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Total Immersion swimming is amazing. I did lesson #2 today for the first time–I was totally underwater (like my head and body were totally submerged) as I did some of the drills.
I have been swimming for about two months now but I had not been improving much–I got to where I could swim three laps (in a 25m pool, aka 150m total), but I was way out of breath by the end. I’d read a beginning triathlete article recommending that you just swim without focusing on technique for the first six weeks because frankly you just have to figure out a few things by yourself.
I’m really glad I took that advice, because now I am at least not a stranger to the pool (e.g. I know how to share a lane with someone else), but all I was doing was struggling more to swim the same distance faster. I wasn’t improving my distance and I would have to rest at the end of the pool all the time.
So far I feel like the Total Immersion technique, which is all about practicing technique without struggling, will let me swim arbitrary distances without getting too tired.
I am interested in going to a sprint triathalon in September so I am really excited now that swimming won’t necessarily be my most embarassing event!
I just found this EDUCAUSE presentation, about California State University, Northridge, who struggled with prioritizing 100s of projects. They had no way to prioritize these projects. Much of what they’re saying is generally applicable–they needed IT governance!
“IT governance” is a hot topic, but not many people describe actionable steps to implement IT oversight. This presentation helps describe their approach to getting Customers involved in prioritizing new work.
