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November 24, 2012
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Why programmers work at night

A talk about the habits of programmers, delivered at Webcamp Zagreb 2012.

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November 24, 2012

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Transcript

  1. Swizec Teller Tuesday, November 27, 12

  2. http://leanpub.com/nightowls Tuesday, November 27, 12

  3. Night or morning? Tuesday, November 27, 12

  4. http://nightowls.swizec.com Tuesday, November 27, 12

  5. It depends ... freelance vs. staff pet projects families age

    Tuesday, November 27, 12

  6. Why? Tuesday, November 27, 12

  7. Hacker culture Tuesday, November 27, 12

  8. Lone genius mythos Tuesday, November 27, 12

  9. Why? Tuesday, November 27, 12

  10. Flow Tuesday, November 27, 12

  11. flow is completely focused motivation.a single-minded immersion ~ Mihály Csíkszentmihályi,

    flow researcher Tuesday, November 27, 12

  12. Why night? Tuesday, November 27, 12

  13. habit clear mind creativity Tuesday, November 27, 12

  14. interruptions and distractions Tuesday, November 27, 12

  15. Tuesday, November 27, 12

  16. To do good physics work, you do need absolute solid

    lengths of time. Tuesday, November 27, 12

  17. Drugs Tuesday, November 27, 12

  18. A bit of bad news you have to be healthy

    Tuesday, November 27, 12

  19. leanpub.com/nightowls promo code: webcampzg Tuesday, November 27, 12