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Music under headphones. I work in the middle of a cube farm and it's considered impolite to play music "out loud". I have to have something to listen to, as I've got a group manager over one cubicle wall who's constantly on the phone, and the rest of the folks are constantly talking back and forth.
I listen to smooth jazz, New Age, 70's funk, 80's pop, and rock from any era, depending on what I'm doing. Instrumentals usually when I'm debugging, as vocals are distracting. The New Age helps when I'm fighting a migraine and when I'm writing documentation (no correlation implied). Rock is good when I'm doing UI layout, for some inexplicable reason.
And yes, I know I'm going to lose what little credibility I have here, since I didn't list my 27 favorite metal bands.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Complete silence. Since that's rarely possible at work (during normal work hours), I feed my head with white noise.
/ravi
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Some quiet music helps me...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Utter Silence.
No-one can hear you scream in white-space.
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Always noise/music. But it has to be a (to me) well known Metal album. New (to me) music is distracting.
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I prefer headphones and not have to hear other people at all. I don't work in a such happy place, but lately I'm working on a full-time project so I love to have an excuse to tell other people to take their * somewhere else 
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That depends on whether I'm at the office or at home. The office is a noisy environment; without my headphones on and music playing, I'm too distracted by others' comings, goings, rantings, ravings, and pleadings to concentrate. My home is quiet, except for the occasional boisterous visit from my Newf or my German Shepherd, so there I don't need to "blockade my ears" against an adverse auditory environment.
If I were God-Emperor of the Universe and could compel my work environment to be one way or the other, I'd opt for silence...but God-Emperors don't often have to read or write C++ code. At least, none of the ones I know do much of it.
(This message is programming you in ways you cannot detect. Be afraid.)
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Fran Porretto wrote: If I were God-Emperor of the Universe [...] but God-Emperors don't often have to read or write C++ code.
Was that a Dune or a Warhammer 40k reference?
Either way, 
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(chuckle) Neither, in all sincerity. It's more of a "stock phrase" for me. Others might say "If I were King," but, as God-Emperors hire and fire mere Kings, I tend to go with the more exalted title.
Apropos of titles, someone once asked me, in a completely different context, what title I would choose if I could choose whatever I like. After some thought, I selected one from Jack Vance: "Plenipotentiary High Exterminator." It has a rather authoritative, don't-mess-with-me sound, doesn't it?
(This message is programming you in ways you cannot detect. Be afraid.)
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Fran Porretto wrote: Plenipotentiary High Exterminator [...] It has a rather authoritative, don't-mess-with-me sound, doesn't it?
Yeah, kinda does, but again I'm stuck with Warhammer references today, so that makes me think of this badelephant[^]
Full-fledged Java/.NET lover, full-fledged PHP hater.
Full-fledged Google/Microsoft lover, full-fledged Apple hater.
Full-fledged Skype lover, full-fledged YM hater.
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It depends really...
When I have something complex that I think to think about on how to aproach it, then music just makes me go crazy and I end up throwing the headphones across the room most times.
If I have to develop soe code but I already have the aproach and design figured out and layed out in my notebook ( can't go without paper sheets still, there is no substitute to scribling with a pen when you are trying to figure something out ) then i jsut put on some music to get my gears going.
Same as when I am doing routine/maintenance/data adjustments.
As for the style, depends on the mood. From metalica to dubstep to classical music to rap. It's just random 
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In the office I HAVE to be wearing my headphones, even if nothing is playing in them. I have worn headphones since the late 1990s. Before internet radio I would wear 2 sets simultaneously, one set was plugged into the radio and the other into the PC so I could hear all my audio cues, break point sounds, new mail notification, the special sound event that was tied to email from my wife because I NEVER ignore those.
People are more polite to someone wearing headphones because you appear to be concentrating more.
Music, eclectic, ChristianRock.net to bluegrass to Celtic to Chuck Berry to BowWowWow to HappyHardcore.
Music goes off at noon for Rush Limbaugh as been my habit for nearly 25 years. Don't care if you with agree with him or not, I do so I listen.
At home, it comes through speakers.
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Definitely music in the background. Otherwise part of my mind wants to create some and I'd rather have 100% of my mind working on the problem.
WinAmp runs in the background and I have several playlists. One for general programming and a special set called Hot Programming with a beat to encourage speed.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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If I can get complete and total silence, then I prefer silence, otherwise I put some electronic (Trance) music either on speakers or headphones.
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Yes. Depends on my mental state at the time.
I have some headphones with 29dB passive noise reduction (converted shooters muffs) that allow me to choose whatever I need to aid my concentration.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I listen to Bluegrass music. Ricky Scaggs, Earl Scruggs, Tony Trishka, etc. The beat is always fast and melodies can be tuned in or out as needed. Definately do not code in a quiet room!
"Courtesy is the product of a mature, disciplined mind ... ridicule is lack of the same - DPM"
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I read new stuff, documentation, etc. in complete silence.
I write code while listening to music.
It is important for music and thoughts to be able to distract you. Programming is far more complex for the brain than listening to music. So at certain point music become background, so I don't listen to it anymore. When this happens it still distract me for explicitly think about the code I write, so I think more about the idea of what I want to write and how it'll happen, but actual coding become reflex. Then I write the best code, until the distraction become too much, so never do this at work.
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making Use Case Diagrams with Visio 2013 is.
Okay, here's a bitta context for ya:
My first (Out of two) final projects of my Apprenticeship is to write a System Specification, including Use Case and Class diagrams. Decided to use Visio for the UC diagrams - And it is pure joy to write the Use Cases down. Smooth integration into Word 2013 (which became absolutely great, too), easy scaling etc...
If you got spare cash / an MSDN account I'd highly recommend it to you!
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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First, good to hear that use-case is being drawn. In rush of coding, developer ( ) give a miss to low level design and then repent at leisure....Keep up the habit. it will help in professional life.
Second, good to hear something good about MS. I am tired of hearing negatives about MS. Well, yeah, there are lots of issues with MS products. But then who doesn't have. Issues with MS are more pronounced as more people works on MS.
Thanks,
Milind
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MT_ wrote: good to hear that use-case is being drawn. In rush of coding, developer ( )
The Project is about defining Use Cases and the Software Architecture, no coding involved. So yep, good that there are Use Cases.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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I use Umlet[^] - free and getting better every release.
speramus in juniperus
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I tried it - Honestly, it is not a bad tool at all but still can't beat VS 2013.
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colon."
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Tooting my own horn here, I spent Sunday putting together a fun little project: Where In The World Are My Facebook Friends?[^] which you can even try live[^]. Try not to cripple my poor little 1 horsepower Heroku app 
It was great fun (mostly) to figure this out, and I'm actually really interested to explore further how we can utilize the information on social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn (which I'm going to look at next to see what they provide).
Marc
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Manditory XKCD[^]
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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