On Coding Habits and Noise in Source Code

The presentation and the provided slides from Kevlin Henney, found at http://www.infoq.com/presentations/7-ineffective-coding-habits, are a good summary on the most prominent "noise generators" and "focus detractors" in source code. I know that most stuff around source code formatting, commenting, naming conventions, etc. is very subjective, and things get quite religious discussing it. However there is basic knowledge about how humans can digest information in an optimal way, and that knowledge is hundredths of years old and should not be dismissed easily by none of us. Go through the slides and maybe one or the other of you finds those fundamentals appealing and you change your coding style for the better.