I’ve been using my Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones for several years now and they’ve become essential to my productivity.

Especially when working in a noisy environment—whether that be in a coffee shop, an open cubicle room, or even at home—noise cancelling headphones …

Some of you may remember the infamous Cone of Silence from the Get Smart comedy series made in the 1960s. In the show, the cone of silence was meant to provide a, well, cone of silence around two people who wanted to have a private conversation, like when discussing top secret information, so that …