Joblog on the Lintels: Weekly Work Summary for the week ending Friday, 2007 October 29

Monday, October 29, 2007

Weekly Work Summary for the week ending Friday, 2007 October 29

An imprecise, but accurate on the whole, job accounting.


Time at AMBS:			42h 28m 43s
Time Working:			33h 59m 45s
	Communication:		0h 23m 40s
	Meetings:		2h 56m 24s
	Research:		4h 48m 46s
	Interruptions:		3h 52m 38s
		Phone:	1h 9m 34s
		Visit:	2h 35m 12s
		E-mail:	0h 7m 52s
		Chat:	0h 0m 0s
	Planned:		21h 58m 17s
		Tasks/Projects:	20h 29m 2s
		House cleaning:	1h 29m 15s
	Unspecified:		0h 0m 0s
Break:			6h 12m 48s
Personal:			2h 16m 10s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			8h 29m 44s
Averagy Daily Working Time:			6h 47m 57s

*** Raw Data ***

10/22/2007 7:49:37 AM,ar,"",0
10/22/2007 7:55:21 AM,hc,"boot up",344
10/22/2007 8:05:41 AM,hc,"email",620
10/22/2007 8:22:49 AM,iv,"asst",1028
10/22/2007 8:30:28 AM,hc,"email",459
10/22/2007 8:32:42 AM,ip,"notebook troubles",134
10/22/2007 8:33:52 AM,hc,"email",70
10/22/2007 8:35:09 AM,ph,"new phone numbers ... argh",77
10/22/2007 8:37:02 AM,bk,"water",113
10/22/2007 9:41:59 AM,tk,"public folder permissions troubles",3897
10/22/2007 9:49:46 AM,tk,"more public folder fixing",467
10/22/2007 9:52:30 AM,ip,"printer installation",164
10/22/2007 10:15:00 AM,bk,"monday",1350
10/22/2007 11:24:21 AM,tk,"printer installation",4161
10/22/2007 11:28:27 AM,hc,"phone",246
10/22/2007 11:59:28 AM,tk,"public folders",1861
10/22/2007 12:47:36 PM,bk,"lunch",2888
10/22/2007 1:12:56 PM,tk,"public folder fix attempt",1520
10/22/2007 1:17:41 PM,hc,"mail",285
10/22/2007 1:42:06 PM,tk,"new user install",1465
10/22/2007 1:43:11 PM,iv,"asst",65
10/22/2007 2:04:28 PM,tk,"new user",1277
10/22/2007 2:12:20 PM,ph,"did numbers",472
10/22/2007 2:20:52 PM,tk,"seeking staff",512
10/22/2007 2:21:28 PM,hc,"phone",36
10/22/2007 2:36:08 PM,tk,"self study stuff",880
10/22/2007 3:00:58 PM,tk,"self study setup",1490
10/22/2007 3:06:31 PM,tk,"vmware update",333
10/22/2007 3:12:39 PM,tk,"cable pulling",368
10/22/2007 3:53:36 PM,mt,"hebrew",2457
10/22/2007 4:00:43 PM,hc,"email",427
10/22/2007 4:14:16 PM,tk,"hebrew researching (video capture)",813
10/22/2007 4:18:26 PM,tk,"printer inventory",250
10/22/2007 4:30:48 PM,tk,"cable to library",742
10/22/2007 4:54:37 PM,tk,"cable pulling",1429

10/23/2007 7:39:59 AM,ar,"",0
10/23/2007 7:40:43 AM,tk,"virt server",44
10/23/2007 7:57:49 AM,tk,"ntp",1026
10/23/2007 7:58:53 AM,tk,"locate pictures",64
10/23/2007 8:36:52 AM,tk,"set ntp",2279
10/23/2007 8:37:54 AM,hc,"email",62
10/23/2007 8:39:50 AM,bk,"water",116
10/23/2007 8:49:35 AM,tk,"youtube",585
10/23/2007 8:51:08 AM,tk,"print setup",93
10/23/2007 9:09:21 AM,ip,"ee",1093
10/23/2007 9:10:33 AM,hc,"appt",72
10/23/2007 9:12:48 AM,ph,"qwest",135
10/23/2007 9:21:45 AM,tk,"self study",537
10/23/2007 9:27:50 AM,iv,"music playing",365
10/23/2007 9:49:05 AM,tk,"self study",1275
10/23/2007 10:10:40 AM,tk,"cable pulling",1295
10/23/2007 10:21:23 AM,tk,"self study",643
10/23/2007 10:40:06 AM,tk,"vmware",1123
10/23/2007 10:41:21 AM,iv,"room arrangements",75
10/23/2007 10:49:15 AM,tk,"vmware research",474
10/23/2007 10:54:13 AM,tk,"seek light",298
10/23/2007 10:55:36 AM,hc,"phone",83
10/23/2007 10:55:53 AM,hc,"maintenance request",17
10/23/2007 11:03:13 AM,tk,"blackboard course setup",440
10/23/2007 11:13:46 AM,iv,"powerpoint jitt",633
10/23/2007 11:17:24 AM,iv,"projection questoin",218
10/23/2007 11:20:31 AM,tk,"self study",187
10/23/2007 11:23:36 AM,bk,"water",185
10/23/2007 11:29:10 AM,tk,"patch panel",334
10/23/2007 11:43:12 AM,re,"rss",842
10/23/2007 11:52:03 AM,tk,"self study",531
10/23/2007 12:02:20 PM,iv,"projection testing",617
10/23/2007 1:00:00 PM,bk,"lunch",3460
10/23/2007 1:16:37 PM,iv,"powerpoint",997

10/24/2007 8:02:40 AM,ar,"",0
10/24/2007 8:05:57 AM,hc,"boot up tasks",197
10/24/2007 8:10:24 AM,hc,"email etc",267
10/24/2007 11:12:49 AM,tk,"video cleanup attempt",10945
10/24/2007 11:18:25 AM,ps,"bhs",336
10/24/2007 11:31:02 AM,tk,"file recovery",757
10/24/2007 11:58:53 AM,tk,"printer tweaking",1671
10/24/2007 1:18:57 PM,bk,"lunch",4804
10/24/2007 1:45:28 PM,bk,"nap",1591
10/24/2007 1:48:23 PM,hc,"email",175
10/24/2007 2:46:18 PM,tk,"video from rtb",3475
10/24/2007 2:51:20 PM,tk,"set up printers",302
10/24/2007 2:58:30 PM,tk,"find a computer",430
10/24/2007 3:14:00 PM,tk,"vmware",930
10/24/2007 3:19:36 PM,ps,"espn",336
10/24/2007 3:49:57 PM,tk,"video stuff",1821
10/24/2007 3:57:47 PM,em,"video stuff",470
10/24/2007 4:56:14 PM,re,"vmware best practices",3507

10/25/2007 8:04:45 AM,ar,"",0
10/25/2007 8:33:47 AM,mt,"asst",1742
10/25/2007 8:36:15 AM,hc,"email",148
10/25/2007 8:58:59 AM,re,"2k3 dc specs",1364
10/25/2007 10:21:12 AM,mt,"bb security settings",4933
10/25/2007 10:22:30 AM,hc,"email",78
10/25/2007 10:25:15 AM,re,"entourage",165
10/25/2007 10:38:17 AM,tk,"entourage free/busy",782
10/25/2007 10:48:10 AM,re,"free/busy entourage",593
10/25/2007 10:50:20 AM,iv,"password reset",130
10/25/2007 10:51:56 AM,iv,"logon",96
10/25/2007 11:03:00 AM,re,"rss",664
10/25/2007 11:19:33 AM,ip,"corrupt file",993
10/25/2007 11:32:32 AM,ip,"projector mounting",779
10/25/2007 11:52:14 AM,iv,"phone issues",1182
10/25/2007 11:53:45 AM,iv,"phone",91
10/25/2007 11:55:07 AM,hc,"email",82
10/25/2007 1:00:00 PM,bk,"lunch",3893
10/25/2007 1:22:31 PM,tk,"phone setup",1351
10/25/2007 1:33:45 PM,tk,"phone setup",674
10/25/2007 1:37:41 PM,ip,"log on permissions",236
10/25/2007 2:22:08 PM,re,"rss",2667
10/25/2007 2:30:17 PM,ps,"email",489
10/25/2007 3:27:54 PM,tk,"self study and some other things",3457
10/25/2007 3:53:16 PM,tk,"zotero",1522
10/25/2007 4:11:45 PM,tk,"self study",1109
10/25/2007 4:14:09 PM,hc,"email",144
10/25/2007 4:29:18 PM,tk,"projector setup (overhead!)",909
10/25/2007 4:48:05 PM,tk,"self study",1127
10/25/2007 5:46:29 PM,iv,"mac troubles",3504

10/26/2007 7:43:08 AM,ar,"",0
10/26/2007 7:55:30 AM,hc,"boot up",742
10/26/2007 8:00:25 AM,hc,"boot up",295
10/26/2007 8:10:41 AM,tk,"self study",616
10/26/2007 8:34:53 AM,mt,"dead mac",1452
10/26/2007 8:44:02 AM,tk,"lost attachments",549
10/26/2007 8:45:03 AM,hc,"email",61
10/26/2007 9:46:59 AM,ps,"CARES",3716
10/26/2007 9:54:24 AM,hc,"email",445
10/26/2007 10:02:16 AM,ie,"re troubles",472
10/26/2007 10:19:16 AM,tk,"mac notebook",1020
10/26/2007 10:19:55 AM,ip,"ACT",39
10/26/2007 10:22:50 AM,ip,"more ACT!",175
10/26/2007 10:35:56 AM,tk,"mac troubleshooting",786
10/26/2007 10:57:21 AM,re,"ibook hard drive",1285
10/26/2007 11:02:32 AM,iv,"printer",311
10/26/2007 11:05:20 AM,re,"mac hard drive",168
10/26/2007 11:09:11 AM,ip,"yahoo popup blocker troubles",231
10/26/2007 11:10:34 AM,re,"mac hard drive",83
10/26/2007 11:15:00 AM,vi,"formatting instructions",266
10/26/2007 11:25:11 AM,ps,"zizek",611
10/26/2007 11:28:33 AM,ip,"faculty staff e-mail",202
10/26/2007 11:36:11 AM,ps,"witt",458
10/26/2007 12:13:15 PM,ps,"witt",2224
10/26/2007 12:23:52 PM,tk,"virt server",637
10/26/2007 1:30:00 PM,bk,"lunch",3968
10/26/2007 1:49:13 PM,tk,"replace mics and projectort",1153
10/26/2007 2:06:35 PM,tk,"server 2k3",1042
10/26/2007 2:08:43 PM,ip,"bbsis ulcer",128
10/26/2007 2:55:02 PM,tk,"virt server stuff",2779
10/26/2007 3:17:37 PM,re,"rss",1355
10/26/2007 4:11:16 PM,re,"youtube",3219
10/26/2007 4:34:50 PM,re,"youtube",1414
10/26/2007 4:54:55 PM,tk,"virt server",1205

How to Read These Posts

These posts are posted by a perl script I wrote to parse the output of a text file created by a slightly modified version of quicklogger. Posts on Tuesday through Saturday cover one work day; posts on Monday summarize the previous work week.

The parser relies heavily on two-letter codes, visible in the raw data. These codes went into effect July 1, 2016:

ar = arrive (as in, "this is when I arrived at work")
bk/ps = break (unpaid) or personal stuff
mt = meeting
mr = meeting-related (preparation/followup)
bm = budget management (shame on you)
re = reading/research
or = ordering
tr = training (includes telling someone how to do something, not just student supervision)
su = supervision
pr = project (just a task, but longer -- I know them when I see them)
av = specific AV-related task or project
hr/tk = short task/project done immediately (hr = something someone asked me to do; tk = something I decided to do just right then without planning for it)
ro/on = routine or ongoing task/project - stuff I do regularly for whatever reason
tm = task I initiated (but planned to do at a particular time, not something I just thought of this moment)
to,ob = task initiated at another's behest, but something I scheduled to work on at this particular time (not an emergency or spontaneous "let's just get this done" thing)
nw = meta-work (recording vacation, registering for a conference, rewriting the joblogger, chatting with the colleague whose quick question turned into a longer discussion about unrelated things [pastoral care work])
cl = community life stuff (chapel, forum, breaks)
co,em = correspondence, consultation, email

These tasks often flow into one another, so a spontaneous task (tk) includes not only the work I'm doing, but also the three interruptions in the hallway (that would normally be categorized as hr or co) that I dealt with while completing it.

Additionally, the categories are not strict. Tasks (tk or tm or to) have a tendency to become projects (pr), sometimes depending on nothing more than how I feel about them.

And, lest you think I spend all my time at work logging what I do at work instead of actually working, I'll break it down for you: if I average 50 log entries per day, and if each entry takes five seconds, that's six minutes and 10 seconds of each day committed to logging. Not nothing, but also not massive. And each entry probably takes less time than that -- I'm a touch typist, so most of the time entering in the log is related to waiting on the quicklogger to wake up when I press Ctrl-Alt-L. And even then I'm not sure more than five seconds pass.

Now the time coding and re-coding and remembering to use my new codes ... well, that's different. Let's call it nw.

So why the change? The new codes fit more neatly into categories in my job description so that when annual reporting and job description review comes up I can be a bit less impressionistic.

*** Older codes follow ***

These codes went into effect January 2, 2008, and are now obsolete:

ar = arrive (as in, "this is when I arrived at work")
bk/ps = break (unpaid) or personal stuff
di = distraction (self-imposed interruption)
ic = interruption by instant messenger (chat)
ip = interruption by phone
iv = interruption by visit
hr/up = help request or unplanned task (something that comes up as a result of checking my e-mail or phone messages -- usually not the result of an interruption)
mt = meeting
ch = chat initiated by me (should be rare)
em = e-mail checking/corresponding
ph = phone (calling, checking messages)
vi = visit (initiated by me)
hc = housecleaning (office)
tk = planned task or project
re = reading and research
cl = community life (this includes various all campus events, special and regular breaks, forum, chapel, etc.)
nw = work-related non-work things (for those things that aren't exactly community life, but are also not exactly work -- conference registration comes to mind)

*** Original Codes Follow ***

Original code set (2007) - now obsolete:

ar = arrive (as in, "this is when I arrived at work")
bk = break
mt = meeting
ic = interruption by instant messenger (chat)
ie = interruption by e-mail (as in, "I was doing something else and an e-mail popped up on my screen because that's my preferred method of receiving help requests")
ip = interruption by phone
iv = interruption by visit
ch = chat initiated by me
em = e-mail correspondence initiated by me
ph = phone correspondence initiated by me
vi = visit initiated by me (presumably, if others were logging these last three things, there would be a corresponding "iv," "ip," or "ie")
ps = some personal task (as in, "Oooo ... I forgot to check the bank balance, maybe I should do that before I forget")
hc = housecleaning (as in, "I better check my e-mail, listen to my phone messages, and clean up this clutter on my desk, NOW!")
tk = planned task
re = reading and research

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