The Emotional Programmer

How's that for an oxymoron?

But if I'm trying to model how the programmer copes with context switching and cognitive load - shouldn't I consider other mental activities? Like emotional stuff too? During the process of programming I can get happy, sad, frustrated and even excited - just to name a few emotions. Contrary to the stereotype, programmers aren't code cutting automatons without any heart - we've got feelings too! ;-)

Perl programmers, for example, have even been known to write 'poetic' programs. So what about the emotional side of programming? I haven't heard of an IDE that helps the 'emotional' programmer - I wonder if The Goo can help me out here? Why not.

Injecting emotional artefacts into the 'trail' can help recall. That's how I 'felt' when I was last dealing with that part of the system. It will also help ordering artefacts in the "Care-o-Meter".