Ups and Downs

[flwyd]

Recent ups:
• I've ridden my bike to work more often than I've driven so far this quarter
• I wrote a MapReduce to compute statistics on how people use our product. It feels good to say "Hey, 400 computers, run my program tonight

Comments

[vvvexation]

How does playing albums straight through help with productivity?

[flwyd]

One key to productivity is getting in a groove and not losing focus. When the music style changes every four minutes, it's easy to take that moment of distraction and check email, which leads to paging out the code I was constructing on my head. By keeping a consistent musical pace and sound, I can tap into the rhythm and focus on code for an hour.