Comments on: The Life - Day 3.2 http://www.happyapps.com/blog/2006/02/the-life-day-32/ design. business. mac love. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: mkb http://www.happyapps.com/blog/2006/02/the-life-day-32/#comment-293 mkb Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:34:21 +0000 http://www.happyapps.com/blog/2006/02/the-life-day-32/#comment-293 Music's benefit for me varies a bit with my state of mind and a lot with the type of music. I find that music with a very repetitive, relentless rhythm (metal or some genres of electronica) can really help me stay in the zone and crank away at the code. Other types of music are too distracting; my association between jazz and leisure is so strong that I can't get much work done while listening to jazz. I haven't kept track, but I also suspect that the type of programming task may influence whether music is a help or a hinderance. If I am fumbling with a new library or framework and don't quite have my sea legs, music is sometimes a distraction. Music’s benefit for me varies a bit with my state of mind and a lot with the type of music. I find that music with a very repetitive, relentless rhythm (metal or some genres of electronica) can really help me stay in the zone and crank away at the code. Other types of music are too distracting; my association between jazz and leisure is so strong that I can’t get much work done while listening to jazz.

I haven’t kept track, but I also suspect that the type of programming task may influence whether music is a help or a hinderance. If I am fumbling with a new library or framework and don’t quite have my sea legs, music is sometimes a distraction.

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