His post reminded me how good was to be “alone”*. The most productive and meaningful work I did on my live was when my internet access and other resources where pretty limited.
During university I remember wget-ing entire docs sessions on 1.44 floppy to read/study during the weekend because I didn’t had internet access. I’ve also implemented two important projects in a clean room design style, no references other than the provided ones.
It’s on my TODO to rent a hut in the woods without internet or cellphone access and take my concentration flow to the next level.
*As Alone I mean most about being offline and not accessible.
My favorite development time is spent on buses, where I get a few hours of “leave me the fuck alone” and “internet connection too poor for anything but IRC and documentation lookup”.
I kinda want to do a long train ride in the US for similar purposes.
You can get that benefit in rural areas, too, if you dont bring a smartphone with you. People often discuss drawbacks of being isolated from jobs, few crowds, good Internet, etc. When you need to focus or relax, stuff being far away can make that easy.
His post reminded me how good was to be “alone”*. The most productive and meaningful work I did on my live was when my internet access and other resources where pretty limited.
During university I remember wget-ing entire docs sessions on 1.44 floppy to read/study during the weekend because I didn’t had internet access. I’ve also implemented two important projects in a clean room design style, no references other than the provided ones.
It’s on my TODO to rent a hut in the woods without internet or cellphone access and take my concentration flow to the next level.
*As Alone I mean most about being offline and not accessible.
My favorite development time is spent on buses, where I get a few hours of “leave me the fuck alone” and “internet connection too poor for anything but IRC and documentation lookup”.
I kinda want to do a long train ride in the US for similar purposes.
My favorite development time is biking trough town and extended forest walks. I think I fix most bugs offline.
That reminds of the Amtrak writer’s retreat (EDIT - I guess it was called a “residency”) that they ran a while back: http://blog.amtrak.com/amtrak-residency/
You can get that benefit in rural areas, too, if you dont bring a smartphone with you. People often discuss drawbacks of being isolated from jobs, few crowds, good Internet, etc. When you need to focus or relax, stuff being far away can make that easy.
My experience wasn’t all that great for writing as I found it difficult to type without mistakes. Other than that, it was not a bad trip.