2004-03-09
... ? The Psychology Behind Headphones"On the contrary, I have spent many hours in group settings working on software projects at an educational institution. For one, I just write better code when I have some music to provide a rhythm to code to. For another, it's helpful to have a way to be isolated when working on a very difficult problem, but be able to return to the group setting as easily as taking off my headphones. I _do_ agree that as a culture we have become physically isolationists, but people have been using newspapers on subway commutes since the 1800's as a 'shield' in much the same way. This is not a brand new social apparatus; Just a new instantiation of it."One to pass to my boss I reckon....
