You are very right with that !, I have a friend who is working on his product and sometimes he asks me to come over and hack with him. If i know what it is im g

You are very right with that !, I have a friend who is working on his product and sometimes he asks me to come over and hack with him. If i know what it is im going to hack and its more typing then actual thinking or problem solving i may come but if i need to do some serious work i never take him up on the offer. Reason is, it is about locking yourself up, getting through alot of the problems on your own and working on the next one. The minute you have someone there (even if they are coding as well) and when your task is not integrating it becomes more of a distraction having someone there. For me, youtube, hacker news and sydney morning herald get me through my lonliness when im hacking away, also the odd trip to subway to get myself a sandwich and the lady at the counter :)