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Finding a Productive Place to Code?

posted by janrinok on Monday March 24 2014, @01:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the ask-uncle-Jan dept.

Subsentient writes:

"I have a short attention span, a very short one, and I have very, abnormally poor energy levels, to such a point that while my physical strength can be up to snuff, my mind is always running at 8Mhz. I am a programmer. This is a problem. However, I find that some places are better to code at than others. If I can sit somewhere upright, looking down at the monitor, in a comfortable position, I can sometimes get some work done, and if my monitor is large, soft, and bright, I am better off still. Do soylentils have issues with location? What would you suggest for being able to sit down and code for hours, something I have NEVER been able to do?"

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 24 2014, @01:16PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday March 24 2014, @01:16PM (#20343) Journal

    The bar. Sit yourself down in a nice, dark bar with wifi, open up your laptop for a high-contrast environment, get yourself an alcoholic beverage of choice, and hack away.

    As an added bonus, the day after you get to have a few chuckles at your code degenerating into misspellings, variables with curse words and functions with references to sexual organs, slurs, and comments about sports teams. You may also discover pretzel and chip crumbs in your keyboard.

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  • (Score: 2) by wjwlsn on Monday March 24 2014, @01:30PM

    by wjwlsn (171) on Monday March 24 2014, @01:30PM (#20360) Homepage Journal

    This idea is not as crazy as it sounds. I wouldn't necessarily recommend sitting in a bar to program, but having a drink might help. My problem is that my mind is often too active to concentrate on one thing for very long... I keep getting distracted by things going on around me, or even within my own head. A drink or two calms all of that right down. Another thing that works for me, especially when I can't have a drink, is to listen to music with headphones... something that I know well already, and that has a relatively steady beat. It seems to regulate me somewhat and occupies the ADDled parts of my brain so that the rest of it can actually get to work.

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    I am a traveler of both time and space. Duh.

  • (Score: 1) by fishybell on Monday March 24 2014, @01:36PM

    by fishybell (3156) on Monday March 24 2014, @01:36PM (#20368)

    I was going to say the library, but I have to concede that you have indeed found the best solution.