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- On every IDE, i look for keyboard shortcuts before starting. I browse the help and use google.
- Lot of facepalms when finding silly mistakes and bugs.

- Coffee or Pepsi should be available at all times. Selection of one over the other depends on the mood and weather.
- I play the same playlist (been 3 years so far) every time i have a long coding session.
- Friends keep calling me to do something. I have to fight the temptation every time.
- Answers to any question/request from the outside world (most probably mom yelling that lunch is ready) are either yes, no or ok...
Kassem wrote8. I download (or ask my friends to download) a whole lot of programming screencasts/video series. I watched MANY so far, but many are still pending as well.
That's me :P
Georges wrote- Friends keep calling me to do something. I have to fight the temptation every time.
I cannot remember the last time I went out with friends. I only go out with my girlfriend either on weekends or (recently) after work.
Georges wrote
Kassem wrote8. I download (or ask my friends to download) a whole lot of programming screencasts/video series. I watched MANY so far, but many are still pending as well.
That's me :P
My friend should be here any minute now. He got a whole lot of Channel9 videos (HD Quality!) to deliver :P
Bassem wroteFor those of you who like natural soundscapes in the background: I listen to Aura, where you can configure sounds of birds, running stream, occasional rain, crackling fire etc.
thanks for the share love it!
- the bathroom helps me finding answers (i guess reading this does not make me the only one :P).
- when i solve something i stand up and go to either the bathroom or the kitchen to then remember that i wanted nothing.
- when i solve something hard/or trying a new thing i kinda hate to continue with the small important details.
- lots of azerty keyboards around me these days so i hate it :P, and i always curse when im on one.
- I dream about solutions, and i can see line of codes in my head during the day when i have something hard to do.
- I put music on and after a while i forget that it is playing.
3 months later
I bringing this back because I've noticed that I'm increasingly talking to myself when I'm coding.

It seems as i'm teaching the implementation to myself, or better yet, to a different personal of myself.

What's worse is, It's sounding as if I have a multiple personality disorder (just while coding that is).

Am i losing it?
xterm wroteI bringing this back because I've noticed that I'm increasingly talking to myself when I'm coding.

It seems as i'm teaching the implementation to myself, or better yet, to a different personal of myself.

What's worse is, It's sounding as if I have a multiple personality disorder (just while coding that is).

Am i losing it?
You know what I came to realize? That when we think , we are talking to ourselves but in our minds, so actually I think it is very normal to talk to yourself ^_^ I guess it means that you are thinking , which is good :D...

By the way I think all of us have many personality in ourselves, depends on the mood we are and stuff one shows and the other hide, just like when you are angry you become a different person when you are calm, I think there is a big misconception that people are actually constant and are one, while the truth is that we multi and ever changing ...
I started crying once...
@xterm, to hell with psychiatry! that's a really good technique you're following there: when in doubt, explain it to yourself. let's give it a name: endoprogramming?