It's funny ... pretty much ever since I got my iPod, I've listened to it whenever I'm travelling, mostly to and from the office. Podcasts, for the most part, but when the mood takes me (or the podcasts run out), music too.
This week as my brain hit overload I noticed two things - firstly, really loud music seems to be an effective way of making me focus on one task, to the exclusion of all else. Maybe it's because it drowns out the "new mail" sound or the "new instant message" sound ... or maybe it just gets the adrenaline pumping. Who knows. Yesterday I worked from home to get some writing done, and I gave the hifi speakers their first proper workout in a long time.
The second thing - I haven't been able to listen to anything to and from the office at all this week. It's just too much. It's really nice to walk home in silence, and just let my brain quietly process the day's events, queue up the next day's tasks, and then gently unwind.
Of course, I've been more or less humming to myself every night by the time I get home, so I think maybe my brain is missing the noise a little bit ;-)
Posted by savs at October 26, 2005 7:29 PM