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Re:Holding a program in one's head by bholdsworth on Thursday August 23, 2007 @01:57PM (#45734)
Awesome essay, Paul. You really nailed this whole phenomenon. It's the first time I've read all these things in one place and it is so very true in my experiences.

At my old company, one comment you'd always hear from team members with a new idea was "Hey, I thought of this in the shower this morning, and I think we should ..."

Re:Holding a program in one's head by portLAN on Thursday August 23, 2007 @08:51PM (#45942)
Management has decided the sprinkler system in the dev room will be activated and remain on until further notice.
Re:Holding a program in one's head by staunch on Friday August 24, 2007 @12:30AM (#46040)
It has been decided that no thinking will be permitted at home in the shower. Management is concerned that this practice may result in the possibility of an intellectual property dispute.