Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 9 May, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 9 May, 2008

4 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			40h 37m 40s
Time Working:			35h 5m 23s
	Planned:			14h 47m 33s
		Projects/Tasks:			8h 35m 56s
		Meetings:			2h 38m 16s
		Reading/Research:			0h 53m 18s
		Communication:			2h 37m 19s
		House cleaning:			0h 2m 44s
	Unplanned:			17h 19m 15s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			6h 19m 42s
		Projects/Tasks:			10h 59m 33s
	Other Work:			2h 58m 35s
		Non-work Work:			0h 27m 12s
		Community Life:			2h 31m 23s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			5h 32m 17s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			10h 9m 25s
Average Daily Working Time:			8h 46m 20s


Time Working:			86.37%
	Planned:			42.16%
		Projects/Tasks:			58.13%
		Meetings:			17.83%
		Reading/Research:			6.01%
		Communication:			17.72%
		House cleaning:			0.31%
	Unplanned:			49.36%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			36.54%
		Projects/Tasks:			63.46%
	Other Work:			8.48%
		Non-work Work:			15.23%
		Community Life:			84.77%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			13.63%

*** Raw Data ***

05/05/2008 8:07:35 AM,ar,"",0
05/05/2008 8:12:09 AM,em,"",274
05/05/2008 8:38:55 AM,iv,"asst",1606
05/05/2008 9:58:03 AM,up,"macbook air install",4748
05/05/2008 10:32:59 AM,cl,"monday",2096
05/05/2008 10:34:50 AM,em,"",111
05/05/2008 10:41:22 AM,up,"computer shopping",392
05/05/2008 11:23:49 AM,hr,"several notebook questions",2547
05/05/2008 11:33:36 AM,up,"backup fixing",587
05/05/2008 11:47:32 AM,hr,"n",836
05/05/2008 11:49:33 AM,hr,"figure out syncing with exchange and handheld",121
05/05/2008 11:51:11 AM,ip,"user exist?",98
05/05/2008 11:56:46 AM,iv,"emeriti question",335
05/05/2008 12:42:18 PM,up,"fiber delivery",2732
05/05/2008 12:52:37 PM,bk,"wolf down some lunch",619
05/05/2008 2:49:33 PM,mt,"admin fac",7016
05/05/2008 2:53:05 PM,ph,"",212
05/05/2008 3:01:30 PM,up,"ad fac mtg followup",505
05/05/2008 3:10:37 PM,up,"more backup stuff",547
05/05/2008 3:39:25 PM,up,"ad fac followup",1728
05/05/2008 4:04:32 PM,iv,"asst",1507
05/05/2008 4:10:28 PM,up,"finish up ad fac meeting",356
05/05/2008 4:46:38 PM,hr,"fix macbook permissions",2170
05/05/2008 4:54:36 PM,em,"last minute stuff",478
05/05/2008 6:20:00 PM,bk,"supper",5124
05/05/2008 8:08:18 PM,tk,"hebrew",6498

05/06/2008 7:39:55 AM,ar,"",0
05/06/2008 8:09:05 AM,tk,"hebrew video posting",1750
05/06/2008 8:13:54 AM,iv,"dean",289
05/06/2008 8:26:39 AM,iv,"asst",765
05/06/2008 8:29:24 AM,em,"",165
05/06/2008 8:32:08 AM,hc,"check backup",164
05/06/2008 8:34:49 AM,tk,"shopping",161
05/06/2008 8:44:17 AM,tk,"shopping",568
05/06/2008 8:55:09 AM,ps,"politics",652
05/06/2008 9:17:03 AM,ps,"errand",1314
05/06/2008 9:17:39 AM,em,"",36
05/06/2008 9:31:50 AM,tk,"shopping",851
05/06/2008 9:44:25 AM,re,"rss",755
05/06/2008 10:24:51 AM,cl,"book celebratoin",2426
05/06/2008 10:46:17 AM,hr,"computer network troubles",1286
05/06/2008 11:00:33 AM,re,"rss",856
05/06/2008 11:26:31 AM,iv,"cd returned",1558
05/06/2008 11:29:58 AM,re,"rss",207
05/06/2008 11:36:07 AM,up,"read strategic plan docs",369
05/06/2008 11:40:01 AM,ip,"cdwg",234
05/06/2008 11:41:15 AM,up,"read strategic plan",74
05/06/2008 11:58:32 AM,tk,"av policy work",1037
05/06/2008 12:02:24 PM,ps,"slate",232
05/06/2008 1:07:05 PM,bk,"lunch",3881
05/06/2008 1:50:12 PM,em,"sumer plans",2587
05/06/2008 1:54:49 PM,em,"av policy",277
05/06/2008 2:35:09 PM,em,"summer plans",2420
05/06/2008 2:40:43 PM,up,"bbsis update report",334
05/06/2008 3:51:50 PM,iv,"asst",4267
05/06/2008 4:05:06 PM,iv,"asst and other",796
05/06/2008 4:23:54 PM,ps,"youtube",1128
05/06/2008 4:31:56 PM,re,"rss",482
05/06/2008 4:41:35 PM,tk,"retirement party planning",579

05/07/2008 8:00:39 AM,ar,"",0
05/07/2008 8:24:31 AM,em,"",1432
05/07/2008 12:15:00 PM,tk,"hebrew",13829
05/07/2008 1:12:37 PM,bk,"lunch",3457
05/07/2008 1:18:52 PM,em,"",375
05/07/2008 2:09:20 PM,up,"dying explorevid",3028
05/07/2008 3:05:16 PM,iv,"asst",3356
05/07/2008 3:21:15 PM,up,"evals readying",959
05/07/2008 3:21:54 PM,up,"precision audio",39
05/07/2008 3:34:12 PM,up,"moodle",738
05/07/2008 3:37:37 PM,em,"",205
05/07/2008 4:04:33 PM,bk,"water",1616
05/07/2008 4:13:56 PM,ip,"ats gsq",563
05/07/2008 4:34:33 PM,up,"a couple of things including some interruptions",1237
05/07/2008 5:04:42 PM,up,"order",1809
05/07/2008 5:40:00 PM,up,"shopping",2118

05/08/2008 8:04:00 AM,ar,"",0
05/08/2008 8:09:10 AM,tk,"tear down heb cam",310
05/08/2008 8:10:55 AM,tk,"hebrew vid posting",105
05/08/2008 8:11:43 AM,iv,"xfr file",48
05/08/2008 8:15:13 AM,tk,"heb vid",210
05/08/2008 8:19:43 AM,iv,"flash drive troubles",270
05/08/2008 8:32:08 AM,ps,"gmail",745
05/08/2008 8:44:29 AM,tk,"hebrew",741
05/08/2008 9:04:27 AM,iv,"full hard disk",1198
05/08/2008 9:05:20 AM,ip,"spouse",53
05/08/2008 9:12:03 AM,up,"full hard drive",403
05/08/2008 9:16:58 AM,up,"full hd",295
05/08/2008 9:17:52 AM,up,"fixed full hd",54
05/08/2008 10:10:50 AM,up,"bbsis sow",3178
05/08/2008 10:52:10 AM,mt,"tech plan",2480
05/08/2008 11:06:10 AM,tk,"hebrew",840
05/08/2008 11:07:16 AM,em,"",66
05/08/2008 11:14:51 AM,hr,"generic pwds",455
05/08/2008 11:22:06 AM,em,"",435
05/08/2008 11:32:03 AM,up,"order check",597
05/08/2008 11:41:31 AM,up,"shopping",568
05/08/2008 11:48:38 AM,ps,"lunch tix",427
05/08/2008 11:53:59 AM,up,"shopping",321
05/08/2008 1:10:00 PM,cl,"forum",4561
05/08/2008 1:16:06 PM,em,"",366
05/08/2008 1:34:48 PM,tk,"update computer",1122
05/08/2008 1:43:19 PM,iv,"firefox not showing images",511
05/08/2008 2:10:31 PM,nw,"retirement planning",1632
05/08/2008 2:25:37 PM,hr,"add memory",906
05/08/2008 2:34:08 PM,tk,"put computer together",511
05/08/2008 2:39:56 PM,up,"moodle",348
05/08/2008 3:18:05 PM,hr,"moodle stuff",2289
05/08/2008 3:27:35 PM,iv,"lost contact",570
05/08/2008 3:42:34 PM,up,"mail delivery fixing",899
05/08/2008 4:07:03 PM,ip,"cdwg",1469
05/08/2008 4:25:37 PM,tk,"untangle",1114
05/08/2008 4:32:20 PM,ps,"daily show",403
05/08/2008 4:34:36 PM,iv,"waking computer troubles",136
05/08/2008 4:46:46 PM,tk,"untangle install",730
05/08/2008 4:52:25 PM,bk,"p",339
05/08/2008 5:00:49 PM,re,"rss",504
05/08/2008 5:53:22 PM,iv,"conversation",3153
05/08/2008 5:59:56 PM,re,"rss",394

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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