The Lack of Silence
I've really been enjoying working at WetaDigital recently. My responsibilities are focusing more torwards managment, architecture and project planning which is what I enjoy most. As always, this comes a deluge of meetings and interupt driven work. I don't mind this, in fact I quite like it, but it does make finding uninterupted blocks of time to get technical work done quite challenging.
Even though I've never really liked the way headphones make me feel out of step with reality, I've found that putting my headphones on is an incredibly useful way of isolating myself in a busy office. It's also interesting to experiment with which kinds of music are most condusive to long streches of concentration. I've known for a long time that I can't concentrate with vocally interesting music (why Television is so deathful to my working) and it makes sense that it must be consistent enough that the transitions aren't jarring. I thought LeoKottke would be perfect but it's too interesting, on the other hand BabatundeOlatunji's drum music is wonderful, and recently CrystalMethod has been spending a lot of time blasting out of iTunes.
Comments
I highly recommend anything by the Ozric Tentacles. Highly motivational non-intrusive coding/admining music. JoshReineke
- Cool, I'll check them out. In fact I'll download them now ... from somwhere ... -- Adam.