Tips for increasing programming productivity include limiting news intake, leaving a small task to start with, drawing it out and researching first, creating a distraction-free work environment, eliminating IM during productive hours, responding to emergency emails only during productive hours, limiting meetings, taking evenings off, and getting regular exercise.
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1. Limit News Intake to twice a day, Including Reddit & News Sites2. Leave Yourself a Place to Start (or: Leave work with something small broken)3. Draw it Out & Research First4. Architect Your Perfect Distraction-Eliminating Work Environment5. Eliminate IM during productive hours6. Only Respond to Emergency Emails during productive hours7. Limit Meetings to once a week (or less)!8. Get out, and be social every 2 weeks9. Take evenings off most days10. Get 20 minutes of exercise in the morning, 3 times a week - but use that time!Bonus. Make/Use Better Tools7 Comments
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