From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 21 15: 1:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from hades.riverstyx.net (hq-port-89.harbour-dhcp-pool.infinetgroup.com [207.23.37.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9C6E14E51 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 15:01:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unknown@riverstyx.net) Received: from localhost (unknown@localhost) by hades.riverstyx.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA05185; Fri, 21 May 1999 15:07:20 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 15:07:20 -0700 (PDT) From: To: Terry Lambert Cc: bright@rush.net, hodeleri@seattleu.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Music to code by In-Reply-To: <199905212147.OAA04190@usr07.primenet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I need music to code by... makes me work good. I don't usually listen to the phone, or pay attention to distractions. I like some nice background music to focus my thoughts. --- tani hosokawa river styx internet On Fri, 21 May 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Sorry, but I just don't get this whole thread; how can anyone code > at their best while listening to music? The idea that my phone > might ring or that someone might show up and demand my attention > is enough that I can't get to my deepest level of concentration > due to anticipating the mere possibility of interruption. My best > work is always achieved at home or in an office with the door closed. > > Is it just that other people don't concentrate very deeply when > coding, or is it that they just don't code very deeply? > > All of the best coders I have known throughout my career go into > semi-autistic funks -- pacing, rocking backward and forward in their > chairs, etc. -- while producing their best code. > > Bill Gates is reputed to rock back and forth in his chair like > Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man" when he is concentrating deeply upon > some subject (coding, taking money from little old ladies, whatever). > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message