How I Optimize Myself

Re:How I Optimize Myself by danielharan on Saturday February 08, 2014 @03:56PM (#7202687)

Upvoting this, if only for the suggestion to "Don’t think at your desk", which is a strategy I hadn't heard before.

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Re:How I Optimize Myself by TeMPOraL on Saturday February 08, 2014 @04:53PM (#7202931)

I'm a person who just plain can't think in front of the code. Whenever I need to design something, I need to take pen and some paper, or go use a whiteboard, or go outside and take a walk, or sometimes take a shower (I use a waterproof notepad to write down ideas there).

I always struggled with this, seeing how my friends can sit for 8h/day in front of computers coding good stuff, and I need to take walks outside every time I need to think something through. It's good and reassuring to find that there are others in this situation as well.

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Re:How I Optimize Myself by yawz on Sunday February 09, 2014 @01:45AM (#7204668)

> I use a waterproof notepad to write down ideas there

Seriously?! Very very cool. I should get one of those.

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Re:How I Optimize Myself by TeMPOraL on Sunday February 09, 2014 @11:53AM (#7206048)

Seriously. It's more useful than I suspected :). I do the first sketches of my talks in the shower now; calmness and hot water boost imagination :).

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Re:How I Optimize Myself by dllthomas on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:06PM (#7203907)

Your method is probably healthier, too.

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Re:How I Optimize Myself by userbinator on Saturday February 08, 2014 @08:18PM (#7203751)

> I use a waterproof notepad to write down ideas there

Notepad++ is waterproof already. :)

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Re:How I Optimize Myself by brianbreslin on Saturday February 08, 2014 @07:47PM (#7203645)

I find my most innovative thinking happens in the shower. So I bought a diver's board to write notes or ideas down in there. I think it was $6 on amazon.

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