codeheads:
is it me, or do you have to back off and write your code on paper sometimes? what is it about the screen that make me not able to think straight? is it just me? because, when i start to get a little lost, i have to step back and code in pseudo on paper.
is it the eyestrain giving me a headache? i'm not sure. i turned in my old monitor for a ginchy LCD TV, which is far more tolerable, but i still get this weirdness.
i never did this in college, which leads me to 2 theories:
1. In college, i couldnt code my way out of a paper bag� (josh can attest to this) and had terrible practices and i really SHOULD have been backing away and organizing my thoughts on paper.
or
2. In college, i coded on a black background with white/color syntax highlighted (highlit?) text (yay VIM!) and now i code in scary .NET studio and the white background is killing me.
i was going to post this to my lj but i think there are more coders here than on my flist :P
so my question is, besides the obvious (that i'm using .NET stuido, but keep in mind that i HAVE to), what coding environment works best for you? what are your habits, your quirks, your methods, your practices? my desk is covered in flowcharts and little post-its and scrap papers that say things like "initiate proxy x - x.ProfileName = name, x.RoundRobin = rr" and whatnot. :P