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March 14, 2003
The Tyranny of Email
I maintain that programming cannot be done in less than three-hour windows. It takes three hours to spin up to speed, gather your concentration, shift into “right brain mode”, and really focus on a problem. Effective programmers organize their day to have at least one three-hour window, and hopefully two or three. (This is why good programmers often work late at night. They don’t get interrupted as much…)
He mentions that this theory applies beyond programmers, and I know that as a designer/developer, I can relate. This is why my most productive hours are just after the rest of the office goes home, and right after Jenny goes to sleep.
Posted by paullheureux at March 14, 2003 10:21 AM
Comments
That is so true! A telling thing is when I sit there madly working away at something productive, and my eyes keep going to the bottom right hand corner of my screen… just waiting for the little envelope icon to pop up. I feel like Pavlov’s dog.
Posted by: Melanie at March 21, 2003 01:43 PM