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Re: What Do You Think The Purpose Of Chief Delphi Is Intended For? What Is Its Value?
In no real order...
1) Networking and coordinating with members from other teams, various FIRST organizations, and industry (NI, Sun, Luminary Micro, etc.)
2) Keeping up to date with FIRST-related happenings and discussions. CD is about as comprehensive as it gets.
3) Seeing what other teams are doing. What works in a FIRST context, what doesn't work in a FIRST context, what am I going to be seeing a lot of at Regionals - it's all part of the research that goes into making an effective competition solution.
4) Historical purposes. I enjoy looking at years-old threads to see what the talk was about. I also enjoy reading my posts from years ago and watching how my own opinions and feelings about FIRST have changed over the years.
5) A place for honing (technical) communication abilities. From time to time I like to give a detailed technical answer to a question not only to help others, but to also dust off my writing skills.
6) A resource that is frequented by experts in almost any subject. Most non-robotics questions here get the same exceptional responses that FIRST-focused ones get. I have gotten my interest piqued in many topics that I would have otherwise had minimal exposure to without reading these types of threads.
7) Entertainment. Caption contests, jokes, photos, etc. There are many smiles and laughs to be had here.
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