"How to daven without bothering others"

I really like this post:
http://www.ravaviner.com/2009/02/how-to-daven-without-bothering-others.html

(linked-to and referenced without permission of the author)

Back (again) after Purim

Some observations from my most recent foray into weekday shul davening:
* The last syllable of the first line of Shema is not "duhhhhhhhhhhhh"
* The Aron Kodesh is in the front of the shul. That's the way you're supposed to face during davening. Don't stand in the aisle and face your row-mates and daven at them.
* There seems to be an inverse relationship between desire to lead the davening and ability to do so properly. If you find yourself volunteering (with any frequency) to be the shaliach tzibur, try to ask yourself (and answer honestly) - "Should I be leading/representing the congregation in prayers?"
* In my mind, the first rule of davening (for everyone) should be comparable to the first line of the Hippocratic Oath ("First, do no harm."): First - don't disturb others. This means no talking, and no shouting of your davening. I really don't want to know what part of davening you're up to. And (unless you're the Gabbai or Rabbi) - there are people whose job it is to remind everyone else to say Al Hanisim or Ya'aleh veyavo. Don't yell it out in the middle of my davening!