The Importance of Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill

Re:The Importance of Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Le... by mlthoughts2018 on Saturday May 26, 2018 @05:38PM (#17164393)

In large part yes, you are right, his writing was more qualitative and sociological, sometimes philosophy.

But seeing your comment made me start trying to dig up a 1987 paper from Alexander titled, "Toward a Personal Workplace," and I am actually amazed and unsettled by how hard it is to find anything online. That article surveys more empirical properties of office interiors. But yes, I would look to the studies cited in the Peopleware chapter called, "Bring Back the Door" for the empirical extensions of what Alexander had inspired.

Here's the best link I could find on that thread of Alexander's work:

< http://zeta.math.utsa.edu/~yxk833/Chris.furniture.html >

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Re:The Importance of Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Le... by deerpig on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:27AM (#17165910)

You aren't kidding about it being hard to find anything about that paper. I tried finding it a couple of years ago and just spent an hour now and had no luck. Thanks for the link I hadn't seen that before...

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