[stephen]

I have the best luck staying on task by doodling--keep a pad of paper and pen on my desk, and while waiting for compiling/whatever, just draw.

It's like being bored in class but still needing to pay some amount of attention.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1017270...

There was also a TED talk that was pro-doodling, so it must be awesome, right?

http://www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown.html