Comments on: Coding Flow and Techniques http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html Programming is passion made real Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:27:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bruce http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html#comment-116 Bruce Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:26:06 +0000 http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html#comment-116 Marc, that's the key right there. The ability to mentally "relax", sure that you won't lose track, leads to a prolongation and enhancement of the flow state. The great thing was that I was able to take a lunch break, talk with my wife, and then go back to programming, immediately resuming my flow. That's rare, and I have to credit my new attention to technique. Marc, that’s the key right there. The ability to mentally “relax”, sure that you won’t lose track, leads to a prolongation and enhancement of the flow state. The great thing was that I was able to take a lunch break, talk with my wife, and then go back to programming, immediately resuming my flow.

That’s rare, and I have to credit my new attention to technique.

]]> By: Marc http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html#comment-115 Marc Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:01:18 +0000 http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html#comment-115 Yep, your description of the "stack" definitely rings true with me. I very much tend to operate much of the time in a LIFO or "latest is loudest" sort of mode. My solution, as you mentioned, is to resist the temptation to do the latest thing in my head right away and to write it down somewhere so that my mind can relax and know that it's accounted for somewhere. This is very much in line with David Allen's "Getting Things Done" methodology (which I'm a fan of) and I think it's the reason that coders seem to have particular interest in David Allen's methods. Yep, your description of the “stack” definitely rings true with me. I very much tend to operate much of the time in a LIFO or “latest is loudest” sort of mode. My solution, as you mentioned, is to resist the temptation to do the latest thing in my head right away and to write it down somewhere so that my mind can relax and know that it’s accounted for somewhere.

This is very much in line with David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” methodology (which I’m a fan of) and I think it’s the reason that coders seem to have particular interest in David Allen’s methods.

]]> By: Simon http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html#comment-114 Simon Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:35:00 +0000 http://coderseye.com/2006/coding-flow-and-techniques.html#comment-114 Hey Bruce, I agree with your description - and the critical need for "sticky notes". I also used to use a stack of "recycled" code printouts in the gap between keyboard and monitor to scribble notes on in a hurry. The "flow" is super-critical in any creative activity - and coding is no exception. But the problem we often face in an office or business environment is how to handle interruptions. Often programmers are seen as rude because we are just "engaged". Hey Bruce,

I agree with your description – and the critical need for “sticky notes”. I also used to use a stack of “recycled” code printouts in the gap between keyboard and monitor to scribble notes on in a hurry.

The “flow” is super-critical in any creative activity – and coding is no exception. But the problem we often face in an office or business environment is how to handle interruptions. Often programmers are seen as rude because we are just “engaged”.

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