Jon Sampson

Odd, but true – I think I use my headphones on my laptop to generate white noise more often than to listen to actual music these days. I love music when I’m working out, cleaning the house, or doing non-brain-intensive activities, but as soon as I’m trying to think at all, any words mercilessly distract me.

Noise to the rescue. This nifty little program for the Mac generates white or pink noise – perfect for drowning out any distracting things going on around me so I can concentrate on wonderful work like outlining the book of James based on textual markers.

So if you see me in the library or Starbucks, I’m probably not listening to some great band. It’s probably just that sound you get when you leave the radio in between stations…