Do you listen to music while programming?

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Do you listen to music while programming?

Poll ended at Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:33 pm

yes
12
46%
no
14
54%
 
Total votes: 26

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pocopito
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Re: Do you listen to music while programming?

Post by pocopito »

Not actually music, but helps when need to focus:
http://www.rainymood.com/

A more "orthodox" option:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mdGCqZTres
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Re: Do you listen to music while programming?

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Edoardo Manino wrote:I listen to music while programming just to cancel out background noise! Since background noise is tipically unpredictable, I cannot concentrate. Music, instead, is highly predictable (note: music I've listened to for a long time and I know very well), it is louder than the background noise and isolates me completely.
Of course I need sometimes to focus on some hard algorithmic coding and thus I have to stop my music.
This describes me very well, too. At work I am in a noisy environment and often need to listen to music to drown out background noise. At home I sometimes do, sometimes don't. I prefer to listen to already-familiar music when programming, because its less distracting. Although I have sometimes noticed, that listening to "new" music is more mentally stimulating which somehow can translate into higher productivity when programming. I avoid new music with vocals when I'm trying to program, because that tends to distract me.