Re: Re[2]: Practice: Pair Programming

As a female programmer I am used to being in the minority but have felt 
comfortable pair programming where the environment is set up properly. 
If the environment is cramped you are likely to strain your muscles and 
eyes trying to pair program - in addition to invading the personal 
space of your partner. Convex desks, large monitors and good quality 
chairs with arm-rests can create enough space between pairs and still 
allow both programmers to see the screen (fig 5 is clearly a poor 
quality temporary work environment and so not a good illustration of 
normal interactions when pair programming).
The comfortable space needed between pairs depends on the culture as 
Kent points out so there is no perfect workspace recipe that will suit 
everyone.
Rachel

On 14 Nov 2004, at 02:48, Russell Gold wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:26:54 -0600, Doug Swartz 
> <daswartz-fuDLTLi4t9nR7s880joybQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> ..

>  > we can certainly set ourselves up in a manner which is more
>  > likely to cause problems. This is perhaps another argument
>  > in favor of dual keyboards and monitors.
>
>  I don't really like dual keyboard because it seems to lose something
>  of the feel of "here, you drive" when you physically pass the keyboard
>  to your partner. On the other hand, I did have a chance to try pairing
>  in a slightly different setting some years ago. I had large office
>  with a desk that had a peninsula extension. I found that I could
>  invite co-workers to pair with me, sitting on the *opposite* side of
>  the peninsula, with the monitor placed at the end. That way, the
>  keyboard and mouse could easily be move to a comfortable position for
>  either of us. It was also the only time that I have pair-programmed
>  with a woman. It may be that having the peninsula between us avoided
>  the kind of situation that Kent is describing.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>
> ADVERTISEMENT
> <111004_1104_g_300250a.gif>
> <l.gif>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>       •       To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xpbookdiscussiongroup/
>  
>       •        To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> xpbookdiscussiongroup-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  
>       •        Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of 
> Service.
>
>  


------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar.
Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->