End: The results

The great iPod experiment was a huge success. I will definitely continue the practice. The randomness of someone elses' unknown music is disarming. I found myself occasionally quite enjoying music I wasn't "supposed" to like. Some religious beliefs were reconfirmed however, for instance, I still really really hate James Taylor. I also cannot pallet Ani Di Franco, not one bit, although curiously and disastrously didn't use any of my 5 allotted skips on her.

Here are the results as I documented them (which is not very extensively at all):

Tracks I dug:
Wilson Phillips
Juanez
JJ Cale
Justin Timberlake

Tracks I skipped:
Some completely unignorable fiddle-pop jam-fest.
Alanis Morissette
Coldplay
Tori Amos
James Taylor

No huge revelations to be had, but it was totally worthwhile and fun. I've had some positive feedback from the other camp as well, which only used one of their skips (but apparently considered it on a couple other tracks). Leave what we know. Even if just for a day.

Live different.