There is an interesting social accountability aspect to working in a coffee shop, for me at least. I work best with something playing in the background. A mov

There is an interesting social accountability aspect to working in a coffee shop, for me at least. I work best with something playing in the background. A movie, some futurama, some always sunny in philadelphia, etc. Or I work best with 30-40 minutes of code code code code followed by a few minutes of playing minecraft, or reddit, or facebook, or something, followed by more coding. When I'm at "work", in my office, I can't really just zone out and play futurama on one of my monitors. That would be totally inappropriate, and I would probably get called out on it by one of my coworkers. And if I'm at home, I have the dog wanting to play, or the roomate wanting to go out, or a really awesome stereo begging to be played with, or a garage full of DIY projects... The coffee shop is right in the butter zone. I would never sit there for 8 hours watching Futurama, but I don't feel bad if I watch a bit of it. The pressure to not look like an idiot is enough to keep me focused, and the freedom to do whatever I want helps keep me relaxed. It's perfect. This is made better by the fact that my local coffee shop has nice little works-spaces for people to use. (If you're a Phoenician, the coffee shop I'm talking about is Xtreme Bean in Tempe)