If you want to improve the design you should consider not to listen to music at all. "Peopleware" by DeMarco & al explains a study showing how listening to music affected software productivity. The results showed that the music had little effect on productivity, but did affect the quality. Those who listned to music seemed to miss certain patterns in the work that those who worked in quiet recognised easily.
I have often heard objections that this depends on the person and ohter factors. The thing is, none of the subjects test for this admits any decrease in quality or quantity of their work. That said, I do listen to music myself at work. Mostly ambient stuff. I'll be happy to receive suggestions for msuic without vocals. Hearing human voices is particularly distracting. Didn't really notice before I became aware of it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39321 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
