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I disagree. I detest coffee shops for trying to get any work done for a couple reasons. First, no matter how hard I try, noise always seems to seep in through
by mhink 14y ago
I disagree. I detest coffee shops for trying to get any work done for a couple reasons. First, no matter how hard I try, noise always seems to seep in through my headphones, and second, it's too dynamic of an environment for me- people walking around and moving is distracting for me.
The best working environment I ever had was when I was in college- the top floor of our library was a big study room with individual cubicles, and it was absolutely silent. It was the one place I could really zone out and get work done because once I was firmly planted in a cubicle, I could focus solely on the task in front of me.
I was interested to learn that pink noise specifically blocks speech. I use one all the time, and I'd really like to see the difference in an office environment with one on and off.
- keithpeter 14y ago"The best working environment I ever had was when I was in college- the top floor of our library was a big study room with individual cubicles, and it was absolutely silent. It was the one place I could really zone out and get work done because once I was firmly planted in a cubicle, I could focus solely on the task in front of me." I also found the presence of others and absence of my own stuff kept me from task avoidance strategies.
- Swizec 14y agoInteresting, whenever I'm at a coffee shop I find there is mostly no need for headphones because there is already enough random noise about. Well, that's a lie. I use headphones when somebody is talking at the next table whose voice projects. I don't know what it is, but when some people talk to one another it sounds like birds chattering, but some people you can hear clearly over surprisingly great distances. That then becomes a problem - being able to make out specific words.
- danneu 14y agoYeah, it's purely a different-strokes sort of thing. I hated the monolithic campus library. It was less lively than a mausoleum. Low ceilings and the agony of a thousand procrastinators. The quiet was unnerving and I had trouble focusing in there. I instead opted to study at a noisy on-campus coffee shop environment. Most of my friends seemed to need dead silence though, so asserting that either one is the "best work environment" is rather self-centered.
- jodrellblank 14y agoFor anyone wanting to experiment, http://simplynoise.com/ http://simplynoise.com/ generates white/pink/brown noise.