Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 20 June, 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 20 June, 2008

4 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			36h 13m 1s
Time Working:			33h 22m 10s
	Planned:			10h 46m 0s
		Projects/Tasks:			5h 13m 33s
		Meetings:			0h 49m 57s
		Reading/Research:			1h 22m 46s
		Communication:			3h 16m 3s
		House cleaning:			0h 3m 41s
	Unplanned:			22h 17m 10s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			4h 42m 36s
		Projects/Tasks:			17h 34m 34s
	Other Work:			0h 19m 0s
		Non-work Work:			0h 0m 0s
		Community Life:			0h 19m 0s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			2h 50m 51s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 3m 15s
Average Daily Working Time:			8h 20m 32s


Time Working:			92.14%
	Planned:			32.27%
		Projects/Tasks:			48.54%
		Meetings:			7.73%
		Reading/Research:			12.81%
		Communication:			30.35%
		House cleaning:			0.57%
	Unplanned:			66.79%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			21.13%
		Projects/Tasks:			78.87%
	Other Work:			0.95%
		Non-work Work:			0.00%
		Community Life:			100.00%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			7.86%

*** Raw Data ***

06/16/2008 8:05:02 AM,ar,"",0
06/16/2008 8:08:49 AM,tk,"backup check (worked!)",227
06/16/2008 8:20:08 AM,em,"weekend cleanup",679
06/16/2008 8:23:41 AM,ip,"bbsis",213
06/16/2008 8:34:59 AM,tk,"enroll summer users",678
06/16/2008 8:37:16 AM,em,"",137
06/16/2008 8:38:59 AM,iv,"problem report",103
06/16/2008 8:49:30 AM,ip,"email",631
06/16/2008 9:08:38 AM,vi,"check 116",1148
06/16/2008 9:12:24 AM,bk,"d",226
06/16/2008 9:13:10 AM,em,"",46
06/16/2008 9:15:42 AM,up,"download bbsis",152
06/16/2008 9:18:57 AM,re,"rss",195
06/16/2008 9:19:54 AM,ip,"word problem",57
06/16/2008 9:21:43 AM,ph,"clear messages",109
06/16/2008 9:39:33 AM,re,"rss",1070
06/16/2008 9:55:00 AM,up,"network tshoot",927
06/16/2008 10:14:00 AM,cl,"break",1140
06/16/2008 10:24:19 AM,up,"network tshoot",619
06/16/2008 10:29:49 AM,up,"warranty service questions",330
06/16/2008 10:42:25 AM,ip,"crowe-chizek",756
06/16/2008 10:54:29 AM,up,"notebook warranty service investigation",724
06/16/2008 11:42:50 AM,hr,"more network outages",2901
06/16/2008 12:10:37 PM,ph,"lenovo support",1667
06/16/2008 12:17:11 PM,ps,"slate",394
06/16/2008 1:02:43 PM,bk,"lunch",2732
06/16/2008 1:36:41 PM,up,"troubleshoot notebook",2038
06/16/2008 1:40:32 PM,em,"",231
06/16/2008 2:06:11 PM,up,"new notebook install",1539
06/16/2008 3:07:00 PM,up,"BBSIS update",3649
06/16/2008 3:21:13 PM,hr,"zotero import",853
06/16/2008 3:53:56 PM,tk,"BBSIS",1963
06/16/2008 4:27:34 PM,iv,"various",2018
06/16/2008 4:57:13 PM,up,"audit",1779
06/16/2008 4:59:26 PM,ps,"espn",133

06/17/2008 8:22:04 AM,ar,"",0
06/17/2008 8:28:46 AM,tk,"check backup",402
06/17/2008 8:57:28 AM,hr,"notebook for new user",1722
06/17/2008 9:16:47 AM,iv,"analog phone troubles",1159
06/17/2008 9:19:13 AM,up,"notebook for new user",146
06/17/2008 9:36:51 AM,up,"new printer delivery",1058
06/17/2008 9:59:24 AM,hr,"printers and other things including some analog phone line troubleshooting",1353
06/17/2008 10:11:12 AM,hr,"service call phones",708
06/17/2008 10:12:50 AM,up,"new computer setup",98
06/17/2008 10:32:38 AM,hr,"dns tshoot",1188
06/17/2008 10:35:12 AM,up,"new notebook",154
06/17/2008 10:54:00 AM,up,"order",1128
06/17/2008 11:09:50 AM,re,"rss",950
06/17/2008 11:22:42 AM,up,"place new printers",772
06/17/2008 11:58:09 AM,hr,"hpcolor printer troubles",2127
06/17/2008 12:11:15 PM,up,"new notebook installation",786
06/17/2008 12:52:54 PM,bk,"lunch",2499
06/17/2008 1:13:57 PM,tk,"firefox 3 download attempts",1263
06/17/2008 2:04:27 PM,iv,"asst",3030
06/17/2008 2:08:11 PM,up,"backup script modification",224
06/17/2008 2:12:23 PM,ip,"asst explore computer question",252
06/17/2008 2:25:27 PM,up,"new notebook work",784
06/17/2008 2:35:43 PM,iv,"deutsch and other topics",616
06/17/2008 2:44:05 PM,up,"new notebook setup",502
06/17/2008 2:51:08 PM,up,"troubleshoot re:anywher",423
06/17/2008 3:07:55 PM,iv,"various",1007
06/17/2008 3:11:50 PM,iv,"assts of various kinds",235
06/17/2008 3:29:35 PM,vi,"various",1065
06/17/2008 4:12:47 PM,up,"new notebook for new user",2592
06/17/2008 4:32:31 PM,up,"backup script modification",1184
06/17/2008 4:34:46 PM,hr,"upload bbsis data",135
06/17/2008 5:15:13 PM,up,"projector repair",2427
06/17/2008 5:15:31 PM,ph,"",18
06/17/2008 5:40:54 PM,up,"zotero",1523

06/18/2008 8:02:51 AM,ar,"",0
06/18/2008 8:06:32 AM,hc,"backup",221
06/18/2008 8:13:20 AM,up,"modify backup scripts",408
06/18/2008 8:44:40 AM,re,"rss",1880
06/18/2008 9:07:20 AM,up,"zotero and citation",1360
06/18/2008 9:10:35 AM,ip,"av request form questions",195
06/18/2008 9:24:41 AM,up,"audit documentation",846
06/18/2008 10:09:26 AM,vi,"various",2685
06/18/2008 10:18:26 AM,up,"more backup scripting",540
06/18/2008 10:28:18 AM,ph,"auditor",592
06/18/2008 10:29:12 AM,ps,"blog",54
06/18/2008 12:07:06 PM,up,"phone service",5874
06/18/2008 12:20:19 PM,ip,"theology of the church",793
06/18/2008 12:29:31 PM,hr,"jesusradicals troubles (dns resolution)",552
06/18/2008 12:59:37 PM,bk,"lunch",1806
06/18/2008 1:00:48 PM,em,"",71
06/18/2008 1:21:37 PM,mt,"new computer consultation",1249
06/18/2008 1:33:23 PM,em,"",706
06/18/2008 1:38:52 PM,ps,"slate",329
06/18/2008 1:46:33 PM,tk,"projector repair box search",461
06/18/2008 3:04:40 PM,up,"audit prep",4687
06/18/2008 3:33:48 PM,mt,"notebook wireless",1748
06/18/2008 3:54:22 PM,up,"audit prep",1234
06/18/2008 4:28:55 PM,tk,"audit",2073
06/18/2008 4:34:11 PM,up,"reboot",316
06/18/2008 4:45:44 PM,tk,"new user on computer",693
06/18/2008 5:07:54 PM,tk,"untangle",1330
06/18/2008 5:13:16 PM,em,"",322

06/19/2008 8:16:37 AM,ar,"",0
06/19/2008 8:19:38 AM,em,"",181
06/19/2008 8:24:05 AM,up,"backup script tweaking",267
06/19/2008 8:31:11 AM,em,"",426
06/19/2008 8:39:24 AM,iv,"projection questions",493
06/19/2008 8:56:32 AM,em,"moodle questions and other things",1028
06/19/2008 10:15:03 AM,up,"schleit logs",4711
06/19/2008 11:43:30 AM,tk,"schleitlogs",5307
06/19/2008 11:45:23 AM,iv,"asst",113
06/19/2008 11:46:56 AM,ip,"new notebook",93
06/19/2008 11:54:00 AM,iv,"asst",424
06/19/2008 11:56:05 AM,ip,"blackbaud question",125
06/19/2008 12:05:15 PM,iv,"asst",550
06/19/2008 12:08:19 PM,tk,"schleit",184
06/19/2008 12:09:53 PM,ip,"spouse",94
06/19/2008 12:18:49 PM,tk,"logs",536
06/19/2008 12:53:27 PM,bk,"lunch",2078
06/19/2008 1:07:58 PM,re,"rss",871
06/19/2008 1:31:08 PM,tk,"untangle",1390
06/19/2008 1:32:18 PM,ip,"notebook troubles",70
06/19/2008 1:58:05 PM,up,"aleph install",1547
06/19/2008 2:22:55 PM,tk,"untangle",1490
06/19/2008 2:37:45 PM,ip,"wireless and notebook question",890
06/19/2008 2:44:36 PM,em,"suspicious traffic",411
06/19/2008 2:45:47 PM,em,"traffic",71
06/19/2008 3:58:54 PM,hr,"notebook and other issues",4387
06/19/2008 4:49:33 PM,iv,"lighting in CoW",3039
06/19/2008 5:03:09 PM,tk,"untangle",816
06/19/2008 5:05:59 PM,ph,"",170

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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