wonder whether to add fixed price projects to my list? Working from a feature list, having no more detail about the features up-front, and allowing change throughout the project, could potentially be a complete disaster with some clients on a fixed price contract.
I think I would do agile on a fixed price, but I would be very careful to:
- Understand the client's attitude towards scope up-front, and be very clear about the fact it's fixed price, not fixed price and fixed scope. In other words, they can add or change features throughout development, giving them the benefits of flexibility, but will need to remove other features to do so.
- Build in sufficient contingency and allow for a reasonable number of changes to happen without too much debate. You are taking the risk on a fixed price project. The client needs to pay a premium to offload that risk to you.
I would evaluate the above two issues – along with any other risks – very carefully before committing to a fixed price agile development project. Otherwise, whether accidentally or deliberately, you could quite easily get mugged :-(
On the other hand, I'd probably try to persuade the customer that T&M (Time & Materials) is not a problem with agile software development, because of the level of collaboration, visibility and transparency, and the frequent delivery of working software.
I'd love to know your thoughts on this: When wouldn't you do agile software development?
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Do you think that any methodology would work under the circumstances you mention?
In (1) you have process-driven development (as opposed to product-driven development). When "managers" get to check items off a checklist, and "done" is when all items are checked off, what really has been accomplished?
In (2) you have all the signs of a political struggle; any project begun under these circumstances is almost guaranteed to be a failure.
(3) seems to be a subset of (1)
After having suffered thru (1)'s and (2)'s in my career, as well as a few successes, I look back on the failures and successes; the successes were so because there was either an explicit or implicit agile methodology. The failures would have failed regardless of the methodology.
I'm beginning to believe that agile methodologies are the *only* ones with a consistent chance of success. Admission of ignorance is usually the first step on any journey of learning.
We are actually doing agile and fixed price AND scope contracts, BUT we have work orders for all the user stories which are done in the next iteration. The difficult part is about it is that you have to estimate the next sprints user stories before it actually starts. In the sprint planning we commit which user stories will be done according to MoSCoW.
I'd summarize your criteria under what I call "YAM" – "Yet Another Methodology". Meanwhile, Agile (capital 'A', yes) Software Development is so hyped that it gets "implemented" as YAM, obliterating the value base that it needs, replacing that base with the old Input-Process-Output thinking: "look, it's YAM, just with new artifacts and new activities".
Interaction isn't an "activity", though. It is an attitude.
Working with non-colocated teams is often cited as a reason not to implement agile. I have seen it partially successful in some situations, but when dealing with teams who speak different languages you must be particularly careful. It is very difficult to be agile when your daily stand ups are conducted by conference call and some of the team speak English, others French, and others Tamil.
Do you think Agile can ever work in such teams?
You left out the obvious case: when all your clients demand fixed price because it's a buyer's market and you happen to live in a low-trust country which is pretty much all of them except for US, EU and Japan, and you just MUST accept it.
Even in the high-trust ones people often demand fixed price whenever it's a buyer's market.
Thanks for this concise insight.
I had the same gut feeling when I wrote:
Scrum pigs – musing about commitment
… and tried to make a funny story out of it.
My follow-up question is: What do you do, when you find yourself in an environment that claims to do agile but actually falls in one of those categories you mention?
How about the case where your software development methodology is partially dictated by external parties? For example, companies that must comply with PCI/PA-DSS compliance? These companies are required to follow "accepted" development and testing methodologies whose descriptions often preclude the use of Agile.
Agile says "do me and you will be more successful", but as you've noted, there are a bunch of often-unstated prerequisites.
It is probably true that you cannot be agile with the restrictions you mention. However, you can still be Lean, which may be even better in the long run. Lean says "expose the process, and use this set of principles & practices to find your own ways to be more successful".
There is some friction between Agile and typical UX design methodologies. Not that it can't be overcome, but some do argue that (UX) design should be done up front and, potentially, feed into an Agile dev approach.
Unfortunately, you confuse sales with development.
Sales baits them and dev switches them.
Unless you havent heard of capitalism? sry my bad.
I think "agile" had meaning before the manifesto… Flexible, quick, adaptive.
The manifesto attempts to isolate principles that are THEORETICALLY required to meet these goals. The pundits immediately discount anything that does not salute their own view, REGARDLESS of whether it is IN FACT agile… in spite of their beliefs.
They commonly hold up their approach alongside waterfall… Even the guy who originally wrote about waterfall presented it as what NOT to do!
I personally have seen software construction & delivery in hours, not days or weeks… using NONE of the practices in XP or SCRUM or any of the packaged agile toolsets.
"Agile", as you discuss it here, is a development-led revolution against bad process; But it has become blind dogma… if you do not drink the Kool-aid and salute the process(never implemented twice the same way as it turns out)… and close your mind to any ideas that challenge it… you are then a fool or worse.
I used to credit my developer peers with open minds and honed logic. More and more, I see a growing pool of religious zealots. I can name a dozen situations when you don't use "Agile"… without trying hard; The question I have is when this "silver bullet" is going to be seen for its weaknesses.
The developers have become the new enforcers of bad process… We have seen the enemy and it is US!
Please – don't pass the koolaid.
I disagree that these items are counter indicators to using agile. In fact, these are the types of teams in which agile will have the biggest impact. To require a team to hold agile values before they are agile is putting the cart before the horse. Instead, if we use agile and they begin to see the process and the benefits, they will gradually come around. I included a more detailed analysis of the sitations describes in my blog post: http://www.emptyyourglass.com/2009/04/16/why-i-wouldnt-do-agile-development/
Interestingly, I have in my experience identified 2 specific types of organizations which seem to not be willing or able to follow an agile methodology. In each case it is due to factors that you list under points 1 to 3.
1. Governmental organizations due to their rigidity and often unwillingness to invest themselves in a software implementation/development
2. Environmental organizations for their tendency to procrastinate and thus refuse the pressure imposed by the involvement requirements
I would add to your list:
– organizations where individuals have a substantial lack of trust toward one-another
– organizations that do not value their people
– and any organization that cannot accept the Agile principles.
Agile is a silver bullet. Just go "agile" and it solves all your problems.
If the following web artical titled "3 Reasons Why I Would Not Do Agile Project Management
you use the terms Agile project management and Agile Software developement (see quotes below).
Can you provide some clarity around the these two terms?
More specifically can you argue that Agile is a proeject management methodology more than
a software development methodoloogy?
Quotes from the article
Quote 1
"Sometimes I hear people say that agile project management isn't appropriate in all circumstances."
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"At the moment I can think of only 3 reasons why I wouldn't do agile software development:"
Hi Steve. I have used the terms 'agile software development' and 'agile project management' interchangeably here, because my comments in this article I think apply to both.
The difference, in my mind at least, is that you can use agile software development techniques on projects or on ongoing development and maintenance. The term is fairly broad and generic and refers to the engineering practices and also some of the development management practices (for example Scrum).
Agile project management, however, is slightly different in my view. When you are managing a large project, there are lots of other considerations, for instane scope, timescale, budget, maybe a client contract, risk, stakeholder management, release planning, etc. Although agile methods do not provide for all of these things specifically, using agile software development methods in the context of a bigger project is a little different. Personally I sometimes use the term 'agile project management' to make this differentiation.
Hope that helps,
Thanks Kelly, your answer was somewhat helpful but my key consern was to get at the reasons why the seemingly interchangeable use of 'agile software methodology' with 'agile project methodology exists (IMO) in the agile community. I was also curious as to how this situation has come about.
To me Agile is more (though one could ague to what extent) a software developement methodology than a project managament mathodology eventhough Agile does have imputs (ex: estimates, backlogs and burndown velocity) to asist with the management side of things.
The reason I say more is simply based on looking at where the predominant effort is taking place on daily basis: to me this is the developer/subject matter expert interaction.
Hi anonymous – interesting points!
I don't know why the terms 'agile software development' and 'agile project management' are sometimes used interchangably in the agile community. I do it. And then other times I differentiate very definitely.
I hadn't really thought much about the semantics of it to be honest.
Re your comment about agile being a development methodology more than a project management methodology, I think that depends which agile methodology you are actually using.
I would describe XP (extreme programming) as an agile development/agile engineering methodology, yet I would describe Scrum as an agile management methogology.
I think true 'project management' is something you overlay over either of these agile methodologies, but Scrum does provide a lot of management structure to help manage agile development teams, whether they're on projects or on ongoing development and maintenance.
I'm not sure that's any clearer! Anwyay…
I work for Federal Government (Dept of VA) and several folks here are trying to implement an Agile philosphy. I have many concerns on how to go about implementing this for some of the very reasons that are mentioned in this article and comments.
-lack of flexibility and need to strcuture
-lack of communication or commitment to support the details
They are also looking to push a Firm fixed price approach which to me either restricts the needed flexibility or will cost the government a very large amount of $$ due to the "premiums" for taking on these risks. (I would consider the FFP referenced in the article really a scoped Time and Material effort, not FFP)
Any comments/recommendation on how to address in this forum, including contractually?
Framework for project management, especially when it is concern of technology is not linier. Nevertheless, wonderful post! Would be interested to hear more insights from you on project management 3.0. We keep using outdated methods that don't match requirements of current time. With so many different tools coming on the market with the speed of light the framework must be redesigned. Anyways, thank you for wonderful coverage.


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I stand frozen for a few seconds before the green haired lady approaches me. "Don't worry honey, Faye likes to add fear into the mix, we won't bite." I smile at her kind words and let her guide me into the room. "I'm Andrina and these are my sisters." She waves her hands in front of the three other women in the room and on closer inspection they all had faint scales and resembled one another in some way. Feeling slightly more relaxed I let Andrina lead me to a further back room where she let me remove my clothes and thankfully, left a fluffy dressing gown for me to wrap myself in.
Walking out the room, I feel slightly self conscious in just the dressing gown but Andrina gives me an encouraging smile and I follow her into a vast room that is filled with little pools of steaming water. She tells me to take my time and that one of her sisters will be there shortly to help with my hair. "Can't I do my hair myself?" I ask as she turns to leave, she gives me a pitiful look as she glances at my hair. I lift my hand up to feel my hair, okay it was a mess but a wash would save it, right? Apparently not as Andrina leaves the room without giving me an answer I can assume that no, I can't just do my hair myself.
Sighing I briefly look around and lower myself into the steaming pool, I sigh again on entry as I feel the hot water soak away all the travel encrusted dirt and muck from my skin and nails. Lathering the soap all over my body felt like a relief, I sigh as the hot water washes away all of my worries, for now anyway. Inspecting my nails I submerge myself under the water snagging my fingers through the knots and I swear pulling out a good proportion of my own hair. Grabbing something that resembles shampoo from the line up of lotions on the end, I lather it into my hair and submerge again, whimpering occasionally to myself as I snag and pull at another knot trying to wash it all out.
Finally I give up and just soak in the water, relaxing and letting the hot water and steam do what it's supposed to. "Well that was an interesting show." I hear a chuckle approach from behind and try my best to cover my body before I see that it is one of Andrina's sisters. "I thought my sister told you to wait. That hair needs serious treatment." She folds her arms across her chest with an amused smile on her face and I smile at her sheepishly. She comes closer and hands me a towel, gesturing her head for me to follow. I pull myself out of the steaming pool, regretfully looking back as I wrap myself in the towel, leaving behind the fluffy dressing gown and follow her into a room laid out like a hairdressers, mirrors lining the walls and seats with sinks for your hair to be washed in.
She gestures to a chair "Sit." she orders and heads into a room off the side. I sit in the chair, wrapping the towel more tightly around myself, my hair clings to my head in straw like strands and I cringe as I look in the mirror and see how unhealthy it looks. She comes back into the room carrying an armoury of products and instruments to use on my hair, I look up at her nervously and she smiles. "Don't worry; we'll sort that out soon enough. Now where are my manners? I'm Alina." She pulls my shoulders back so that I'm leant against the chair, tilting my head back she lathers on a sweet apple scented shampoo and begins to massage my scalp. I feel my eyes closing "That's right sweetie, just relax and I'll wake you up when I'm finished."
I nod my head, my eyes feeling heavier as she continues to massage the lotion into my scalp. As I relax through her treatments, I feel the transitions between as she pulls a brush forcefully through my knots, apologising to me as I gasp occasionally and then muttering to herself under her breath as she chastises me for my hair care routine. I feel the chair being rolled towards a sink and she washes out the shampoo and starts applying more lotions before she carries on rinsing. "I'm going to have to cut off some of the split ends and the occasional knot... Can I get rid of this pink bit?" She asks, I can picture the look of muted disgust on her face, I open my eyes a little bit taken aback, I loved my pink streak but maybe it would be time for a change?
I think it through for a moment, debating with myself before I finally sigh and nod "Okay, but it has a permanent charm on it." I blush as I confess. It's definitely time for a change. I hear Alina move away and start to route through bottles of lotions, the clanking going on for quite some time before she returns. "Don't worry, I can tackle this plus Faye can always help you put it back in, that girl has got plenty of tricks up her sleeve." She chuckles and I hear a hint of bitterness in her tone, sensing that Faye is quite the trickster when it comes down to it.
Again she continues with my hair, finally I begin to have the feeling of lighter weight hair as she gently tugs out the damaged strands. She wheels me back to the mirror and I don't dare look, keeping my eyes closed I let her reposition my head forward as she teases out the final knots trimming the ends. She starts to dry my hair and I let out a sigh of relief as my scalp tingles with cleanliness. "All done." She declares and pats me on the shoulders telling me that I can open my eyes and get up.
I open my eyes slowly and inspect her work, my eyes widen in shock as I see myself without my pink streak, my hair looking lighter and healthier, its natural pale waves cascading past my face. She smiles at my reaction and I smile thankfully back, she holds up a hand stopping me from vocalising my thanks. "Don't worry about it. Andrina will be with you shortly and take you back to your room." She waves goodbye and hurries from the room, back through to the steaming bath room. I stay sat in the chair, remembering that I'm only covered by a towel, "Come on my dear, let's get you something to put on while we take you to get ready." Andrina enters the room and takes my hand leading my back through the baths and into the changing room, she hands me my underwear and a cotton dress. I take them gratefully, a small part of me hoping my clothes are back in my room, Andrina turns her back and I quickly get dressed.
She leads me back to the room and smiles before walking away, "Faline says she'll help you get ready properly." I sigh and enter the room, suddenly nervous for tonight's event. I start to pace back and forth, unsure of what to do, I decide to sit in one of the high-backed chairs fidgeting as I look at the gorgeous dress across the room. Muttering to myself that it won't fit or suit me. I turn startled as my door bangs open and Faline saunters in carrying a covered dress in her arms and a pair of neck breaking heels, she smirks at my look of horror at the heels "Don't worry darling, these are for me!" She walks in like she owns the room and hangs her stuff next to mine.
"Now as beautiful as your hair looks, we need to do something about it." I still stare at her as she stands with her hands on her hips, pondering what to do with me. Walking over, she pulls me out of the chair and appraises my cleanliness, apparently satisfied she orders me to sit at little dressing table, that I swear wasn't there a moment ago. "Make-up is a must... Then more curls- though having it all down will be perfect..." She mumbles to herself setting up a plan of action as she attacks my face.
"Do I get any say in this?" I ask timidly knowing the answer already as she pushes me back into the chair and gives me a look that could quite possibly kill. I sigh and let her do whatever she wants, in no mood to argue as I suddenly remember my minor stint with Rafe. Although that wasn't necessarily my fault, maybe he's giving off the wrong message... Maybe I'm coming on to strong. I mentally tell myself off and to grow some confidence, tonight I'll confront him.
Time seems to fly by as Faline finally finishes messing with my face and hair; she still doesn't let me look in the mirror and just orders me to shimmy into the dress while she sorts herself out. Sighing I walk cautiously over to the dress, afraid to put it on, pulling it off the hanger I pluck up the courage and step into the array of fabrics, letting it slide over my body. "Can I have some help over here?" I call out to Faline exasperated as I spin in circles trying to pull up a tiny zip. She laughs and saunters over to me already dressed and looking drop dead gorgeous, I find my jaw dropping as she approaches, her eyes lined with thick black kohl making her cat eyes sparkle and appear even more menacing, her lips are pulled up into a smirk and are tinted a deep sultry red. Her silver hair cascades down her back.
"Take it all in sweetie." She raises her perfect eyebrows and laughs as I blush, yet I can't stop staring, her dress hugs tightly to her body almost too tightly following her curves the dress elongates her legs further and is a deep red that matches her lips, still hugging tightly to her body until the last second and then the dress flares outwards. She already has her killer heels on as she towers over me, bending down I hear the satisfying sound of the zip being pulled up. I sigh in relief that it fits and can't help but look puzzled as I glance over at Faye who has another smirk on her face. "I have created a work of art." She praises herself and carefully covers my eyes as she leads me to a mirror, which again I could of sworn wasn't there before.
"Ta-daaa!" She removes her hands from my eyes and I stare in puzzlement at the person in front of me, then shock registers on her, well my, face as I realise it's me. My hair is still tumbling down my back but has a few more curls incorporated to make it appear more 'glamorous' as Faye explains. My eyes have the faintest touch of kohl around them, making my green eyes appear larger and brighter against my pale face, the lightest of blushes is on my cheek to show that I have some colour and my lips are a faint yet tainted pink that looks just too pink to be natural. Then I look at the dress.
The dress is breath taking; it hugs my upper body with a subtle heart shaped neckline, causing me to blush as it shows off a little bit of cleavage. It comes in at the waist before flaring elegantly out into a full skirt that sits just right off my hips, the dress glistens in a mixture of sea greens and blues with black elegantly laced throughout parts of the skirt and bodice. I'm speechless as I stare and jump as Faline comes into my eye line in the mirror. "Finishing touches." she announces and steps behind me clasping a necklace around my neck. I gasp as I realise it's my lapis lazuli, transformed from its rough cut stone on rope, to a delicate and elaborate yet simple necklace. A tear drop shape hangs at the base of my throat, with smaller tear drops either side on a delicate black chain. "Thank you." I manage to gasp out as I try to register what I'm wearing and how I look. Faye just smiles and waves a hand as if it was nothing.
"Shoes and then its show time!" She declares as she practically throws the sparkling shoes from the armoire onto my feet. I stand up wearily as I get my balance in the low heels. She approaches the door gracefully and holds it open, an overwhelming sense of stage fright causes me to start panicking. "I can't! I can't even dance; I don't know anyone, what if I make a fool of myself? What if everyone hates me?" I carry on asking questions my voice reaching hysterical and my face turning red as I continue with the rant. All the while Faline stands there looking at me like I've grown two heads.
She calmly approaches me, but I don't notice as she takes one of my hands and apologises, at least I think she apologises as I continue my hysterical panic and she scratches my palm "Hey!" The shock of the pain makes me stop and I look at her confused as small beads of blood start to rise on my hand. "Will you pull yourself together." She demands rather than asks, her calm voice making my breathing slow down.
She holds her hand over my now slowly bleeding one and a slight burning sensation spreads. She takes her hand away and it looks as if nothing had happened "You- you- you-" I struggle to finish a sentence and she takes my hand this time with a her usual mischievous grin on her face, and pulls me out of the room, not even letting me have one last look back, to the new found safety of my room.
I control my breathing as we make it to a new part of the palace, less busy now as everyone appears to be heading in the same direction. Finally Faye released my hand and trusted me not to panic and run away, which I was still debating on, we reach a quickly shortening queue and Faye turns to be "This is it little duckling, see you on the other side of those doors." She leaves me stranded in the queue and I seriously question whether or not to just bolt then and there. I catch a glimpse of her silver hair disappearing further down the corridor and picture her sauntering into that hall with her hips swaying.
Sighing in defeat, I fidget as I wait in the queue excited chatter surrounds me as they talk about some long lost daughter of the prince being here and I shut out the gossip, who cares about a long lost daughter when you have to worry about not falling flat on your face in front of a lot of people?
The queue shortens quickly and soon I'm stood at the massive oaken doors with a man that is sporting an extremely long beard and hat with feathers on. "Name?" he asks and at first I don't answer as I thought he was talking to someone else, then he coughs and grumbles something about ignorance until a lady behind me tells me to actually give him my name. "Ohh," I laugh lightly to try and lighten the mood, but he just grumbles some more "My name is Dahlia," he looks at me expectantly waiting for a last name and reluctantly I continue "Arcana, Dahlia Arcana." the gossip is suddenly quieted and even the bearded man's eyes widen in surprise, I look around at everyone confused and suddenly the chatter erupts around me. I block it out as someone tugs me through the doors.
I shriek in shock and my eyes meet the piercing blue ones of Tabitha, suddenly even more nervous as I know she'll be inspecting my look. I subconsciously stand up straight as I feel her eyes burning into me. "Well you do scrub up nicely... You may continue." She offers me a smile and I visibly relax, having passed the Tabitha test, as I now dubbed it, I continue through a small curtain to hear the sound of my name being announced. I freeze on the spot and turn to go, but Tabitha stands behind me, eyes burning into mine, I smile weakly and turn back around, taking a deep breath to step into the room. I swear I hear Tabitha utter "Good luck." after I step through the curtain, but it could have been my imagination.
Again I freeze at the top of the stairs as I see all eyes in the room are drawn to me, taking a deep breath I look around the room first, we were in a vast banquet hall with rows of tables laid out to either side of the room, an orchestra was playing soft tinkling music, just the right sound for small talk warming up to the dancing later, great chandeliers made of ice hung from the ceiling. My cheeks burn red as I remember all the people staring and I look down at my dress concentrating on walking down the stairs.
Taking the steps one at a time I slowly raise my head looking for Rafe. At first I don't spot him and disappointment lines my face, but then right by the stairs I catch a golden glint and I see him staring up at me. His face is closed, showing no emotion but as I get closer I see his eyes are a soft melted gold and I notice they travel up and down my body, darkening slightly as he sees the neckline and the way it hugs my waist.
I bite my lip as his eyes got to my face, lingering on my lips before meeting my eyes, I smile at him and his face opens showing a bright smile, showing a hint of adoration... Maybe? Reaching the final few steps, my eyes are focussed only on him and his on mine. Of course the inevitable had to happen and as I walk stepping onto the last step, my toe gets caught on my dress and I trip forward, letting out a shriek of shock. Instead of hitting the ground I found that I've fallen against a hard chest, a soft chuckle escaping his lips and I groan in embarrassment. "Did everybody see that?" I say, my voice muffled against his chest as I cling onto the front of his jacket.
He laughs harder and sets me up right, his hand brushing strands of hair out of my face. "Just the whole room, but don't worry nobody will remember tomorrow." I groan and look up at his amused face. He holds out his arm and I link it with his, gratefully he leads me away from the stairs and towards Raoul. "Oh good, you showed up. I expect it was you who took a tumble on the stairs?" He huffs at me and I scowl at him, suddenly realising I haven't seen him all day.
As the ball continues, waltzing music begins. Me and Rafe had circled the room mingling with unusual characters and had caught up with Nevan very briefly as he complimented me on my dress and wished us a great evening before unofficially dismissing us. Rafe took me to a table and we sat and watched as people began to pair up to dance, he catches me watching and smiles "Would you like to dance?" I look at him with wide eyes and shake my head.
"No, I think I'm good for now." I say to him feigning confidence as I twist my hands together watching elegant dances all around the room, even spotting Faline with her arms wrapped around a light haired warlock whose hands were gradually travelling lower with each time she was spun around, the end of her dress fanning out like an uncontrollable fire. I spot Rafe shake his head in amusement as he gets up and heads towards a waiter. He brings back a champagne glass for each of us he hands me one, smiling encouragingly as I get the scent of the alcohol burning my nose lightly and I frown. "Drink up, it helps with nerves." He chuckles holding his glass up for me to clink mine to. I smile nervously as another waltz comes to an end "Cheers."
He holds my gaze as he drinks, finishing his glass he places it on the table. He looks at me expectantly and I take a deep breath and drink, instantly I am hit with the taste of bubbles, a sweet taste then filling my mouth as I swallow and a burning at the back of my throat as it travels down. The pain was pleasant and the taste was even better, I down the drink quickly a confident smile playing on my lips as Rafe shakes his head in amazement. Placing the glass down, still unsure as another waltz begins, I fold my arms across my chest. "We are dancing the next one." he looks at me with an amused smile playing on his lips as he watches me register what he said.
I instantly frown and he laughs "I don't know how too." I whine, making his smile widen even more, his eyes glistening in amusement. I feel the burn of the champagne ease on my chest and a brief light headedness makes me shake my head, before I realise it he is pulling me to my feet laughing at my resistance he takes me to the centre of the room, just as one waltz finishes another begins. The music starts low and sinister, slowly and Rafe smiles down reassuringly at my scared face "Just follow my lead Dee." I nod my head nervously as he places one hand on my waist, the other on my hand, my skin flares at his touch hypersensitive to every pressure that he applies.
Copying Rafe's lead and taking a deep breath I close my eyes letting him lead, our footsteps small as we bring our bodies together then back apart. I occasionally step on his toes as the music begins to build but he just smiles down encouragingly at me and I can't help but smile back, letting the music take me and an eternity seems to pass before the cymbal crashes and we were waltzing.
In our own world now, I spin away from him, my dress flaring out, twisting against my body as he brings me back. My body presses against his and our faces are inches apart as the music slows again and he dips my body backwards my hands gripping tightly against his hand and shoulder. Lifting me back upright, slowly we step in time, getting faster as the music reaches its new crescendo and both his hands shift to my waist, mine to his shoulders as he lifts me above his head. We spin and spin before he brings me back down, turning my body so that my back is pressed against his front. Ghostly yet beautiful women begin to sing, like a sirens call and we become even more entranced, our bodies moving as one until the end feeling like we were under a spell. When the music stops my front is pressed against his, our bodies heaving from lack of breath, our eyes focussed on one another, intoxicated by each other's presence.
We stare at each other gasping for breath for a while, eventually we both notice the silence in the hall a pin could drop and you would hear it. We separate and against our will break eye contact, chests still heaving, I look around and everyone in the hall is looking at us even the orchestra had not continued onto their next set. My cheeks get even redder as the whole room stares at us holding their breath, I spot Faye with a satisfied smirk on her lips and see Nevan looking almost proudly towards us. I see Rafe's eyes equally scanning the room at our apparent audience and he smiles down at me taking a bow. I blush even more as he looks up at me with laughter in his eyes, I try to swallow as my mouth feels dry and I attempt to curtsy.
The room erupts into stunned applause, the orchestra starts up its music again and the chatter continues, Rafe takes my hand, which is clammy and I try to resist the urge to pull away and wipe it. He guides me through the throngs of people whose chatter I occasionally hear seems to either have some mention of my name or some of the main gossip of the night about this long lost daughter. Rafe continues to guide me not stopping at a table but to a small arch way, leading me out of the room and through into an enclosed garden. It had a glass roof which kept the heat in and was lightly lit with orbs, the flowers bloomed and glistened in the night light, the music from the hall drifted in gently.
I sense Rafe looking at me, his hand still in mine I turn to look up at him smiling shyly. He smiles back and grasps my other hand so that we are facing each other I suck in a breath as he leans forward to whisper in my ear "You were wonderful out there, we should dance more often." I shiver as his breath tickles my cheek and ear, he moves his hands from mine onto my hips and I feel my body tremble at his touch. I automatically move my hands to his shoulders, feeling his tense muscles under my hands. I take a moment to actually look at what he is wearing, slimming black trousers, with a crisp yet soft white shirt hugging his chest, a few buttons open enough for me to want more. I bite my lip as an image off me ripping open the buttons and kissing his bare chest pops into my mind.
"What are you thinking about?" His eyes search mine with a slight smirk on his lips and I blush at my thoughts, shaking my head to clear it and indicate that it doesn't matter. We were swaying to the music, our bodies naturally in time moving together and I sigh plucking up the courage to rest my head against his chest. I feel him freeze slightly but relax in the next instant, bringing his arms up from my hips to my back. I let my hands glide to the back of his neck connecting them together. I take note of my quickening heart beat and the butterflies in playing havoc in my stomach, constantly flipping as I feel his hands applying pressure against my back.
He sighs and brings his head down to mine kissing the top of my hair again I shiver and my cheeks redden. I lift my head up and look him in the eyes, they were dark and unreadable. I think back to when I was getting ready and declared that I would be more confident towards him. He leans away from me slightly, his hands lowering back to my waist I start to speak but he cuts me off "We- we shouldn't do this Dee." I furrow my brow confused as he still has his hands around my waist.
"You can't just dance with me and lead me away and then say actually no. No we can't do this. Whatever the hell this is." I step away from him forcefully, breaking apart his hands. I can feel myself getting angry as I fold my arms across my chest glaring what I hope would be daggers at him. His face is still unreadable and seems to shut down before he replies "I have no soul Dee. I can't love or feel what you might feel and if I did it would be because of her manipulating me." He says exasperated running a hand across his face and down into his pocket, I still glare at him watching as his hand clasps around something in his pocket.
Pulling his hand back out I see that it is the black tourmaline I gave him. "This, this crystal is the closest thing I have to actually feeling something. The moment you gave me this I felt, felt a spark and the shadows cleared and she didn't get through to me but this stone did..." He looks at the crystal in wonder running it through his fingers, I can't help but stare at him confused as I take in what he's saying. I try to find an argument to declare back but nothing comes to mind even though my anger still lingers. "... You did." He seems to whisper and I barely catch his words, I stand frozen still with my stony glare and arms crossed. I look down unsure, anger still permeating around my body I hear him step towards me closing the gap between us.
One of his hands clasps my arm and the other tucks under my chin lifting it up so that I look into his eyes. They were so full of sadness and hope that my glare soon melted and the butterflies returned I couldn't make the anger dissipate quite as easily. I stay still as his hands trail across my cheek, I suck in a breath fast as his other hand travels up my arm making goose bumps rise after his trail. Sighing he steps even closer and I freeze "I can't let this happen." He says through his teeth struggling with an inner battle, my breathing quickens and I can't deny the tingling in my skin as his hands rest one on my cheek the other now sliding up over my bare shoulder and round the back of my neck.
I gasp and this time he freezes before he leans forward his eyes search mine for permission and I feel my body tremble through his touch, I step forward bringing my body even closer to his, giving him his answer. Suddenly we are together, his lips crash hard against mine, desperate and needy, I hungrily kiss back feeling like I need more of him I slide my hands across his jaw line and into his hair, tangling my fingers in his dark locks. His own hand leaves my cheek tangling in my hair, I gasp against his lips and he hungrily kisses for more, kissing my jaw line and tracing his way down my neck kissing underneath the tear drop pendant. I tug him closer to me and his lips rejoin mine. An eternity seems to pass as his lips never leave mine, his hand slides from my neck and down my back to my hips and I find myself moving closer, occupying a space that would be non-existent if we weren't kissing right here, right now.
He moans against my lips and I slide my hands down his back curling my fingers into his shirt. He nibbles at my lip and I moan in response bunching my fingers even tighter into the shirt and he responds as we push our bodies against each other, both of us cursing the clothes between us. As his hand travels up to the zip of my dress I freeze against his lips, he notices my hesitation, thoughts suddenly clearing we step apart. Silence hangs in the air between us, both of us breathing heavily, cheeks flushed and eyes dark with hunger, with passion.
We look at one another and I see his eyes change turning to stone, he shuts off his emotions and I feel my heart shatter as he turns to me and without looking at me for a final time, not saying a word, he brushes past me, leaving me standing alone in the orb lit garden. A sob rips through my chest as my emotions swirl around, a torrent of passion, anger, lust... Love.
I turn and head back towards the ball, pulling myself together my breathing now back to normal, the music is still going and the chatter is louder as many have consumed fairy drinks and alcohol. I daren't dwell on the kiss as fresh tears want to surface. Holding them back, I stride across the hall, seeing the back of Rafe as he storms from the room, tearing a new hole through my heart.
I stay in the hall for a while watching the people dance and drink themselves silly. A couple of gossipers approach the tables and sit down near mine, to carry on with their nightly chatter. "I can't believe that the daughter is actually here tonight, who would have thought she'd still be alive after all that drama 18 years ago." I sigh as I hear the gossip, the same that had been circling around for the entire ball.
"I still can't believe that Nevan ever had an offspring, the way he steers clear of a female like they have the plague. What was her name again... That girl he fell stupidly in love with?" she asks her friend and my ears perk up slightly at the sound of Nevan in the conversation. "Oh her, she was some young, hippy girl from the woods- related to that Oracle hag. Arcana, Pythia Arcana!" She exclaims and I feel my stomach drop at the mention of my mother. Breathing becomes more difficult as she continues rambling on "That daughter of hers, Dahlia was it? Dancing with that handsome Raphael... Shame he's cursed. I wonder when Nevan will step up and tell her who she really is, that's what I'm willing to bet my money on." The second of the two women pipes up and my vision blurs, I feel physically sick as I hear my mother's name followed by Nevan's.
I stand up, knocking the table making the two gossipers jump and gasp as they recognise me, I look at them with unseeing eyes and turn running from the room, hearing their insensitive chatter start back up again as they discuss their shock. Running through the corridors I hear the same words go around in my head Nevan is my father, my mother and him, love, me. Then I remember Rafe and him walking away from the kiss and I scream out.
Emotions building around me, I find myself down a solitary corridor, my eyes blurring as tears leak freely and sobs rip through my chest. Down the corridor is a familiar heavy oaken door and I run towards it, running like there is someone chasing me I throw myself against the doors and stumble through the stacks, my thoughts not even comprehendible as books surround me. I go to a dark corner, I bring my knees to my chest and sob as everything crashes down around me and my world turns black.


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No matter how many times I say, "This Christmas I am going to be more reasonable." I always over spend. Nothing like a little recession to tighten your holiday shopping budget, though, am I right Mamas? But we still love to shop and we want desperately to give our most precious ones the gifts their little hearts desire. Just please tell me, why do our precious ones want such expensive stuff?
Before I was a Mom I was an Auntie. I had a niece and a nephew and there is where I learned how fun it is to spend ridiculous amounts of money on little people whose wide eyes and screeches touched the very core of my heart as they opened their gifts.
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two of the most famous caves are in Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain. The oldest is Chauvet Pont d' Arc
cave paintings were said to be created for story telling, instructional and visual aids, and magical or religious reasons
no one knows who discovered Lascaux, but the ones who discovered Altamira were Marcelin Sanz de Sautuola and daughter Maria. A group of people discovered Chauvet Pont d' Arc and their names were Eliette Brunell Deschamps, Christian Hillarie, and Jean Marie Chauvet
cuneiform was used to keep track of all the business transactions
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he created his metal type out of an alloy of lead, tin, and aluminum that melted at low temperatures. This was a much more durable
printing presses influenced the making of many other things, such as paper, which was developoed in China by Ts'ai Lun.
the first book printed was the Bible
Gutenberg impacted communication in many ways. He perfected script, books were made rapidly, current information could be shared locally and around the world, book cost decreased and therefor the demand grew, books were written in many different languages, trade flourished, economies became stronger, and brought us into the Renaissance
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the first successful photograph was created by Joseph Niepce in 1827. The first practical photographic process was called the Daquerrotype, created by Louis Daquerrotype
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the next process was created by Archer, which was called the Wet Plate Process. The next process, and the first dry process was created by Richard Maddox
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the first color photograph was taken by James Clerk Maxwell. The invention of instant photography was by Edwin Land.


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When watching Sprinkle play it is easy to see he plays the game with a purpose. Built with a solid frame, Sprinkle is athletic and has great initial quickness off the ball. At this time his game is about rushing the passer and he excels using basically one power move combined with his quickness.
Sprinkle shows above average lateral speed and quickness showing the ability to react to plays away from him in the run game.
At the high school level Sprinkle is able to tee off and cause havoc to opposing quarterbacks. However, while he shows the ability to neutralize and anchor blockers by himself, he must improve his ability to beat and release from the block quicker. Right now he plays on the edge but must also show the ability to play inside if needed.
Sprinkle has a high ceiling as he brings great athletic ability on a frame that can get bigger without losing quickness or flexibility.
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Structure of stable solutions of a one-dimensional variational problem
Department of Mathematics,
Purdue University, USA;
Revised: 19 October 2005
We prove the periodicity of all H2-local minimizers with low energy for a one-dimensional higher order variational problem. The results extend and complement an earlier work of Stefan Müller which concerns the structure of global minimizer. The energy functional studied in this work is motivated by the investigation of coherent solid phase transformations and the competition between the effects from regularization and formation of small scale structures. With a special choice of a bilinear double well potential function, we make use of explicit solution formulas to analyze the intricate interactions between the phase boundaries. Our analysis can provide insights for tackling the problem with general potential functions.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 47J20 / 49K20 / 34K26
Key words: Higher order functional / local minimizer.
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The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin named Kevin an Emerging Lawyer for 2015 and 2016, which recognizes the top attorneys age 40 and under. Kevin is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the American Railway Development Association, and the Northern Illinois Commercial Association of Realtors.
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It's been seventeen years since Jack drew the naked portrait of Rose in "Titanic," but that entire scene still haunts Kate Winslet.
While at the premiere of "Divergent" last month, a fan asked Winslet to sign a copy of the nude portrait; Winslet told Yahoo! Movies UK that she gets asked to sign that infamous photo quite often.
"I don't sign that one," Winslet said according to the Huffington Post. "It feels very uncomfortable. Why would you do that? They were asking me to sign it. People ask me to sign that one a lot, and actually there's a photo of it as well that someone's lifted from a still of the film. That photo gets passed around. It's like, 'No, I didn't mean for it to be a photograph that I would end up seeing 16, 17 years later.'"
Winslet adds, "it's still haunting me...it's quite funny, really."
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A man had his arm amputated after his housemates allegedly tried to remove his tattoo in a row over hip hop group the Insane Clown Posse.
Zachary Swanson, 31, arm was amputated below the elbow following the Monday morning attack, when his housemates are said to have tried to cut the tattoo away from his skin using knives before setting it on fire.
Paul Martin Hurst and Cary Lee Edwards now face charges including first degree attempted murder, according to delmarvanow.com.
Police say they believe all three men. from Hebron, Maryland, are linked with the Juggalos - a cult fan following of the Insane Clown Posse.
Court documents suggest Edwards tried to remove Swanson's tattoo because he "did not believe that [he] had earned" it, and that Swanson had shown disrespect to the Insane Clown Posse.
County Sheriff Mike Lewis said: "To them, he had to pay the consequences."
He added: "I can't imagine the pain that the victim went through."
It's thought Hurst and Edwards may also have taken issue with the way Swanson had treated his girlfriend.
As well as being cut and burned, Swanson was badly beaten and remains in a critical condition with a brain bleed, swollen eyes, 11 broken ribs and lacerated liver.
Hurst and Edwards have been remanded in custody.


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- Podcast 27: Collecting Things in Video Games
- Podcast 26: Moral Combat on Violent Video Games
- Podcast 25: A Parent's Guide to The Psychology of Video Games
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- Podcast 16: The Qualities of Online Relationships
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Growth interactions among blue-green (Anabaena Oscillarioides, Microcystis aeruginosa) and green (Chlorella sp.) algae
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The growth interactions amongst the blue-green algal species Anabaena oscillarioides, Microcystis aeruginosa and the green alga, Chlorella sp. were studied both in mixed cultures and in filter cultures separated by a membrane filter in the two arms of an interaction U-tube. The role of nutrients especially phosphate upon the interaction has also been studied.
Anabaena and Microcystis both inhibited the growth of Chlorella while Microcystis also inhibited the growth of Anabaena. The inhibitory effect of Microcystis was found to be dependent on high concentrations of the initial algal inocula and independent of the initial concentration of nutrients such as inorganic phosphate, indicating that the nature of the inhibition is probably due to the production of inhibitory extracellular products by Microcystis. On the other hand, the inhibitory effect of Anabaena on Chlorella is the consequence of nutrient competition with Anabaena competing more effectively for the available phosphate.


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"Baseball broadcasting's top chronicler knows a good story when he hears one. A Talk in the Park shares great tales from the booth. Who knew that Fenway Park's rough-and-ready fans would serenade Oklahoma-born Joe Simpson with the title song from the Broadway musical that bears his home state's name? Curt Smith did, and now you will, too."—Phil Mushnick, New York Post
"Curt Smith has authored classic books like Voices of the Game, forged ESPN TV and Smithsonian Institution programs, and written more speeches than anyone for President George H. W. Bush. His latest work includes more Voices than in any sports book, ever. Amazing."—Bruce DuMont, president, National Radio Hall of Fame
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"Curt Smith has gone deep again—over the wall into the game's broadcasting essence—telling stories. With a ball in play as little as eight minutes in a three-hour game, filling dead spots with anecdotes is essential. With our nomadic lifestyle, these terrific stories involve happenings on and off the field."—Joe Castiglione, Boston Red Sox radio announcer
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A woman whose teenage suicide attempt left her without legs has fought back from depression and is now a happy mother.
Helen Galsworthy had given up hope at the age of 18, and decided to take her life by lying down on a train track.
She changed her mind at the last minute, but didn't move fast enough to prevent the train from hitting her legs, severing both just below the knee.
The last thing she recalled seeing before fainting was her legs lying separate from her.
She said: ''I could see a lot of blood and the end of my jeans were cut off. It was agonising''.
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There's Lone, the simpleton who can hear other people's thoughts; Janie, who moves things without touching them; and the teleporting twins, who can travel ten feet or ten miles. There's Baby, who invented an antigravity engine while still in the cradle, and Gerry, who has everything it takes to run the world except for a conscience. Separately, they are talented freaks.
Together, they may represent the next step in evolution - or the final chapter in the history of the human race. As they struggle to find whether they are meant to help humanity or destroy it, Sturgeon explores questions of power and morality, individuality and belonging.
©1981 The Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust; (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"One of the best science fiction novels of the year." (New York Times)
"A quantum leap in the development of science fiction as an art." (Washington Post)
"A masterpiece of provocative storytelling." (New York Herald Tribune)
"Hard to Finish"
A shorter novel. The novel was a conglomeration of three short stores. Together, in my opinion, they merit a single short story. There is simply not enough story to sustain a novel format.
No, it has not turned me off from Science Fiction.
Part 2, narrated by Harlan Ellison. Part 1 nearly bored me to death. Part 3 brought closure, but it was still too long and tedious.
A lot of boredom and feeling of tediousness. I found myself frequently feeling, "C'mon, get on with the story."
I am unsure why this book is such a classic, since it is so overwritten. The basic plot is interesting. I can understand why that would merit classifying it as "classic." But the story could have been told in 15-20 pages easily enough.
"Great story, 1 poor narrator"
I found the story to be enthralling, an truly interesting take on the next step of human evolution.
The general story and overarching concept really stretched my imagination. The concept of a gestalt organism is fascinating and is wonderfully explained throughout the story.
The first and last narrator were fantastic, I believe it was Stefan Rudnicki. Harlan Ellison's voice did not fit his role and was difficult to hear and understand at times.
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"It was ok...."
I gotta say I was kinda confused with this story...seemed like it took a long time to get into the meat and answer some questions...bunch of kids all with a differant "gift" individually that when placed together are super smart....the end sort of tied things together.
"maybe I read a different book than everyone else"
I got this because of the good reviews but I really didn't like it. It was very strange and it tried to be deep but just got more confusing and I couldn't care about the characters less. pass this one by.
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Justin Verlander overcame a rocky first and pitched six solid innings in his next-to-last start of spring training Sunday as the Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 in a split-squad game. The 2011 AL Cy Young winner and MVP, allowed four hits -- and two runs -- to the first five Phillies, then retired 15 of the next 18 batters, allowing just three infield singles after the first inning. For the day, Verlander gave up seven hits and two runs with three strikeouts and no walks. Hunter Pence singled home a run for the Phillies in the first, then scored on an RBI double by Ty Wigginton. Scott Elarton, who hasn't pitched in the majors since 2008 and was out of baseball completely in 2011, started for the Phillies allowing two hits and one run in four innings. Elarton, a non-roster invitee, is competing for a spot in the Phillies' bullpen.
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I spent one month in Japan with the LEX Exchange program this past summer. Japan contrasted strongly with other countries I have visited. I've spent most of my time in underdeveloped countries where for twenty dollars you could live like royalty. In Japan, twenty dollars won't even buy a decent meal.
I was excited to live with a Japanese family, having all my needs seen to, and being taken by the hand to explore the mysterious country that seemed forbidding to me. Notwithstanding their protests to the contrary, nearly everyone speaks at least a smattering of English.
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July 1st was the first day of Microsoft's fiscal year 2006.
Last year I focused on security (which I will still concentrate on this year), but I have a new concentration. This year I'm challenged with extending the internet delivered) reach of the MSDN Events team to millions of Developers.
I have a plan. And I'll be announcing it soon, but part of what I'm working on is developing a podcasting strategy.
Podcasting, in a nutshell, is like audio-blogging. Your aggregator fetches the new podcast audio files and downloads them to the target of your choice. This might be your desktop, but it might be straight to you "mobile audio device".
My "mobile multi-media experience" has been more or less to Windows centric devices.
My iPaq 5550 with a 1 gig SD card plays .wma files and with a PocketPC Encoder can store 2 full length movies or lots of downloaded MSDN Webcasts.
I have a Creative Zen portable media player (which I LOVE) for video. It's syncs via Windows Media Player, has awesome battery life and ample storage.
For audio I've been using a Sony NW-HD3 and an iRiver (mostly for recording).
Now, the Sony is a fine product. It has 20 Gigs of storage, very compact, very good audio quality.
The thing about the Sony is that, while I like it and I use it, it hasn't really infected my life. I'm a geek and I buy and use geek toys with great regularity. The Sony is….. Well…. Not an iPod.
I know, I know, I work for Microsoft. Apple is a competitor, blah, blah, blah.
My manager, Mike O'neill (well, now my manager's manager) is a very pragmatic guy. Last week he told me to go out and buy an iPod and really get my head around the "mobile culture".
So at the end of last week – I bought one, and I've spent that last several days connected to it. I LOVE IT!
Let me tell you why.
" The device itself is a 30 Gig iPod Photo. The design of the combined hardware/software interface is just outstanding. Apple has always really "got" the "cool factor" and the consumer user interface.
" The VCR style control circle is totally intuitive and after an hour you can use it without taking it out of your pocket.
" The multiple indexing makes it easy to find what you want, even when you have loaded tons of music.
" The storage is efficient. Using 1/6th of the disk space I could listen for 3 ½ days and never hear the same song twice.
" Loading a CD is trivially easy and does not require the intermediary sep of ripping to a PC hard drive.
" The PC software is easy to use and apparently complete.
" iTunes.com is very cool. Million(s) of songs, all have samples. AUDIO BOOKS – and PODCASTS !
" There's an amazing 3rd party market. On my future shopping list…..
o A Bose Desktop base.
o A FM Transmitter to play though my car stereo
o Bluetooth headset for wireless listening
o A headphone splitter for dancing with my 2 year old.
So I've been listening to podcasts, auto-synced directly to the iPod via the iTunes client.
I GET IT. With iTunes as my aggregator I can grab the iPod on the way out the door, listen in my car, keep listening at my desk, and in the halls, etc, etc.
This week I'm gonna figure out how to do that with my Sony – at least the auto-sync part. But with the iPod – it's natural.
So – I get it ! My podcast will be on line in two weeks!