On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Scott McDaniel <[email protected]>wrote:
> Not to be contrary, but I consider music essential to my process. > There are times for silence and office buzz, but really now...I know how I > work. > > Weedling through wireframes of familiar sorts, documenting, sketching, > corresponding: > trance (esp. psytrance), dancey goth-industrial, Mozart, Chopin > > Complicated issues: > Tool, Coil, Aphex Twin, Legendary Pink Dots, Psychic TV, Marilyn > Manson, Mussourgsky, Debussy > Much the same here... At my last job, I actually created iTunes playlists based on the task I was performing: Functional specs playlist (slow, deliberate, intensive concentration required): Ambient, e.g. Drone Zone on SomaFM; classical, esp. piano & violin concertos, and Baroque operas (esp. Handel). Wireframes playlist (high energy, intense, narrow focus): Psytrance and other electronic dance music (e.g. http://philosomatika.com/) Flow map playlist (moderate energy and concentration, broader focus): Down-tempo stuff like Morcheeba, Air, trip-hop and some jazz. Govinda ended up being huge on this playlist: highly recommended. Site map playlist (broad focus, more energy than concentration): Transglobal Underground, Thievery Corp, Goldfrapp etc; Secret Agent Radio from SomaFM. Filling-out-time-sheets playlist (Grrrrrr...): Industrial: Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Nine Inch Nails etc. It started as a "what if" experiment, but I ended up using them a lot. I found that for most tasks, vocals ended up being distracting - unless they were in a language I didn't understand. Dan Information Architect, Gerson Lehrman Group ________________________________________________________________ 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
