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> I haven't quite figured out the difference between coffee shop noise and office noise — I just know that I can tune the former out, while the latter makes it
by Swizec 10y ago
> I haven't quite figured out the difference between coffee shop noise and office noise — I just know that I can tune the former out, while the latter makes it difficult to concentrate.
Coffee shop noise is irrelevant, office noise might be relevant. You automatically pay attention even if you don't want to.
For me, noise cancelling headphones are a necessity. Impossible to get anything done otherwise.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoExactly this. What finally made me buy a good set of headphones for work was a cow-orker that would regularly come to my office to talk to a colleague about some project. Nothing to do with my work, but the words he used made me involuntarily tune in to the conversation every 10 seconds, just because it sounded relevant.