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A lot of it is time management.
A long time ago, I realized that concentrating on one thing for extended periods is bad - it forces you to think in a single line, and never consider alternatives. Basically, you "go stale" and your useful output drops. In those days, I smoked so cigarette breaks controlled the frequency of such interruptions. But I gave up - thankfully - so I deliberately take frequent breaks to do something else (CP stiff for example) which makes me think about other things. This has several effects - first it refreshes me for the task I'm trying to do, and second it exposes me to other ideas which are often unrelated, but can often spark a shift in thinking for the project I'm working on. Lastly, it provides a "reality check" that I'm doing the job right when I come back to it. If I'm not, then it's obvious immediately because it takes me time to "pick up the thread" of what I was doing. Then I can fix that as well, either by better documenting what I've done, or changing the way I'm doing it. All of which means I end up with a better product which is easier to maintain because I "goof off" doing something completely unrelated!
Give it a try: take a ten minute break every hour and stimulate your brain with other things. It's surprising how much of a difference it can make.
Plus I'm a gestalt mind of twelve clones, so you never know which one(s) of me you are talking to!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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In your case, it seems like you take a ten minute break from Code Project every hour to do some real work.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Early on, I realized that I need break after certain period and it helps working better. I blamed it on the low attention span. And the breaks are mostly non-productive...
Never give a detailed thought on getting something else done in that time...
Good insight...Thanks
Thanks,
Milind
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MT_ wrote: OG and all gets to help on so many questions in QA OG has a cat.
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So, you mean CAT is managing CP or CAT is doing coding !?
Thanks,
Milind
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Only the cat knows for sure.
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Congrats on the milestone!...and thanks for asking a question that I myself have wondered about for some time! (QA time)
I found OG's response below above about how he does it, to be outstanding!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Shops that sell baked beans should put them on the shelves upside-down!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So open the tin at the bottom.
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OK.
Just answer me one thing.
How do you open a jar from the bottom without running the risk of swallowing splinters of glass?
I think what you're doing is attempting murder! I'm calling the police!
I'm calling them piggy-wiggies.
I hope you've learned your lesson!
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You buy baked beans in a jar? I never took you for Amish!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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You buy food that you can't see before you take it home and open it?
I never took you for an nutter with a death wish.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well, what's it gonna do? Leap out of the tin and strangle me? If you're telling me that you never buy food packaged in a way that makes visual inspection possible, I won't believe you!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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On a serious note: no, I don't. I buy, cook, and eat fresh food, as a rule.
Anything pre-packaged is full of sugar and nasties. Bad idea to eat it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It's the beans.
I'm a nightmare when I'm full of 'em.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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They already do. The manufacturer puts the label on the wrong way up!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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You poor fool. You understand nothing!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Just got a mail for my last thread about Android:
Your message '"Android is a consumer system"' has been marked as potentially being spam and is currently in the moderation queue pending approval.
What keywords do I have triggered here? I was just talking about Android and Chrome Books...
Have you encountered that ever?
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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You do realize just how much Chris likes Macs?
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Apple = the Beatles*.
Any other variety that is not an actual fruit should be ignored.
* And Mary Hopkin, but least said, soonest mended
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What about Chuck Berry? Or are you saying there's only one apple, and not there's only one fruit and it's the Beatles?
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No, the music industry's full of fruits.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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