Joblog on the Lintels: Weekly Work Summary for the week ending Friday, 2007 December 24

Monday, December 24, 2007

Weekly Work Summary for the week ending Friday, 2007 December 24

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


Time at AMBS:			45h 48m 46s
Time Working:			38h 13m 12s
	Communication:		3h 40m 34s
	Meetings:		1h 25m 10s
	Research:		3h 49m 16s
	Interruptions:		4h 24m 57s
		Phone:	2h 6m 57s
		Visit:	2h 18m 0s
		E-mail:	0h 0m 0s
		Chat:	0h 0m 0s
	Planned:		24h 53m 15s
		Tasks/Projects:	22h 41m 39s
		House cleaning:	2h 11m 36s
	Unspecified:		0h 0m 0s
Break:			5h 44m 50s
Personal:			1h 50m 44s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 9m 45s
Averagy Daily Working Time:			7h 38m 38s

*** Raw Data ***

12/17/2007 8:22:35 AM,ar,"",0
12/17/2007 8:28:11 AM,tk,"check server stati",336
12/17/2007 8:39:52 AM,vi,"check server migration effects",701
12/17/2007 9:12:01 AM,hc,"email",1929
12/17/2007 9:15:29 AM,vi,"check moving status",208
12/17/2007 9:23:13 AM,vi,"check desk dimensions",464
12/17/2007 9:50:23 AM,em,"facstaffstudents server migration stuff",1630
12/17/2007 9:54:09 AM,iv,"asst",226
12/17/2007 9:59:15 AM,ip,"auto work",306
12/17/2007 10:00:15 AM,iv,"asst",60
12/17/2007 10:20:00 AM,bk,"monday",1185
12/17/2007 10:24:05 AM,iv,"consultation",245
12/17/2007 10:27:58 AM,em,"server migration report",233
12/17/2007 12:03:08 PM,tk,"moving stuff",5710
12/17/2007 12:12:39 PM,tk,"moving",571
12/17/2007 12:13:03 PM,hc,"email",24
12/17/2007 12:54:07 PM,bk,"lunch",2464
12/17/2007 1:04:05 PM,tk,"moving CLC",598
12/17/2007 1:10:09 PM,hc,"email",364
12/17/2007 1:38:15 PM,re,"rss",1686
12/17/2007 1:39:29 PM,iv,"printer question",74
12/17/2007 1:46:55 PM,re,"rss",446
12/17/2007 1:58:29 PM,tk,"burn s",694
12/17/2007 2:13:28 PM,vi,"various",899
12/17/2007 2:18:14 PM,ph,"spouse",286
12/17/2007 4:26:32 PM,tk,"thought I'd work on self-study ... didn't",7698
12/17/2007 4:29:34 PM,hc,"email",182
12/17/2007 4:39:55 PM,hc,"email",621
12/17/2007 4:48:24 PM,tk,"check stats",509

12/18/2007 7:50:39 AM,ar,"",0
12/18/2007 7:52:06 AM,hc,"phone",87
12/18/2007 10:03:07 AM,tk,"vmware",7861
12/18/2007 10:17:14 AM,tk,"printer fixing",847
12/18/2007 10:57:43 AM,em,"job description",2429
12/18/2007 11:22:19 AM,tk,"vmware",1476
12/18/2007 11:33:15 AM,iv,"backup procedures",656
12/18/2007 12:00:29 PM,tk,"vmware",1634
12/18/2007 12:07:00 PM,tk,"wireless not working",391
12/18/2007 1:06:15 PM,bk,"lunch",3555
12/18/2007 1:08:15 PM,hc,"email",120
12/18/2007 1:09:25 PM,hc,"phone",70
12/18/2007 1:22:12 PM,em,"student report",767
12/18/2007 1:43:26 PM,ip,"airport",1274
12/18/2007 1:55:53 PM,vi,"various things that turn into interruptions. That's it! I'm never leaving the office again.",747
12/18/2007 2:16:16 PM,ph,"vmware stats",1223
12/18/2007 2:20:02 PM,ps,"espn",226
12/18/2007 2:36:22 PM,vi,"phones and such",980
12/18/2007 2:48:12 PM,ps,"tmq",710
12/18/2007 3:47:35 PM,tk,"phone setup",3563
12/18/2007 3:54:18 PM,ps,"tmq",403
12/18/2007 4:09:36 PM,em,"fmr asst",918
12/18/2007 4:46:55 PM,tk,"order",2239
12/18/2007 5:24:35 PM,re,"rss",2260
12/18/2007 5:27:54 PM,ip,"cdwg",199
12/18/2007 5:36:44 PM,tk,"make sure backup runs",530
12/18/2007 5:47:45 PM,ps,"fantasyfb",661

12/19/2007 7:41:35 AM,ar,"",0
12/19/2007 7:48:08 AM,tk,"check backup",393
12/19/2007 7:56:50 AM,hc,"bootup tasks",522
12/19/2007 8:10:21 AM,tk,"replace toner",811
12/19/2007 8:22:42 AM,tk,"educause investigation",741
12/19/2007 8:52:01 AM,re,"rss",1759
12/19/2007 8:59:21 AM,re,"online storage and zotero",440
12/19/2007 9:15:55 AM,ip,"shot notebook",994
12/19/2007 9:17:46 AM,re,"xdrive",111
12/19/2007 9:31:00 AM,iv,"asst",794
12/19/2007 9:53:29 AM,re,"online storage",1349
12/19/2007 9:58:12 AM,bk,"d",283
12/19/2007 9:59:49 AM,tk,"check ups status",97
12/19/2007 10:21:50 AM,re,"laserfiche",1321
12/19/2007 10:32:29 AM,re,"doc mgmt",639
12/19/2007 10:37:23 AM,tk,"restore r60 hd",294
12/19/2007 10:42:03 AM,tk,"restore r60",280
12/19/2007 10:47:09 AM,re,"untangle",306
12/19/2007 10:51:30 AM,ip,"carshing computer",261
12/19/2007 11:05:34 AM,re,"untangle",844
12/19/2007 11:46:24 AM,tk,"notebook recovery",2450
12/19/2007 12:18:17 PM,tk,"notebook repair",1913
12/19/2007 1:09:26 PM,bk,"lunch",3069
12/19/2007 1:18:46 PM,tk,"notebook",560
12/19/2007 1:19:45 PM,iv,"dean",59
12/19/2007 1:32:02 PM,tk,"new accts",737
12/19/2007 1:36:48 PM,iv,"more notebooks that don't work",286
12/19/2007 1:40:36 PM,tk,"complete student import",228
12/19/2007 2:00:05 PM,tk,"notebook stuff",1169
12/19/2007 2:09:01 PM,tk,"ee inquiry",536
12/19/2007 2:20:35 PM,tk,"student account printing and such",694
12/19/2007 2:25:52 PM,ip,"satisfaction permissions",317
12/19/2007 2:32:02 PM,tk,"still more notebooks",370
12/19/2007 2:35:36 PM,tk,"test satisfaction",214
12/19/2007 2:52:40 PM,iv,"cd to tape transfer services",1024
12/19/2007 3:37:15 PM,tk,"notebook repair",2675
12/19/2007 5:10:56 PM,tk,"notebook repair (vista ... argh)",5621

12/20/2007 7:43:00 AM,ar,"",0
12/20/2007 7:47:01 AM,hc,"boot up",241
12/20/2007 8:03:52 AM,hc,"email",1011
12/20/2007 8:20:41 AM,re,"rss",1009
12/20/2007 8:35:13 AM,tk,"backup tweaking",872
12/20/2007 8:39:36 AM,vi,"deliver acct info",263
12/20/2007 9:52:49 AM,tk,"account creation script",4393
12/20/2007 10:01:20 AM,ip,"e-mail troubles",511
12/20/2007 11:40:28 AM,tk,"archive e-mail and files",5948
12/20/2007 11:50:52 AM,ps,"wikipedia",624
12/20/2007 12:04:30 PM,ps,"wittgenstein",818
12/20/2007 12:06:52 PM,hc,"email",142
12/20/2007 12:10:38 PM,hc,"email",226
12/20/2007 12:47:39 PM,bk,"lunch",2221
12/20/2007 12:57:15 PM,tk,"new acct script",576
12/20/2007 1:02:15 PM,iv,"colleague",300
12/20/2007 2:27:25 PM,mt,"ped comm",5110
12/20/2007 2:28:13 PM,hc,"email",48
12/20/2007 2:34:45 PM,hc,"phone",392
12/20/2007 2:38:09 PM,ip,"telemarketer",204
12/20/2007 2:45:31 PM,ph,"apple",442
12/20/2007 2:57:58 PM,ph,"itunesu",747
12/20/2007 3:01:12 PM,re,"rss",194
12/20/2007 3:21:42 PM,tk,"account script",1230
12/20/2007 3:29:16 PM,hc,"email",454
12/20/2007 3:49:01 PM,ip,"lost doc",1185
12/20/2007 4:21:33 PM,tk,"deliver s",1952
12/20/2007 4:47:50 PM,iv,"bbsis crashing",1577
12/20/2007 4:57:56 PM,tk,"acct creation script",606
12/20/2007 5:01:34 PM,tk,"new computer",218
12/20/2007 5:18:39 PM,tk,"net computer",1025

12/21/2007 8:34:29 AM,iv,"asst",0
12/21/2007 8:47:35 AM,hc,"email",786
12/21/2007 8:49:11 AM,ip,"evals",96
12/21/2007 8:54:08 AM,em,"kiosk location problem",297
12/21/2007 9:47:30 AM,ps,"cares",3202
12/21/2007 9:51:23 AM,hc,"email",233
12/21/2007 10:21:51 AM,tk,"net computer setup",1828
12/21/2007 10:31:38 AM,ip,"re backup",587
12/21/2007 10:47:58 AM,ip,"e-mail archiving",980
12/21/2007 10:50:58 AM,tk,"computer installation",180
12/21/2007 11:02:57 AM,tk,"computer installation",719
12/21/2007 11:10:03 AM,ip,"folder migration",426
12/21/2007 11:24:10 AM,iv,"class followup",847
12/21/2007 11:28:32 AM,tk,"computer",262
12/21/2007 11:34:12 AM,bk,"lunch prep",340
12/21/2007 11:38:44 AM,tk,"new computer",272
12/21/2007 1:37:07 PM,bk,"lunch",7103
12/21/2007 1:43:19 PM,hc,"email",372
12/21/2007 1:53:29 PM,tk,"new computer",610
12/21/2007 2:48:23 PM,tk,"new computer",3294
12/21/2007 2:49:35 PM,hc,"phone",72
12/21/2007 2:58:48 PM,re,"rss",553
12/21/2007 3:08:53 PM,re,"rss",605
12/21/2007 3:11:00 PM,re,"rss",127
12/21/2007 3:15:37 PM,ip,"leaving employee",277
12/21/2007 3:41:47 PM,iv,"guest",1570
12/21/2007 3:43:34 PM,re,"spiceworks",107
12/21/2007 3:51:24 PM,bk,"p",470
12/21/2007 4:45:58 PM,tk,"acct creation script",3274
12/21/2007 4:55:20 PM,iv,"backup",562

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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