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#1: Don't waste your time reading pointlessly generalised "N things that you should something" blog posts.

• ishansharma 14y ago
  Exactly the point. Maybe we should add #2, remember rule 1!
• qompiler 14y ago
  But I have noticed that constantly programming and thinking about software design is hurting the quality in the end. Letting the mind drift of once in a while helps me slow down a bit. It kind of feels like I'm offloading my thoughts for re-factoring in the back of my mind while I'm doing something else.
  • jaredmcateer 14y ago
    John Cleese has a great talk on creativity[1], a big part of it is essentially guided day dreaming where you let your mind wander but gently come back to the topic you're trying to work on from time to time. [1] http://vimeo.com/18913413 http://vimeo.com/18913413
    • leetrout 14y ago
      Thank you so very much for this. Pure gold.