Most of the productivity research and/or blogs I'm reading either rely on anecdotal evidence, the authors personal opinions, or empirically measure programmer output in lines of code. Lines of code. At my best--those changes I've made that I was most proud of--my "lines of code" was negative. Because I had removed a bunch of stupid shit that was weighing the project down.
Some studies/evidence has compared programmers to each other for the exact same task, such as a university assignment. This seems pretty awesome. Unfortunately, it makes it hard for a single person to test modifications to their own productivity.
For now, I'm going to go with the super scientific emotional measurement: do I feel like I'm more productive now?
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