Hehehehe, yes - headphones are the solution!

Haha funny! I have this problem in the train/subway… but luckily the headphone is the solution. But in offices too.

Ah, thank God those days are over! Although I do miss using my iPod.

I just moved into a house with my aunt and uncle who have a 2 year old and a 8 year old. In conclusion, headphones are my new best friend. =]

Very funny cartoon.

In the venerable book Peopleware, there’s discussion about some studies conducted that investigate the effect listening to music while you work has on your productivity.

Two separate groups were given the same task to work on. One group had complete silence to work in , the other had background music playing.

The group with background music were found to miss out on underlying patterns in their solution. The theory is, that when listening to music the right hemisphere of your brain is engaged, and you miss out on the ‘aha!’ moments that your sub-conscious often provides.

So while headphones and music is ideal for blocking out background noise of the workplace, it’s overall not ideal for thought work.

Honestly, I’ll use my headphones at work without music. It is more subtle than a do-not-disturb sign and just putting on the ‘phones gets me mentally into work-mode.