[Jach]

For those who haven't heard, hammock-driven development is great: http://blip.tv/clojure/hammock-driven-development-4475586 (The short infographic version: http://incanter.org/images/misc/hammock-driven-dev.png ) The mindless job of dishwashing is just another way to think about a problem away from a computer, plus it's useful.

[mkopinsky]

The mindless job of dishwashing is just another way to think about a problem away from a computer, plus it's useful.

This works if your coworkers are happy to leave you alone to think. I often pace the halls at work while I think, but the moment I step into the breakroom I get greeted with "Hi Michael how are you so nice to see you how was your weekend" which makes the exercise kind of pointless.

Not that I have anything necessarily against small talk, but the time spent in the breakroom is unproductive time.

[malnourish]

And there's nothing wrong with breakroom time being for, well, breaks.