What Do You Think The Purpose Of Chief Delphi Is Intended For? What Is Its Value?

[Jared Russell]

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.