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I like to get in the zone, which is trickier when having to worry about the world around me. I don't consider myself paranoid, but I guess I subconsciously maintain spatial awareness when out in public.
Maybe I'm just not well acclimated to working in public spaces, but I find a lot of the background activity distracting (like the dishes, for instance).
Silly idea, backed by "research" from the world of business-studies pseudo-academia. Do you trust the results of a paper that starts with the sentence "Creativity is ubiquitous in the realm of consumption"? http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/665048?uid=3739560&...
I'm one of those people. While this particular site's ambient noise doesn't suit me (too many sharp, distracting sounds) there are many sounds that do help. I typically find I get far more done and am able to focus better when i have my headphones on playing music that has few words.
Many others are the same way. While the paper you link to might not be 'research' (don't know, not paying the $14 to read it) it's not a silly idea by any means.
I ran into a similar thing today, focus@will: https://www.focusatwill.com/about/ More than specific patterns they offer, I found interesting that they they claim unfamiliar music is better for productivity: "And the single most important factor to consider when choosing a genre is what kind of music you usually listen to for fun and entertainment when you are not trying to be productive. And then, counter-intuitively…
I'm trying them out right now. Seems interesting.
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It depends on my mood. I find productive music to almost always lack vocals. I will list some artists and their respective albums, of the top of my head. (subgenres) Many of these artists have great discographies. Electronic 1. Glenn Underground - Atmosfear (house) 2. Aphex Twin - Ambient Works 85-92 3. Moby - 18 4. Space Dimension Controller - The Pathway To Tiraquon6 (soul-house) 5. Boards of Canada - Music has the…
I created a Spotify playlist with all of these albums (except Boards of Canada and Nico Muhly, not available): http://open.spotify.com/user/ryan.aidan/playlist/5ot3B9EqCZF...
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Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
I can't recommend CAN highly enough. I've written code to their music since 2006 (with pauses when I couldn't stand it anymore). Their music ranges from kinda rock to kinda ambient but they usually have a solid beat which helps me concentrate and somehow makes me type faster since I try to align to it subconciously I guess. They also have minimal vocals, and if there're vocals, there're hard to understand since it is…
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It depends on my mood. I find productive music to almost always lack vocals. I will list some artists and their respective albums, of the top of my head. (subgenres) Many of these artists have great discographies. Electronic 1. Glenn Underground - Atmosfear (house) 2. Aphex Twin - Ambient Works 85-92 3. Moby - 18 4. Space Dimension Controller - The Pathway To Tiraquon6 (soul-house) 5. Boards of Canada - Music has the…
> I find productive music to almost always lack vocals. This agrees with generally accepted psychological models. The mind is totally single-threaded in language processing/parsing (compared to incredible parallelism in spatial processing).
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Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
I've been collecting albums in a playlist, sharing because I don't see any of them here: http://open.spotify.com/user/1216782004/playlist/7Me4IwfD6FV... I've been adding much more quickly than curating, so probably lots of stuff that's not a good fit; at any rate, a few of my favorites so far: 1. Apparat - The Devil's Walk 2. Washed Out - Within and Without 3. Little People - Mickey Mouse Operation 4. Phutureprimitiv…
I ran into a similar thing today, focus@will: https://www.focusatwill.com/about/ More than specific patterns they offer, I found interesting that they they claim unfamiliar music is better for productivity: "And the single most important factor to consider when choosing a genre is what kind of music you usually listen to for fun and entertainment when you are not trying to be productive. And then, counter-intuitively…
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Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me
I can't recommend CAN highly enough. I've written code to their music since 2006 (with pauses when I couldn't stand it anymore). Their music ranges from kinda rock to kinda ambient but they usually have a solid beat which helps me concentrate and somehow makes me type faster since I try to align to it subconciously I guess. They also have minimal vocals, and if there're vocals, there're hard to understand since it is…
Very interesting, but I find I get much the same effect with the right types of music (which are also more aesthetically pleasing, to me). Also, recorded environmental sounds always have a certain degree of annoyance for me. There's nothing on earth I love more than the sound of rain or a crackling fire, but recorded versions just don't cut it (for me). This seems to fall into the same category.
Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me