[geeks] Working Music vs Thinking Music

doctor obnox son of a bitch drobnox at visi.com
Sat Jun 22 20:33:11 CDT 2002


On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 08:00:37PM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke had the audacity to opine:
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> So far, things I've found that I can actually listen to while coding/
> proving are:
>   Loreena McKennitt
>   Moby
>   Cusco (not all of it, though)
> 
> Any suggestions on what else might work?  Also, any suggestions on what
> sort of mental excercises I might perform so that I can concentrate
> without needing any distractions at all?
> 

Try some nice Brazilian Bossa Nova. Sounds like elevator music at first,
but upon repeated listening you'll find there's something much deeper
going on underneath the smoothness.


> --Jonathan
> [1] Tell me whatever you want about the inefficiency of task-switching,
>     but I have enough evidence to convince me that I can do two things at
>     once more efficiently than I can do one thing at once.
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