Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 22 August, 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 22 August, 2008

5 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			48h 41m 30s
Time Working:			45h 37m 43s
	Planned:			22h 3m 19s
		Projects/Tasks:			5h 36m 54s
		Meetings:			8h 25m 34s
		Reading/Research:			1h 7m 14s
		Communication:			5h 8m 21s
		House cleaning:			1h 45m 16s
	Unplanned:			16h 24m 31s
		Distraction:			0h 11m 28s
		Interruption:			8h 15m 33s
		Projects/Tasks:			7h 57m 30s
	Other Work:			7h 9m 53s
		Non-work Work:			7h 9m 53s
		Community Life:			0h 0m 0s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			3h 3m 47s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 44m 18s
Average Daily Working Time:			9h 7m 32s


Time Working:			93.71%
	Planned:			48.34%
		Projects/Tasks:			25.46%
		Meetings:			38.20%
		Reading/Research:			5.08%
		Communication:			23.30%
		House cleaning:			7.95%
	Unplanned:			35.96%
		Distraction:			1.16%
		Interruption:			50.33%
		Projects/Tasks:			48.50%
	Other Work:			15.70%
		Non-work Work:			100.00%
		Community Life:			0.00%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			6.29%

*** Raw Data ***

08/18/2008 7:32:01 AM,ar,"",0
08/18/2008 7:37:08 AM,up,"phone setup for new user",307
08/18/2008 7:59:36 AM,em,"",1348
08/18/2008 8:23:10 AM,em,"more email",1414
08/18/2008 9:11:17 AM,up,"set up new user and interview potential employee",2887
08/18/2008 9:16:11 AM,em,"",294
08/18/2008 9:41:22 AM,em,"",1511
08/18/2008 9:43:53 AM,ph,"",151
08/18/2008 10:43:11 AM,ip,"program installation",3558
08/18/2008 11:12:39 AM,em,"",1768
08/18/2008 11:54:14 AM,tk,"video",2495
08/18/2008 11:56:10 AM,iv,"asst whereabouts",116
08/18/2008 12:01:04 PM,tk,"vid hebrew",294
08/18/2008 12:45:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2636
08/18/2008 1:59:06 PM,up,"printer stuff",4446
08/18/2008 2:04:46 PM,em,"",340
08/18/2008 2:50:24 PM,up,"computer repurposing",2738
08/18/2008 3:09:31 PM,tk,"hebrew vid",1147
08/18/2008 3:15:28 PM,iv,"couple of things",357
08/18/2008 3:15:49 PM,tk,"hebrew video",21
08/18/2008 3:58:34 PM,ip,"aleph and other little distractions",2565
08/18/2008 4:06:22 PM,up,"various",468
08/18/2008 4:08:17 PM,tk,"hebrew video",115
08/18/2008 4:33:06 PM,ip,"printing",1489
08/18/2008 5:13:30 PM,tk,"heb vid",2424
08/18/2008 5:17:48 PM,iv,"office compatibility pack and a crashing app",258

08/19/2008 7:31:09 AM,ar,"",0
08/19/2008 7:39:01 AM,em,"",472
08/19/2008 8:25:29 AM,tk,"hebrew video",2788
08/19/2008 8:35:01 AM,di,"wireless ap",572
08/19/2008 8:53:40 AM,iv,"asst",1119
08/19/2008 10:40:40 AM,mt,"bibl storytelling festival",6420
08/19/2008 10:45:32 AM,em,"",292
08/19/2008 11:20:49 AM,mt,"personnel discussion",2117
08/19/2008 11:26:37 AM,em,"",348
08/19/2008 11:31:50 AM,up,"asst instructions",313
08/19/2008 11:48:53 AM,ip,"home networking troubleshooting",1023
08/19/2008 11:49:44 AM,em,"",51
08/19/2008 12:01:38 PM,ip,"home networking",714
08/19/2008 12:07:15 PM,tk,"hebrew video",337
08/19/2008 12:12:29 PM,bk,"prep for lunch",314
08/19/2008 12:13:39 PM,ip,"msconfig",70
08/19/2008 12:49:43 PM,bk,"lunch",2164
08/19/2008 12:53:09 PM,tk,"hebrew video",206
08/19/2008 1:22:55 PM,tk,"hebrew vidwo",1786
08/19/2008 1:25:57 PM,em,"moodle",182
08/19/2008 1:31:17 PM,tk,"bibl story",320
08/19/2008 1:37:48 PM,hc,"mail call",391
08/19/2008 1:47:56 PM,ip,"outlook icons misplaced (wha? update-related, seems to be)",608
08/19/2008 1:53:58 PM,ip,"moodle unavailable",362
08/19/2008 1:57:16 PM,tk,"hebrew videos",198
08/19/2008 2:37:34 PM,mt,"bibl story and some other stuff that got tacked on (by me)",2418
08/19/2008 2:51:57 PM,up,"moodle dns stuff",863
08/19/2008 2:56:40 PM,iv,"wireless access (guests)",283
08/19/2008 3:02:02 PM,tk,"classroom.ambs.edu",322
08/19/2008 3:15:33 PM,up,"classroom.ambs.edu",811
08/19/2008 3:23:33 PM,iv,"asst",480
08/19/2008 3:51:51 PM,re,"trade mag",1698
08/19/2008 3:54:34 PM,iv,"mac and student e-mail",163
08/19/2008 3:57:39 PM,ip,"computer profile and printing issues",185
08/19/2008 3:58:19 PM,tk,"hebrew files",40
08/19/2008 4:08:20 PM,iv,"set up mac",601
08/19/2008 4:19:47 PM,tk,"hebrew video",687
08/19/2008 4:31:16 PM,iv,"mac setup",689
08/19/2008 4:37:43 PM,ps,"spouse",387
08/19/2008 4:40:59 PM,tk,"hebrew video splitting",196
08/19/2008 4:43:26 PM,re,"trade mag",147
08/19/2008 5:06:45 PM,mt,"former students questions",1399
08/19/2008 5:12:28 PM,tk,"copy new user profiles",343
08/19/2008 5:18:49 PM,tk,"hebrew vidwo",381
08/19/2008 5:19:39 PM,up,"sign on printer",50
08/19/2008 5:21:14 PM,tk,"shutdown",95

08/20/2008 7:34:58 AM,ar,"",0
08/20/2008 7:41:55 AM,hc,"check backup",417
08/20/2008 7:54:58 AM,ps,"email",783
08/20/2008 8:15:04 AM,em,"and some video editing",1206
08/20/2008 8:33:06 AM,re,"rss",1082
08/20/2008 8:44:11 AM,hc,"office",665
08/20/2008 8:47:28 AM,tk,"hebrew video",197
08/20/2008 9:10:12 AM,hc,"office",1364
08/20/2008 9:11:28 AM,tk,"video editing",76
08/20/2008 9:12:48 AM,ph,"",80
08/20/2008 9:16:30 AM,iv,"bookstore pos av troubles",222
08/20/2008 10:53:43 AM,up,"printing and network troubles (mac)",5833
08/20/2008 10:56:59 AM,tk,"hebrew video",196
08/20/2008 11:13:52 AM,hc,"office",1013
08/20/2008 12:22:38 PM,up,"mac sync",4126
08/20/2008 12:24:34 PM,tk,"hebrew vidwo",116
08/20/2008 12:34:46 PM,up,"sync toy",612
08/20/2008 1:22:26 PM,bk,"lunch",2860
08/20/2008 1:25:52 PM,em,"",206
08/20/2008 2:02:20 PM,hc,"office",2188
08/20/2008 2:14:50 PM,iv,"verizon",750
08/20/2008 2:51:07 PM,iv,"asst",2177
08/20/2008 2:58:00 PM,tk,"hebrew video",413
08/20/2008 3:27:25 PM,iv,"verizon and home dsl questions",1765
08/20/2008 3:42:28 PM,iv,"mac mail setup",903
08/20/2008 3:44:42 PM,tk,"hebrew video",134
08/20/2008 4:16:51 PM,nw,"self-study",1929
08/20/2008 4:17:35 PM,bk,"water",44
08/20/2008 4:30:05 PM,nw,"self study docs",750
08/20/2008 4:39:00 PM,iv,"dsl consult",535
08/20/2008 5:04:48 PM,nw,"self study",1548
08/20/2008 5:18:34 PM,iv,"what to do about faweb",826

08/21/2008 7:29:15 AM,ar,"",0
08/21/2008 8:19:58 AM,em,"",3043
08/21/2008 8:32:38 AM,re,"rss",760
08/21/2008 8:36:23 AM,bk,"water",225
08/21/2008 8:38:26 AM,nw,"report split trunk tree",123
08/21/2008 9:18:18 AM,nw,"self-study",2392
08/21/2008 9:38:18 AM,up,"faweb",1200
08/21/2008 9:46:03 AM,nw,"self-study",465
08/21/2008 9:58:47 AM,bk,"special",764
08/21/2008 10:06:08 AM,up,"reminder to asst",441
08/21/2008 10:40:38 AM,nw,"self-study",2070
08/21/2008 10:42:34 AM,di,"lighting in conference room",116
08/21/2008 10:44:48 AM,bk,"water",134
08/21/2008 10:52:07 AM,nw,"self-study",439
08/21/2008 10:55:33 AM,iv,"e-mail down (alt key pressed on keyboard .. tapped it and it worked)",206
08/21/2008 11:19:36 AM,nw,"self-study",1443
08/21/2008 11:29:00 AM,em,"",564
08/21/2008 11:44:36 AM,hr,"keyboard and scanner and outlook",936
08/21/2008 12:09:22 PM,nw,"self study ... whee",1486
08/21/2008 1:00:00 PM,mt,"lounge arrangements",3038
08/21/2008 1:10:00 PM,bk,"wash dishes",600
08/21/2008 2:23:02 PM,ip,"phones down",4382
08/21/2008 2:54:14 PM,em,"",1872
08/21/2008 2:54:32 PM,bk,"water",18
08/21/2008 3:15:38 PM,em,"",1266
08/21/2008 3:23:10 PM,up,"phone service followup",452
08/21/2008 3:59:17 PM,up,"phones back",2167
08/21/2008 4:31:52 PM,nw,"self-study",1955
08/21/2008 4:54:08 PM,nw,"self-study",1336
08/21/2008 5:52:04 PM,nw,"self-study",3476
08/21/2008 5:53:40 PM,hc,"shutdown",96

08/22/2008 7:31:06 AM,ar,"",0
08/22/2008 7:34:08 AM,hc,"bootup",182
08/22/2008 7:35:46 AM,ps,"software search",98
08/22/2008 8:27:14 AM,nw,"self-study finishup",3088
08/22/2008 8:44:38 AM,nw,"self-study",1044
08/22/2008 9:19:41 AM,iv,"asst",2103
08/22/2008 10:30:43 AM,tk,"new account setup",4262
08/22/2008 10:36:30 AM,re,"rss",347
08/22/2008 10:47:25 AM,iv,"virus quarantine",655
08/22/2008 10:59:38 AM,em,"",733
08/22/2008 11:02:46 AM,iv,"pen borrowing",188
08/22/2008 11:08:47 AM,em,"new emp",361
08/22/2008 11:15:08 AM,ip,"facworks canning",381
08/22/2008 11:52:37 AM,nw,"last minute wkshp prep",2249
08/22/2008 4:01:39 PM,mt,"staff meeting",14942
08/22/2008 4:18:18 PM,em,"",999
08/22/2008 4:27:05 PM,tk,"video (hebrew)",527
08/22/2008 4:28:43 PM,tk,"more video (now to home)",98

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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