It isn't meditation, but it is similar. I've started journaling as a sort of auto-psychotherapy, and it seems like it can really work if you start digging into issues. I'm not sure I'd recommend it to people if they don't already know something about mindfulness, as it seems like it is easy to get yourself stuck in an emotional rut if you're not careful.

This is actually part of the treatment that a book prescribes for dealing with RSI. I'm giving it a shot, because I can only learn more about myself from the experience.

Every hacker-type should experiment with mindfulness. Creativity flows out of knowing thyself.