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I was thinking of doing that. But does it work in real life conditions? One advantage would be that I won't be tempted to compulsively browse HN and other news
by joss82 17y ago
I was thinking of doing that. But does it work in real life conditions?
One advantage would be that I won't be tempted to compulsively browse HN and other news web sites.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoYes, it does. It will slow you down by a bunch at first. Then, you will learn to keep local copies of documentation and how to access them. Then, you will get to know your debugging tools better. Eventually, you will become more self-reliant. Remember, people used to program on displays that showed one line at a time.. and there was no google to query for answers.
- dagw 17y agoI've never actually tried it (other than sporadically on planes and similar), but thinking about it it sounds like an interesting idea. I know I have tendency to start idly browsing when I go to check up some programming thing on the web. Perhaps I'll try unplugging my network cable for a few hours a day, just to see what it does to my productivity.