Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 3 October, 2008

Monday, October 6, 2008

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 3 October, 2008

5 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			45h 36m 33s
Time Working:			38h 24m 1s
	Planned:			15h 26m 44s
		Projects/Tasks:			3h 51m 30s
		Meetings:			3h 12m 21s
		Reading/Research:			5h 14m 20s
		Communication:			1h 22m 44s
		House cleaning:			1h 45m 49s
	Unplanned:			20h 44m 27s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			6h 37m 20s
		Projects/Tasks:			14h 7m 7s
	Other Work:			2h 6m 3s
		Non-work Work:			0h 29m 1s
		Community Life:			1h 37m 2s
	Unspecified:			0h 6m 47s
Personal/Break:			7h 12m 32s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 7m 18s
Average Daily Working Time:			7h 40m 48s


Time Working:			84.19%
	Planned:			40.22%
		Projects/Tasks:			24.98%
		Meetings:			20.76%
		Reading/Research:			33.92%
		Communication:			8.93%
		House cleaning:			11.42%
	Unplanned:			54.01%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			31.93%
		Projects/Tasks:			68.07%
	Other Work:			5.47%
		Non-work Work:			23.02%
		Community Life:			76.98%
	Unspecified:			0.29%
Personal/Break:			15.81%

*** Raw Data ***

09/29/2008 8:00:06 AM,ar,"",0
09/29/2008 8:20:31 AM,iv,"asst",1225
09/29/2008 10:04:50 AM,up,"dead server",6259
09/29/2008 10:25:44 AM,cl,"monday",1254
09/29/2008 12:11:03 PM,up,"student server rebuild -- functioning, degraded",6319
09/29/2008 1:03:26 PM,bk,"lunch",3143
09/29/2008 1:49:31 PM,up,"student server update",2765
09/29/2008 1:53:36 PM,tk,"server spec'ing",245
09/29/2008 2:07:46 PM,up,"server spec",850
09/29/2008 2:07:52 PM,ip,"av request",6
09/29/2008 2:31:23 PM,iv,"various",1411
09/29/2008 2:50:08 PM,ps,"news",1125
09/29/2008 2:55:14 PM,up,"dead computer",306
09/29/2008 3:19:30 PM,ip,"rem user",1456
09/29/2008 3:59:42 PM,up,"various server fixing things",2412
09/29/2008 4:02:09 PM,ip,"clear msgs",147
09/29/2008 4:31:45 PM,bk,"walk",1776
09/29/2008 4:55:22 PM,re,"rss",1417
09/29/2008 5:09:54 PM,iv,"attachment",872
09/29/2008 5:17:03 PM,ps,"reading",429

09/30/2008 7:54:13 AM,ar,"",0
09/30/2008 8:03:19 AM,hc,"boot up",546
09/30/2008 8:06:15 AM,ps,"finish dressing",176
09/30/2008 8:09:24 AM,nw,"bibl story",189
09/30/2008 8:15:23 AM,tk,"spec server",359
09/30/2008 8:19:30 AM,iv,"visit",247
09/30/2008 8:22:26 AM,re,"rss",176
09/30/2008 10:30:41 AM,mt,"biblical storytelling",7695
09/30/2008 10:49:15 AM,hc,"various things",1114
09/30/2008 11:32:53 AM,em,"",2618
09/30/2008 11:37:31 AM,iv,"find av equip",278
09/30/2008 11:49:15 AM,tk,"dspace",704
09/30/2008 11:55:34 AM,up,"no worries ... taping later",379
09/30/2008 12:12:27 PM,re,"vmware options",1013
09/30/2008 1:14:38 PM,bk,"lunch",3731
09/30/2008 1:29:04 PM,tk,"computer in class",866
09/30/2008 1:35:35 PM,ps,"tmq",391
09/30/2008 1:44:54 PM,ps,"tmq",559
09/30/2008 1:45:45 PM,ip,"beef",51
09/30/2008 1:48:18 PM,ps,"tmq",153
09/30/2008 1:49:56 PM,re,"dspace",98
09/30/2008 1:51:23 PM,ip,"shipping cost question",87
09/30/2008 2:00:22 PM,ph,"CoW",539
09/30/2008 2:12:21 PM,nw,"bibl story arrangements",719
09/30/2008 2:21:11 PM,ps,"slate",530
09/30/2008 2:27:24 PM,up,"return CoW stuff",373
09/30/2008 3:20:25 PM,tk,"RAID notification script",3181
09/30/2008 3:45:09 PM,tk,"laziness rocks",1484
09/30/2008 4:07:41 PM,tk,"laziness rocks",1352
09/30/2008 4:39:31 PM,up,"pick up hard drives",1910
09/30/2008 4:40:46 PM,em,"",75
09/30/2008 5:10:02 PM,tk,"laziness rocks",1756
09/30/2008 5:12:11 PM,re,"rss",129

10/01/2008 6:13:44 AM,ar,"",0
10/01/2008 6:55:07 AM,up,"raid recovery",2483
10/01/2008 7:44:05 AM,re,"rss",2938
10/01/2008 8:01:12 AM,ps,"slate",1027
10/01/2008 8:03:07 AM,up,"raid rebuild",115
10/01/2008 8:26:35 AM,up,"set up for class",1408
10/01/2008 8:54:37 AM,up,"raid recreation",1682
10/01/2008 9:12:21 AM,up,"server rebuild",1064
10/01/2008 9:28:38 AM,bk,"d",977
10/01/2008 10:09:35 AM,up,"recover server",2457
10/01/2008 10:11:36 AM,hc,"timecards",121
10/01/2008 10:30:45 AM,up,"server rebuild monitoring",1149
10/01/2008 10:34:55 AM,ph,"msgs",250
10/01/2008 10:45:12 AM,up,"still more server stuff",617
10/01/2008 10:48:22 AM,bk,"p",190
10/01/2008 10:50:52 AM,tk,"ext3",150
10/01/2008 10:53:33 AM,ip,"a 10-second converstaion that took longer",161
10/01/2008 11:15:27 AM,tk,"server rebuild monitoring",1314
10/01/2008 11:17:30 AM,em,"goose chase",123
10/01/2008 11:44:24 AM,up,"server restoration",1614
10/01/2008 11:45:58 AM,ip,"class ended",94
10/01/2008 11:56:38 AM,up,"server rebuild monitoring ... still",640
10/01/2008 12:16:24 PM,up,"server restore",1186
10/01/2008 12:28:56 PM,up,"final (for today) server status notification",752
10/01/2008 1:27:41 PM,bk,"lunch",3525
10/01/2008 1:54:39 PM,up,"bootable cd creation",1618
10/01/2008 3:03:10 PM,iv,"bibwork stuff",4111
10/01/2008 3:19:17 PM,up,"reboot (test boot cd)",967
10/01/2008 3:28:49 PM,up,"toner order",572
10/01/2008 4:25:24 PM,re,"rss",3395
10/01/2008 4:42:29 PM,ip,"home user",1025
10/01/2008 5:15:29 PM,up,"CoW",1980

10/02/2008 7:39:54 AM,ar,"",0
10/02/2008 8:22:09 AM,re,"trade mag",2535
10/02/2008 9:19:55 AM,hc,"remove programs",3466
10/02/2008 9:47:21 AM,iv,"moodle",1646
10/02/2008 9:48:02 AM,hc,"still removing software (cruft!)",41
10/02/2008 10:30:40 AM,up,"CoW lighting back to chicago",2558
10/02/2008 10:54:15 AM,hr,"email sending refusal",1415
10/02/2008 11:09:48 AM,ip,"paraguay 2009 logistics",933
10/02/2008 11:22:56 AM,ip,"new server share",788
10/02/2008 11:36:53 AM,iv,"printing",837
10/02/2008 11:47:05 AM,iv,"more printing stuff",612
10/02/2008 11:53:52 AM,pr,"int cleaning sheets",407
10/02/2008 1:10:00 PM,cl,"forum",4568
10/02/2008 1:20:00 PM,ps,"political discussion",600
10/02/2008 1:33:53 PM,nw,"bibl story",833
10/02/2008 1:42:47 PM,em,"",534
10/02/2008 1:57:43 PM,tk,"seek asst",896
10/02/2008 2:18:29 PM,hr,"printing issue",1246
10/02/2008 2:51:23 PM,re,"rss",1974
10/02/2008 2:59:39 PM,tk,"clean computer",496
10/02/2008 4:03:45 PM,mt,"monthly supervisory mtg",3846
10/02/2008 4:21:52 PM,tk,"transcription",1087
10/02/2008 4:59:21 PM,iv,"asst",2249

10/03/2008 7:51:44 AM,ar,"",0
10/03/2008 8:09:25 AM,hc,"boot up",1061
10/03/2008 8:23:15 AM,up,"qmail delivery",830
10/03/2008 8:30:39 AM,re,"rss",444
10/03/2008 8:36:45 AM,iv,"projection",366
10/03/2008 8:39:14 AM,re,"rss",149
10/03/2008 8:40:05 AM,ip,"spouse",51
10/03/2008 9:25:43 AM,up,"databases",2738
10/03/2008 9:34:26 AM,iv,"database login",523
10/03/2008 9:55:51 AM,re,"server",1285
10/03/2008 10:05:45 AM,em,"",594
10/03/2008 10:39:15 AM,bk,"",2010
10/03/2008 11:34:22 AM,re,"server questions",3307
10/03/2008 11:58:37 AM,ps,"xscription",1455
10/03/2008 12:00:26 PM,ps,"naacp",109
10/03/2008 1:00:00 PM,bk,"lunch",3574
10/03/2008 1:12:46 PM,iv,"satisfaction survey stuff",766
10/03/2008 1:38:54 PM,iv,"asst",1568
10/03/2008 1:41:37 PM,up,"CoW stuff",163
10/03/2008 1:45:28 PM,em,"",231
10/03/2008 2:24:18 PM,iv,"database",2330
10/03/2008 2:32:10 PM,ps,"directions",472

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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