http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/finding-my-writing-or-task-muse.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/finding-my-writing-or-task-muse.html/comment-page-1#comment-165 Chet Frame Sun, 29 May 2005 21:14:41 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8147#comment-165 I agree with the classical music approach except we listen to Vivaldi driving through the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico and we have so many memories tied to that it transports me away from writing. Steely Dan is always good, but for tasks I prefer Buffalo Springfield and/or opera (I like Puccini). Mozart can help me get into writing, but once I am in I don't hear the music or anything else. I agree with the classical music approach except we listen to Vivaldi driving through the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico and we have so many memories tied to that it transports me away from writing. Steely Dan is always good, but for tasks I prefer Buffalo Springfield and/or opera (I like Puccini). Mozart can help me get into writing, but once I am in I don’t hear the music or anything else.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/finding-my-writing-or-task-muse.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Aleksey Gureev Sun, 29 May 2005 10:32:53 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8147#comment-166 Johanna, in general I call the technique as "Raising the Working Mood". It's not just about listening the "correct" music, but also, by positioning your desk, choosing whether the curtains should be open or closed today, what to drink: tear or coffee, or maybe milk. Of course, there's a place for music and wallpaper on your desktop, by it's not limited by them. The main idea behind the technique is to raise the will to do special kinds of things. Are you going to write a design to some features from requirements document, are you going to answer your mail, ... All that requires quite a different stimulation and should be cared separately. So, before starting the job, I listen to my inside voice, which tells me what's wrong with the place I am planning to work, what are my wishes (coffee, maybe donut or something) and etc. I try to analyze what I have heard and do what is possible. BTW, I'm going to write the more extended article about. I think it's fun to learn how to become a bit more sensitive. And it's definitely good training. The last thing is about your suggestion about classical music for writing. While it works for you, it may not work for others. I can listen to classical music, but it doesn't make necessary effect. I could tell you "try to listen early techno music by Emmanuel Top or Plastikman", but it really doesn't make any sense, because the tastes are so different that pointing some example without telling the background (what it should born in my body and mind) is meaning less. :) Hope that it was useful and sorry for critics. I still think that it's quite healthy. Johanna, in general I call the technique as “Raising the Working Mood”. It’s not just about listening the “correct” music, but also, by positioning your desk, choosing whether the curtains should be open or closed today, what to drink: tear or coffee, or maybe milk. Of course, there’s a place for music and wallpaper on your desktop, by it’s not limited by them.
The main idea behind the technique is to raise the will to do special kinds of things. Are you going to write a design to some features from requirements document, are you going to answer your mail, … All that requires quite a different stimulation and should be cared separately. So, before starting the job, I listen to my inside voice, which tells me what’s wrong with the place I am planning to work, what are my wishes (coffee, maybe donut or something) and etc. I try to analyze what I have heard and do what is possible.
BTW, I’m going to write the more extended article about. I think it’s fun to learn how to become a bit more sensitive. And it’s definitely good training.
The last thing is about your suggestion about classical music for writing. While it works for you, it may not work for others. I can listen to classical music, but it doesn’t make necessary effect. I could tell you “try to listen early techno music by Emmanuel Top or Plastikman”, but it really doesn’t make any sense, because the tastes are so different that pointing some example without telling the background (what it should born in my body and mind) is meaning less. :)
Hope that it was useful and sorry for critics. I still think that it’s quite healthy.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2005/05/finding-my-writing-or-task-muse.html/comment-page-1#comment-164 Ron Pihlgren Sun, 29 May 2005 09:50:38 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/?p=8147#comment-164 25 Back Favorites? :-) 25 Back Favorites? :-)

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