More than once I have been disappointed by the lack of depth in the Shuffle Songs option on my iPod. I expect that it will reach into its depths and dredge up some forgotten classic I have stashed on the hard drive, but sadly no, most often it seems to play my least favorite most heard tracks.

In order to combat this not so random, random I decided to create an Unplayed Smart Playlist. One simple rule: the play count of the song has to be zero. All of a sudden there were all those songs that I had forgotten about.

This, along with my Recently Added Smart Playlist, are now my favored as opposed to plain old Shuffle Songs.