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CNN has some take on it, also talking about apple’s previous endeavors with phones like the ROKR (note the Google lucky hit does not even return a Motorola Link ).

Some points to take home:

1. Apple has a serious interest in security, not only because of patents and their competitive advantage, but also because this culture of secrets gives apple the media hype of these events like Macworld.
2. If you want to work with a company that is as creative, has that much of an ego and a personality — let them be themselves. That’s why Motorola-Apple did not work in the ROKR case, that’s why Cingular-Apple works: „They let Apple be Apple“ (and probably also Steve be Steve…)

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On the dance floor, however, and in the dance world, which is sort of a bizarre microcosm, Ⅰ am more extroverted than he is by far. When dancing, I’m the one who is engaging and charismatic while he prefers to appear calm and aloof. He walks onto the floor with an attitude of ‘here’s my dancing, take it or leave it’ where Ⅰ play to and engage with the crowd. Which is probably why Ⅰ describe the self that exists on the dance floor as a character of sorts. She is my ‘inner diva’ who loves to be the center of attention, a contrast to the self who would generally let other people shine and contribute quietly in the background.

On a parallel blog, shallwedance seems to have written something about “When dancing, a person’s personality changes.” (where Ⅰ could not find the details of that statement ar at least Ⅰ could not find any justification for her proposal). Nevertheless Ⅰ believe she is correct. In a way. And Stellae does make this point as well, even though she may not see it the way Ⅰ do

My experience is that dancing can change a person – but not everyone is affected as much by it. It all depends on the why in a person’s dancing. Let’s take my ballroom partner (or better: de facto ex-partner, more on this later): she was a shy, less secure and “soft” person when Ⅰ met her, but Ⅰ have seen her change through the two years we have been dancing together. Ⅰ have seen her become more and more the “show-off” with her dancing, as we progressed up the dance-ladder, our successes in the first months did make her more aware of her skills, and more aware of the lacking skills of other people. She did take pride – but also did like to show it. Her reason for dancing became that “show off” — which is very good if you want to do exactly that: dance at competitions, where performance is everything and skill or technicalities do not really get you that far. She has become (or has further expressed) being an “external dancer”, a dancer that is motivated more by what an audience or a judge will see. She does have a very valid internal sensor as well — the feel of the dance, but Ⅰ believe here motivation is mostly looks. Ⅰ have tried often during practice to work from a physical/motional standpoint, where she always thought in the external picture.

On the other hand: Ⅰ am that “internal dancer” — what counts for me most is the feeling of motion, music and musicality. Ⅰ do not care much about external looks, and competing was a valuable experience, of course (especially for someone who does have those introverted tendencies), but the competition never was much of a motivation for me. My thoughts here are “We will dance as we always dance – and if our level is good enough, if we have the techniques down in our bodies – we will win”. Winning by being the best. Not winning by performing best, or being better than others, none of that feels natural to me. When Ⅰ started ballroom/competetive dancing Ⅰ had one goal: become a good dancer, and since that is only possibly through training and lessons provided for competitive dancers. So Ⅰ did that, worked hard, and got my successes, advanced from the entry level Ⅾ to Ⅽ to B, but now this is it. Ⅰ do not have the time and energy these days to continue, and Ⅰ do not really need to advance any further or compete. But what is even more important: Ⅰ have re-found the pleasure of argentine tango, where the internal feeling is what you strive for, where musicality, improvisation and movement is the nirvana of dancing. Here Ⅰ am at home.

And back to “personality changes”: Ⅰ tend to believe that when dancing for performance, when doing “external” dancing, people can change towards that direction. There are quite a bunch of girls Ⅰ know who have started expressing the characteristics of Latin dances in their “real lives,” there are guys who have gained a level of machoism that was not natural in their “non-dancing former life”. And Ⅰ have seen people who are “internal dancers,” like myself, to become more secure with their bodies, their expression, their emotions. Just the training of smooth movement, coordination = ⅰ.e. the technical aspects of dancing will change people, change their appearance and self-consciousness. Add a certain level of musicality, improvisation, emotion to this – which then is practiced often in (mostly) social dance situations — and you get a pack of experiences that can forge and change a personality: add security, modes of expression, habits of expression… It might not be the dance itself, it may be the exposure to certain people, certain expectations of behavior (performing), the exposure to a certain style of music. Have you ever noticed there are different kinds of people doing the different disciplines? Salsa, Tango Argentino, Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Boogie, R&R, Ballet. You can feel/smell their background, birds of a feather flock together, but also “you are who you associate with”. Yes, dancing changes you — much more than other sports — there is that added emotionality and subjectivity to it that lacks in other competitive sports.

Ⅰ know this is by far a complete and universal statement, but nevertheless applicable for many people. Ⅰ tend to classify the types of dancers (by their motivation for dancing!) — a classification which might make the personality changes more clear and applicable. But (maybe) more on that another time.

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(from Wikipedia[en])

Nach den Ansichten der Pragmatisten sollten sich alle Urteile, Anschauungen, Vorstellungen, Begriffe u.a. der handelnden Menschen als Regeln für das Tätigsein und das Verhalten erweisen. Aus der Haltung des Skeptizismus heraus, dass es dem Menschen nie glaubhaft gelungen sei, die Realität wirklich hinreichend so abzubilden, dass es zur Übereinstimmung mit der Realität gekommen sei, wird auch die bisherige Erkenntnis und das erkannte Wahre nur als Metapher betrachtet. Somit ist die Erkenntnis über die objektive Realität nicht in Übereinstimmung mit den darüber getroffenen Aussagen als Wahrheit aufzufassen, sondern nur aus der praktischen Nutzanwendung zu folgern. Damit wird das Kriterium der Wahrheit zum Kriterium der Nützlichkeit, des Nutzens, des Erfolges. James drückt diese Aussage über die Wahrheit so aus:
„Wahr ist das, was sich durch seine praktischen Konsequenzen bewährt.“
Oder mit anderen Worten (James):
„Eine Vorstellung ist wahr, solange es für unser Leben nützlich ist, sie zu glauben.“

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Aber eins ist auch recht wichtig: ein Turnierergebnis ist niemals ein direkter Indikator für die Qualität des eigenen Tanzens und wir sollten uns nicht daran messen. Nachdem die C-Klasse hier in München gerade ziemlich eng besetzt ist und alle Paare fleissig sich verbessern kann ein besseres Ergebnis nur dann zu Stande kommen, wenn wir a) einen besseren Tag haben als die anderen oder b) um einiges schneller uns verbessern als die anderen Paare (zumindest die die jetzt schon besser bewertet werden) und ⅽ) ist das ganze immer noch ein Problem der subjektiven Wertung, und da spielen ja doch noch andere Dinge eine Rolle…

Mein persönlicher Eindruck ist, daß ein Selbstmotivation im Tanzen und das Einschätzen der eigenen Fähigkeiten sich auf kleine Details begründen muß, kleine Einzelheiten, die plötzlich klappen, Verbesserungen in der Bewegung oder in der Kondition, Harmonie oder Musikalität. Sich aufs eigene Gefühl zu verlassen ist zwar manchmal ganz gut, aber auch sehr trügerisch, da man sich ja immer recht schnell an ein Niveau gewöhnt und von dort aus Schwankungen nach unten sehr deutlich wahrnimmt, aber nach oben nicht so sehr. Letztendlich hat man dann doch meistens eher ein schlechtes Gefühl auch wenn von außen gesehen alles klappt.

Was mich aber auch zu der Frage kommen läßt: warum tanze ich? Warum Turniertanz? Und meine Antwort ist ziemlich deutlich: weil ich Spaß an der Bewegung habe und ein solches Niveau nur hier im Tanzsport erreicht werden kann. (jedenfalls im Standard-Tanzen. Im Argentinischen Tango ist das was anderes – aber da bin ich ja auch mit dabei ). Vielleicht ist das wirklich eine Lücke in der „Tanz-Versorgung“ der Republik: gutes, technisch anspruchsvolles Tanzen in angenehmer Atmosphäre, mit genug Platz – das gibt es nicht. Es gibt ab und an eine Practice, aber die ist Training, dann gibt es Bälle, die sind zu voll und kosten zu viel Eintritt, oder letztendlich die Ãœbungsparties der Tanzschulen – da stehen zu viele Fußgänger im Weg… Das wärs doch, ein regelmäßiges, ballähnliches Spektakel für Standardtänzer mit Anspruch und Qualität – ein Ort wo man „endlich“ Musikalisch tanzen kann, jenseits von Folgen und Bewertungen, wo es einfach nur auf den Spaß ankommt. So in etwa wie auf einer Milonga – am liebsten auch mit Partnerwechsel und Improvisation. Denn DAS ist auch im Standard-Tanz möglich, wenngleich dafür auch viel Arbeit notwendig ist. Aber ich denke der Trainingsaufwand für hochklassige Tangotänzer ist in etwa vergleichbar mit dem Standardtanzen – auch wenn die Schwerpunkte definitiv andere sind.

Aber eigentlich wäre ich auch zufrieden, wenn es eine Einrichtung gäbe, die zum selben Geld und mit den Trainingsmöglichkeiten unseres Tanzsportclubs nur für Argentinischen Tango da wäre.

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Pre-emptive war against a country that couldn’t possibly attack us unless they mailed grenades to everyone in the United States with a big, „Pull ring to open package,“ sign. Locking up 16 year old girls on trumped up charges with no recourse. Disappearing thousands of people with no recourse. Torturing prisoners with nobody in charge held accountable. Killing over a hundred thousand innocents. Slowly installing a theocracy through the back door. What do you mean, if the terrorists win? found here

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By the way, in my teens, Ⅰ had hair to my shoulders. Presently, Ⅰ dance, watch movies, love rock music, and have been well over 100 MPH in my car.

kind of makes me wonder about his sense of humor, but nevertheless Ⅰ do not agree with him. at all.

Basically his statement sounds like this:

By clearly unscientific observation, the ubiquitous advice of associating with those who exhibit the qualities that you would like to possess for the purpose of assimilating those qualities does seem valid. Successful people often associate with successful people. One often hears famous actors mention some of their early roommates — who have also become famous actors. This is not to say that there is a causal relationship between success and personal associations. It may simply be a correlation. But in any case, it is a phenomenon available for use.

Now what do Ⅰ have to say about this? Ⅰ would like to add some other observations:

1. Like and Like…
2. Opposites Attract.
3. There are a bunch of wanna-be-s associating – thereby thinning the overall achievment density.
4. Diversity rules it all. Especially in Bert’s teaching example. Ⅰ tell you: do mix different levels of achievement, make an effort to pull up those who are behind, while at the same time challenging those who are ahead to learn new skills (like team work, social skills, or even just questioning their own convictions).
5. Teach everyone to distrust everything, to question everything.
6. Groups of like people are the death of individuality – and without individuals there is no will for change.
7. …

Ⅰ am not really in the mood to write a paper here or even come close to writing full theses plus rationale. But Ⅰ am really sure that to be successful you need things that pull you as well as things that push you. You need to have a sense for both black and white as well as all shades of grey. By associating with homogeneous groups you lose touch with diversity, creativity and maybe even the floor.

If you need to be in the proximity of groups of like people do so because you want to analyze them and maybe have fun with them. But do not base your identity on them.

In the end it all depends on what you want to achieve. As always.

PS: In dancing argentine tango it does make a difference with who you associate with – ladies: always watch who you decide to dance with – you may drive one kind away just by dancing with another kind. More on that if you like later – leave a comment.

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