Comments on: Quick thought on programming and distractions http://matthewkwilliams.com/index.php/2009/08/31/quick-thought-on-programming-and-distractions/ Musings of Matt Williams Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Cellvia http://matthewkwilliams.com/index.php/2009/08/31/quick-thought-on-programming-and-distractions/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Cellvia Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:23:49 +0000 http://matthewkwilliams.com/?p=239#comment-889 +1 Much more insightful than the post title suggests! +1

Much more insightful than the post title suggests!

]]> By: Geoffrey Ducharme http://matthewkwilliams.com/index.php/2009/08/31/quick-thought-on-programming-and-distractions/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Geoffrey Ducharme Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:18:49 +0000 http://matthewkwilliams.com/?p=239#comment-829 Excellent points. I've taken to heart to purposefully disconnect myself from the Internet, in order to be more attentive to what I'm doing at the moment. It often means that I am forced to look things up later, or to hack around until I can find a better solution. What I've also found is that I'm now more fond of reference books. A complete reference of Rails, Ruby, jQuery, MySQL and a few more and I'm comparatively well cared for. There is an advantage to reading a reference work when trying to answer a question, rather than the Internet. There is often more relevant material to be found in proximity of the answer to my question, which furthers my understanding. If you haven't done so yet, try disconnecting from the Internet to write from the heart; it's liberating. Excellent points. I’ve taken to heart to purposefully disconnect myself from the Internet, in order to be more attentive to what I’m doing at the moment. It often means that I am forced to look things up later, or to hack around until I can find a better solution.

What I’ve also found is that I’m now more fond of reference books. A complete reference of Rails, Ruby, jQuery, MySQL and a few more and I’m comparatively well cared for. There is an advantage to reading a reference work when trying to answer a question, rather than the Internet. There is often more relevant material to be found in proximity of the answer to my question, which furthers my understanding.

If you haven’t done so yet, try disconnecting from the Internet to write from the heart; it’s liberating.

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