Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 21 November, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 21 November, 2008

5 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			45h 59m 49s
Time Working:			41h 53m 21s
	Planned:			12h 43m 37s
		Projects/Tasks:			8h 43m 5s
		Meetings:			0h 31m 32s
		Reading/Research:			1h 12m 15s
		Communication:			2h 12m 23s
		House cleaning:			0h 4m 22s
	Unplanned:			23h 40m 28s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			5h 58m 57s
		Projects/Tasks:			17h 41m 31s
	Other Work:			5h 29m 16s
		Non-work Work:			4h 9m 42s
		Community Life:			1h 19m 34s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			4h 6m 28s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 11m 57s
Average Daily Working Time:			8h 22m 40s


Time Working:			91.07%
	Planned:			30.38%
		Projects/Tasks:			68.50%
		Meetings:			4.13%
		Reading/Research:			9.46%
		Communication:			17.34%
		House cleaning:			0.57%
	Unplanned:			56.52%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			25.27%
		Projects/Tasks:			74.73%
	Other Work:			13.10%
		Non-work Work:			75.84%
		Community Life:			24.16%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			8.93%

*** Raw Data ***

11/17/2008 7:58:00 AM,ar,"",0
11/17/2008 9:46:01 AM,tk,"variety of things",6481
11/17/2008 9:57:01 AM,tk,"whole variety of things ... morning is going quickly so far",660
11/17/2008 10:28:00 AM,cl,"monday",1859
11/17/2008 10:33:52 AM,bk,"d",352
11/17/2008 11:15:54 AM,tk,"dns updating",2522
11/17/2008 11:21:43 AM,ip,"self-study",349
11/17/2008 12:05:35 PM,tk,"dns stuff",2632
11/17/2008 12:07:36 PM,iv,"outlook log on",121
11/17/2008 1:26:30 PM,tk,"firewall removal and tweaking",4734
11/17/2008 1:56:02 PM,iv,"fac mtg conf phone",1772
11/17/2008 3:54:42 PM,tk,"ussig router stuff",7120
11/17/2008 4:14:30 PM,iv,"variety",1188
11/17/2008 4:18:50 PM,iv,"hebrew question",260
11/17/2008 4:28:40 PM,ph,"archiveing",590
11/17/2008 4:38:18 PM,nw,"adfac prep",578

11/18/2008 7:56:00 AM,ar,"",0
11/18/2008 8:10:25 AM,em,"",865
11/18/2008 8:29:40 AM,up,"notebook repair",1155
11/18/2008 10:00:00 AM,nw,"bibl sotyr",5420
11/18/2008 10:31:32 AM,mt,"adfac prep",1892
11/18/2008 10:34:55 AM,ph,"",203
11/18/2008 10:44:48 AM,nw,"bibl story",593
11/18/2008 11:52:28 AM,up,"notebook repair",4060
11/18/2008 12:26:34 PM,nw,"admin fac prep",2046
11/18/2008 12:29:23 PM,em,"",169
11/18/2008 1:10:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2437
11/18/2008 1:49:02 PM,iv,"long conversation about matters long past and matters that exist mostly in the mind of the conversant",2342
11/18/2008 1:49:12 PM,hr,"projection setup (class)",10
11/18/2008 2:00:28 PM,hr,"moodle installation",676
11/18/2008 2:42:05 PM,tk,"server rebuild script recreation",2497
11/18/2008 3:24:11 PM,iv,"entourage troubles",2526
11/18/2008 3:53:27 PM,tk,"copy zotero prefs",1756
11/18/2008 4:40:00 PM,nw,"bibl story thanks",2793
11/18/2008 4:48:00 PM,ip,"ffox troubles in lab",480
11/18/2008 5:27:06 PM,ip,"email troubles ... not yet resolved",2346
11/18/2008 5:32:15 PM,nw,"bibl story thank yous",309

11/19/2008 8:00:07 AM,ar,"",0
11/19/2008 8:43:52 AM,up,"notebook fixing",2625
11/19/2008 9:08:09 AM,hr,"that stupid exchange mailbox that is misbehaving",1457
11/19/2008 9:37:11 AM,ps,"CARES",1742
11/19/2008 9:57:24 AM,up,"more exchange",1213
11/19/2008 10:15:00 AM,bk,"",1056
11/19/2008 10:25:00 AM,vi,"bb grade recovery (no)",600
11/19/2008 10:47:44 AM,up,"email troubles",1364
11/19/2008 10:51:12 AM,iv,"home router issue",208
11/19/2008 11:05:55 AM,up,"email troubles",883
11/19/2008 11:09:40 AM,ip,"view --> print layout",225
11/19/2008 11:44:53 AM,tk,"some e-mail stuff",2113
11/19/2008 11:53:07 AM,up,"email troubles -- dns?",494
11/19/2008 11:55:46 AM,iv,"password needed",159
11/19/2008 12:20:07 PM,up,"more stupid e-mail stuff",1461
11/19/2008 1:04:24 PM,bk,"lunch",2657
11/19/2008 1:05:44 PM,ph,"",80
11/19/2008 1:22:48 PM,up,"email troubles",1024
11/19/2008 1:31:45 PM,iv,"password issue",537
11/19/2008 1:46:18 PM,up,"email sending/receiving ... what up?",873
11/19/2008 2:10:37 PM,up,"stupid stupid e-mail not working",1459
11/19/2008 2:17:54 PM,ip,"db error when start fe",437
11/19/2008 3:03:19 PM,up,"what's going on with new e-mail accounts?",2725
11/19/2008 3:38:12 PM,ip,"new hard drive cleanup",2093
11/19/2008 3:44:13 PM,ip,"satisfaction permissions",361
11/19/2008 4:34:48 PM,up,"emali troubles (acitve directory out of sync w/pure message, it turns out)",3035
11/19/2008 5:09:00 PM,ps,"rss",2052

11/20/2008 8:01:59 AM,ar,"",0
11/20/2008 8:06:21 AM,hc,"boot up",262
11/20/2008 8:28:53 AM,hr,"av setup request",1352
11/20/2008 8:51:13 AM,re,"rss",1340
11/20/2008 9:10:06 AM,hr,"plans of study",1133
11/20/2008 9:45:38 AM,vi,"acct creation consulation",2132
11/20/2008 9:52:00 AM,bk,"d",382
11/20/2008 9:56:13 AM,vi,"more acct script consult",253
11/20/2008 10:02:27 AM,hr,"one note stuff",374
11/20/2008 10:12:24 AM,nw,"chapel nov 25",597
11/20/2008 10:20:55 AM,up,"acct script recreation",511
11/20/2008 10:21:17 AM,nw,"chapel planning",22
11/20/2008 10:29:56 AM,hr,"printing",519
11/20/2008 10:44:26 AM,tk,"acct creation",870
11/20/2008 10:47:58 AM,ip,"song leading",212
11/20/2008 11:09:15 AM,up,"account creation etc stuff",1277
11/20/2008 11:39:45 AM,up,"auto pass gen program",1830
11/20/2008 11:44:40 AM,iv,"mac slideshow question",295
11/20/2008 11:54:59 AM,up,"more password stuff",619
11/20/2008 11:56:25 AM,up,"acct creation scripts",86
11/20/2008 12:45:00 PM,cl,"forum (wot, today)",2915
11/20/2008 1:23:35 PM,hr,"one note",2315
11/20/2008 1:25:23 PM,hr,"moodle",108
11/20/2008 2:43:08 PM,up,"account creation stuff",4665
11/20/2008 2:45:49 PM,ip,"password troubles",161
11/20/2008 2:48:50 PM,up,"acct creation scripting",181
11/20/2008 3:00:40 PM,bk,"",710
11/20/2008 4:46:54 PM,up,"acct creation",6374
11/20/2008 4:47:50 PM,ip,"spouse",56
11/20/2008 5:21:39 PM,up,"started account creation stuff",2029

11/21/2008 8:09:44 AM,ar,"",0
11/21/2008 8:19:18 AM,em,"",574
11/21/2008 8:21:55 AM,re,"first monday",157
11/21/2008 8:48:09 AM,ip,"computer fan noise and an ensuing conversation",1574
11/21/2008 8:53:05 AM,up,"dedicated ip for lib asst computer",296
11/21/2008 9:22:48 AM,re,"first monday",1783
11/21/2008 9:35:20 AM,re,"rss",752
11/21/2008 10:19:04 AM,nw,"chapel prep",2624
11/21/2008 10:21:15 AM,em,"",131
11/21/2008 10:34:50 AM,ip,"egreeting",815
11/21/2008 11:30:14 AM,up,"printing stats",3324
11/21/2008 11:42:25 AM,iv,"various",731
11/21/2008 12:22:24 PM,up,"username making routines",2399
11/21/2008 12:58:44 PM,bk,"lunch",2180
11/21/2008 1:01:10 PM,em,"",146
11/21/2008 1:35:43 PM,up,"new account generation script",2073
11/21/2008 1:53:06 PM,bk,"mail check, candy call",1043
11/21/2008 1:58:09 PM,re,"rss",303
11/21/2008 2:04:17 PM,ip,"polycom issues",368
11/21/2008 2:40:57 PM,em,"",2200
11/21/2008 3:05:38 PM,up,"acct setup stuff",1481
11/21/2008 3:16:18 PM,iv,"assts",640
11/21/2008 4:01:46 PM,up,"student account creation",2728
11/21/2008 4:02:53 PM,ip,"visiting prof",67
11/21/2008 4:05:50 PM,bk,"p",177
11/21/2008 4:19:38 PM,up,"acct creation",828
11/21/2008 4:33:12 PM,iv,"asst",814
11/21/2008 4:39:52 PM,iv,"asst",400
11/21/2008 5:24:27 PM,up,"acct creation",2675

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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