The 2Do-Lists are pretty-much obvious by now: If you have one, you decide what to do, if you don't then you go with the tied and that rarely brings where you wanna be. Now, if e-Todos works for you fine, otherwise use a notebook and a pen.
But the coffee-shop thing, really? For me it's a problem of being comfortable and posture. No coffee shop that I've ever seen is optimized for programming. Jesus, the best job I could think of, if I were in Silicon Valley would be designing furniture specifically for professional programmers: Desks + programming chars slightly leaning backwards to support the spine properly, measured screen distance, upper plate to host external hardware (printers, HDs, etc.).
A coffee-shop or a library might be an excellent place for group-work, but I would like to have a really small shiny (yes, shiny) office. Go there and be able to do work.
NOTE: When I get concentrated my mind isolates everything else, I could barely hear a cannonball (which come to think of it, is weird because I tend to sleep like a cat, the slightest rumor will weak me up instantly). I don't tend to get into that level of concentration often, but when I'm under pressure I do and I'm always amazed by the volume of people/music/tv/whatever around me when I come back.
But the coffee-shop thing, really? For me it's a problem of being comfortable and posture. No coffee shop that I've ever seen is optimized for programming. Jesus, the best job I could think of, if I were in Silicon Valley would be designing furniture specifically for professional programmers: Desks + programming chars slightly leaning backwards to support the spine properly, measured screen distance, upper plate to host external hardware (printers, HDs, etc.).
A coffee-shop or a library might be an excellent place for group-work, but I would like to have a really small shiny (yes, shiny) office. Go there and be able to do work.
NOTE: When I get concentrated my mind isolates everything else, I could barely hear a cannonball (which come to think of it, is weird because I tend to sleep like a cat, the slightest rumor will weak me up instantly). I don't tend to get into that level of concentration often, but when I'm under pressure I do and I'm always amazed by the volume of people/music/tv/whatever around me when I come back.