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Finding a Productive Place to Code?

posted by janrinok on Monday March 24 2014, @01:08PM   
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?"

• Conducive environ (Score: 2, Interesting) by NezSez on Monday March 24 2014, @02:41PM

  by NezSez (961) on Monday March 24 2014, @02:41PM (#20426) Journal

  I find that a good "place" minimizes distractions of others, machine noise, etc, but there are other factors when coding for long periods of time as well. One is the brightness of the monitors your are using, as you mentioned, but another one for me is the chair I'm sitting in.
  I considered using one of the zero-g chairs http://www.ergoquest.com/zero-gravity-workstations .html [ergoquest.com], but a little pricey, and for years there was nothing like this I could find. I will be building my own chair and desk, as I have not found anything on the market to match my needs except for outrageously expensive radiologist chairs.

  If I drink a lot of coffee while coding, eventually I get a restless leg syndrome and have to get up and move around periodically.

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