I've tried so many things. Many styles are out of the question because I focus on the words too much.
As far as music goes electronic like Daft Punk or Neelix is my favorite but it also has its drawbacks.
So finally I think asoftmurmur.com is best.
But even with the perfect noise, or lack of noise with active noise cancelling headphones, not everyone can wear headphones 4 hours in a row. Some people hurt from being built differently around the ears.
And this article focuses a lot on noise level but that's not the problem for me. The office could be totally quiet but if one person is having a phone conversation I focus on everything they say. Depending on the person my mind might even start to wander and think about what the person on the other end might be saying.
So for me working from home has been a god send. And we didn't have an acceptable culture of working from home. I simply forced it and said damn to the consequences.
But I have no kids and live alone. When I'm at my gfs place her daughter and her friends are too much for me. I can only work 3-4 hour sprints because wearing headphones longer than that is uncomfortable.
I've found the in-ear headphones to be better in that case.
Thanks for that. Never tried any noise cancellation headphones before.
I did find that it's not so much the pressure, but rather that my ears get really hot with those big headphones. So I can't wear them for longer than 20 minutes or so.
Are there / can anyone recommend in-ear headphones with noise cancellation?
I got a recommendation from a friend that his Bose in-ear active noise-cancelling phones were really good. Haven't tried them myself, can only forward his recommendation.
No, but I can recommend in-ear phones with excellent noise reduction: Etymotic HF5, on discount until the end of June for $99. These have noise reduction on par with good earplugs (another thing that Etymotic makes).
As far as music goes electronic like Daft Punk or Neelix is my favorite but it also has its drawbacks.
So finally I think asoftmurmur.com is best.
But even with the perfect noise, or lack of noise with active noise cancelling headphones, not everyone can wear headphones 4 hours in a row. Some people hurt from being built differently around the ears.
And this article focuses a lot on noise level but that's not the problem for me. The office could be totally quiet but if one person is having a phone conversation I focus on everything they say. Depending on the person my mind might even start to wander and think about what the person on the other end might be saying.
So for me working from home has been a god send. And we didn't have an acceptable culture of working from home. I simply forced it and said damn to the consequences.
But I have no kids and live alone. When I'm at my gfs place her daughter and her friends are too much for me. I can only work 3-4 hour sprints because wearing headphones longer than that is uncomfortable.
I've found the in-ear headphones to be better in that case.