Upvoting this, if only for the suggestion to "Don’t think at your desk", which i...

TeMPOraL · on Feb 8, 2014

I'm a person who just plain can't think in front of the code. Whenever I need to design something, I need to take pen and some paper, or go use a whiteboard, or go outside and take a walk, or sometimes take a shower (I use a waterproof notepad to write down ideas there).

I always struggled with this, seeing how my friends can sit for 8h/day in front of computers coding good stuff, and I need to take walks outside every time I need to think something through. It's good and reassuring to find that there are others in this situation as well.

yawz · on Feb 9, 2014

> I use a waterproof notepad to write down ideas there

Seriously?! Very very cool. I should get one of those.

TeMPOraL · on Feb 9, 2014

Seriously. It's more useful than I suspected :). I do the first sketches of my talks in the shower now; calmness and hot water boost imagination :).

dllthomas · on Feb 9, 2014

Your method is probably healthier, too.

userbinator · on Feb 9, 2014

> I use a waterproof notepad to write down ideas there

Notepad++ is waterproof already. :)

brianbreslin · on Feb 9, 2014

I find my most innovative thinking happens in the shower. So I bought a diver's board to write notes or ideas down in there. I think it was $6 on amazon.