Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 14 March, 2008

Monday, March 17, 2008

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 14 March, 2008

5 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			47h 30m 58s
Time Working:			41h 0m 11s
	Planned:			19h 4m 11s
		Projects/Tasks:			11h 12m 31s
		Meetings:			2h 14m 56s
		Reading/Research:			0h 46m 45s
		Communication:			3h 11m 36s
		House cleaning:			1h 38m 23s
	Unplanned:			21h 56m 0s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			2h 11m 27s
		Projects/Tasks:			19h 44m 33s
	Other Work:			2h 49m 9s
		Non-work Work:			0h 0m 0s
		Community Life:			2h 49m 9s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			6h 30m 47s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 30m 11s
Average Daily Working Time:			8h 12m 2s


Time Working:			86.29%
	Planned:			46.51%
		Projects/Tasks:			58.78%
		Meetings:			11.79%
		Reading/Research:			4.09%
		Communication:			16.75%
		House cleaning:			8.60%
	Unplanned:			53.49%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			9.99%
		Projects/Tasks:			90.01%
	Other Work:			6.88%
		Non-work Work:			0.00%
		Community Life:			100.00%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			13.71%

*** Raw Data ***

03/10/2008 7:55:20 AM,ar,"",0
03/10/2008 8:00:50 AM,tk,"check backup",330
03/10/2008 8:03:11 AM,em,"",141
03/10/2008 8:23:44 AM,hc,"cash check check status of various things",1233
03/10/2008 8:24:57 AM,hc,"check tasklog",73
03/10/2008 8:35:00 AM,iv,"garage sale setup",603
03/10/2008 8:48:58 AM,em,"",838
03/10/2008 9:26:50 AM,up,"more garage sale setup",2272
03/10/2008 9:34:55 AM,em,"",485
03/10/2008 10:53:06 AM,cl,"monday",4691
03/10/2008 12:12:10 PM,up,"mt re recording",4744
03/10/2008 1:10:47 PM,bk,"lunch",3517
03/10/2008 1:13:38 PM,em,"",171
03/10/2008 2:02:02 PM,up,"scanner troubles",2904
03/10/2008 2:06:55 PM,up,"ussig",293
03/10/2008 3:27:32 PM,up,"garage sale",4837
03/10/2008 3:35:00 PM,iv,"various",448
03/10/2008 4:57:31 PM,bk,"mid-aft home journey",4951
03/10/2008 5:01:45 PM,tk,"traffic shaping",254
03/10/2008 8:38:53 PM,tk,"hebrew and good life",13028
03/10/2008 8:39:58 PM,tk,"unthrottle traffic",65

03/11/2008 8:05:38 AM,ar,"",0
03/11/2008 8:11:18 AM,tk,"check backup",340
03/11/2008 8:26:50 AM,up,"garage sale",932
03/11/2008 8:30:51 AM,tk,"cleanup 214",241
03/11/2008 10:18:08 AM,up,"garage sale",6437
03/11/2008 11:19:53 AM,up,"garage sale",3705
03/11/2008 11:22:13 AM,em,"",140
03/11/2008 11:40:34 AM,hr,"logmein",1101
03/11/2008 12:08:31 PM,em,"",1677
03/11/2008 12:15:52 PM,re,"conference prep",441
03/11/2008 12:20:16 PM,em,"",264
03/11/2008 12:26:16 PM,up,"some last minute garage sale stuff",360
03/11/2008 1:19:09 PM,bk,"lunch",3173
03/11/2008 2:22:40 PM,ph,"various ats schools",3811
03/11/2008 3:04:28 PM,bk,"dogwalk",2508
03/11/2008 3:25:24 PM,up,"video stuff",1256
03/11/2008 3:34:34 PM,tk,"hebrew vidwo",550
03/11/2008 3:47:02 PM,bk,"nother walk",748
03/11/2008 4:17:25 PM,up,"hebrew",1823
03/11/2008 6:04:18 PM,tk,"budget",6413

03/12/2008 7:52:39 AM,ar,"",0
03/12/2008 7:53:07 AM,tk,"check backup",28
03/12/2008 8:09:35 AM,ps,"garage sale",988
03/12/2008 11:42:42 AM,tk,"hebrew",12787
03/12/2008 12:00:00 PM,iv,"laptops",1038
03/12/2008 12:15:00 PM,tk,"hebrew",900
03/12/2008 12:17:25 PM,em,"",145
03/12/2008 12:18:39 PM,ph,"",74
03/12/2008 1:00:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2481
03/12/2008 1:16:48 PM,iv,"cabling question",1008
03/12/2008 3:31:44 PM,mt,"review",8096
03/12/2008 3:34:44 PM,em,"",180
03/12/2008 3:37:19 PM,tk,"heb vid",155
03/12/2008 3:47:43 PM,em,"",624
03/12/2008 4:03:41 PM,re,"rss",958
03/12/2008 4:07:40 PM,iv,"news re CoW",239
03/12/2008 4:32:37 PM,hr,"CoW camera",1497
03/12/2008 5:10:28 PM,hc,"",2271
03/12/2008 5:45:50 PM,tk,"hebrew",2122
03/12/2008 5:52:30 PM,hc,"",400

03/13/2008 8:07:17 AM,ar,"",0
03/13/2008 8:14:35 AM,tk,"backup",438
03/13/2008 8:23:19 AM,up,"searching for someone",524
03/13/2008 8:30:58 AM,tk,"hebrew",459
03/13/2008 8:34:20 AM,hr,"projector troublers",202
03/13/2008 8:40:06 AM,up,"CoW troubles",346
03/13/2008 8:48:07 AM,em,"",481
03/13/2008 8:53:20 AM,up,"more hebrew",313
03/13/2008 8:56:55 AM,up,"more heb",215
03/13/2008 9:26:16 AM,hr,"non-playing cds",1761
03/13/2008 9:47:06 AM,up,"cd troubles",1250
03/13/2008 9:49:10 AM,hr,"delete printers",124
03/13/2008 9:50:54 AM,up,"order",104
03/13/2008 9:52:37 AM,hr,"more printing problems",103
03/13/2008 10:00:02 AM,up,"cd order",445
03/13/2008 10:07:14 AM,hr,"file organization",432
03/13/2008 10:31:38 AM,cl,"garden break",1464
03/13/2008 11:58:56 AM,hr,"scanner on the quick and cheap",5238
03/13/2008 1:05:30 PM,cl,"forum",3994
03/13/2008 1:09:25 PM,em,"",235
03/13/2008 1:13:48 PM,up,"sophos",263
03/13/2008 1:26:32 PM,hc,"get cd",764
03/13/2008 1:38:34 PM,up,"seek a student",722
03/13/2008 1:45:22 PM,em,"hebrew stuff",408
03/13/2008 2:55:06 PM,up,"scanning vs photo test",4184
03/13/2008 3:22:05 PM,up,"video card",1619
03/13/2008 3:40:16 PM,up,"hebrew arrangements posting",1091
03/13/2008 3:52:12 PM,re,"rss",716
03/13/2008 3:55:00 PM,re,"rss",168
03/13/2008 4:05:09 PM,ps,"nails",609
03/13/2008 4:27:47 PM,tk,"set up kiosk",1358
03/13/2008 4:46:36 PM,hc,"",1129

03/14/2008 8:00:43 AM,ar,"",0
03/14/2008 8:05:48 AM,em,"",305
03/14/2008 8:06:21 AM,hc,"backup check",33
03/14/2008 8:19:44 AM,iv,"asst",803
03/14/2008 8:23:59 AM,ip,"funky screen",255
03/14/2008 8:51:39 AM,iv,"asst",1660
03/14/2008 9:57:49 AM,ps,"cares",3970
03/14/2008 9:59:35 AM,em,"",106
03/14/2008 9:59:55 AM,ph,"",20
03/14/2008 10:03:05 AM,ph,"",190
03/14/2008 10:27:45 AM,hr,"av stuff",1480
03/14/2008 10:32:31 AM,iv,"printing duplex",286
03/14/2008 10:41:01 AM,tk,"monitors moving",510
03/14/2008 10:47:14 AM,tk,"replace battery ",373
03/14/2008 11:04:57 AM,em,"",1063
03/14/2008 12:19:39 PM,hr,"flash drive troubles",4482
03/14/2008 1:42:23 PM,hr,"digital photos",4964
03/14/2008 1:42:54 PM,ip,"spouse",31
03/14/2008 1:54:45 PM,hr,"sandisk flash drive",711
03/14/2008 2:10:27 PM,ip,"digital photos",942
03/14/2008 2:13:12 PM,up,"greek font troubles",165
03/14/2008 2:13:46 PM,iv,"video card",34
03/14/2008 2:22:14 PM,iv,"font verification",508
03/14/2008 2:32:36 PM,up,"greek font explanation",622
03/14/2008 2:33:08 PM,ip,"traveling notebook",32
03/14/2008 3:02:53 PM,hr,"more font stuff - send message about fix and post questionnaire on moodle",1785
03/14/2008 3:31:25 PM,hr,"traveling notebook setup",1712
03/14/2008 4:39:00 PM,hr,"easter greeting",4055
03/14/2008 4:41:18 PM,ph,"set up ooo",138
03/14/2008 4:50:00 PM,re,"rss",522
03/14/2008 4:58:22 PM,ps,"rant",502

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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