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Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?

So, I'm sitting here trying to think up a theme for this blog, and it occurs to me that I need to fire up some tunes to get my creative juices flowing. So I launch BBC Radio 6 (www.bbc.co.uk/6music) over Windows Media and it hit's me!   Yeah! I'll write about music and coding!  Wait a second.  Does anyone really care what a 33 year old software developer has to say about music?  Probably not.  But, I do sometimes write articles for my city's local weekly free newspaper, the Portfolio, so I'm at least somewhat qualified. 

Does anyone really care what a 33 year old software developer has to say about anything anyway?  Well, that's debatable, but I will promise to try to post helpful coding techniques and snippets of code that I've found useful in my job here at the Port of Virginia.  I'll leave the academic stuff to those who do it best, like Darrell Norton, for example and I’ll keep it straightforward.  So welcome to my blog: C# and Music

So, how about a poll?    Do you listen to music while you code?  If so, what do you listen to?  If not, why?   Is it against company policy?  Should it be?


Posted Wed, Oct 8 2003 10:27 AM by Brendan Tompkins

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Comments

Darrell wrote re: Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?
on Wed, Oct 8 2003 7:05 AM
No music here. I've gotten used to thinking in peace and quiet, and it's hard to go back.

As for company policy, you can play your music as loud as you want as long as you can't hear it through a closed door. That would imply that developers get offices with DOORS.
Peter van Ooijen wrote re: Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?
on Wed, Oct 8 2003 8:17 PM
It's music or working, can't do both at the same time. But when I have to digest something taking my guitar can help to make things sink in.
Vazz wrote re: Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?
on Thu, Oct 9 2003 1:19 AM
Company policy prohibits listening to streaming audio and MP3 from the office PC (bandwidth and legal reasons I guess). But nothing against listening to music from my ipod. I do that most of the time. :-)
Mark wrote re: Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?
on Thu, Jan 8 2004 3:33 AM
My company placed a moratorium on listening to music. :)
Mike wrote re: Tap. Tap. Is this thing on?
on Thu, Dec 31 2009 2:47 PM

wurd.  my code sucks so bad I am gonna go back, way back to try and get my lurn on.  

holla 4 tha dolla dolla bills yall!

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