Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 28 October, 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 28 October, 2009

4 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			36h 45m 24s
Time Working:			28h 35m 35s
	Planned:			15h 49m 7s
		Projects/Tasks:			4h 49m 1s
		Meetings:			2h 11m 35s
		Reading/Research:			5h 5m 9s
		Communication:			3h 37m 3s
		House cleaning:			0h 6m 19s
	Unplanned:			11h 9m 36s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			4h 57m 52s
		Projects/Tasks:			6h 11m 44s
	Other Work:			1h 36m 52s
		Non-work Work:			0h 0m 0s
		Community Life:			1h 36m 52s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			8h 9m 49s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 11m 21s
Average Daily Working Time:			7h 8m 53s


Time Working:			77.79%
	Planned:			55.32%
		Projects/Tasks:			30.45%
		Meetings:			13.86%
		Reading/Research:			32.15%
		Communication:			22.87%
		House cleaning:			0.67%
	Unplanned:			39.03%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			44.48%
		Projects/Tasks:			55.52%
	Other Work:			5.65%
		Non-work Work:			0.00%
		Community Life:			100.00%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			22.21%

*** Raw Data ***

10/27/2009 7:58:51 AM,ar,"",0
10/27/2009 8:08:44 AM,em,"",593
10/27/2009 8:23:41 AM,em,"",897
10/27/2009 8:37:40 AM,hr,"",839
10/27/2009 8:58:26 AM,hr,"various",1246
10/27/2009 9:15:55 AM,re,"rss",1049
10/27/2009 9:17:32 AM,ip,"frontpage opening web",97
10/27/2009 9:45:43 AM,re,"rss",1691
10/27/2009 9:48:25 AM,ps,"ff",162
10/27/2009 10:20:00 AM,bk,"",1895
10/27/2009 10:46:28 AM,hr,"entourage issues",1588
10/27/2009 11:41:51 AM,hr,"email at home",3323
10/27/2009 11:53:07 AM,em,"",676
10/27/2009 12:00:52 PM,ps,"espn",465
10/27/2009 12:10:09 PM,ps,"tmq",557
10/27/2009 12:52:56 PM,bk,"lunch",2567
10/27/2009 1:18:40 PM,tk,"remove re",1544
10/27/2009 1:24:34 PM,tk,"remove re",354
10/27/2009 1:34:47 PM,hr,"printing issues",613
10/27/2009 1:40:40 PM,ph,"spouse",353
10/27/2009 1:47:36 PM,em,"",416
10/27/2009 1:50:26 PM,bk,"p",170
10/27/2009 1:55:06 PM,tk,"user acct script",280
10/27/2009 2:00:45 PM,re,"pdf creators",339
10/27/2009 3:15:38 PM,ps,"hively",4493
10/27/2009 3:28:07 PM,iv,"asst",749
10/27/2009 3:38:20 PM,vi,"",613
10/27/2009 3:43:33 PM,ip,"webinar",313
10/27/2009 4:02:46 PM,re,"rss",1153
10/27/2009 4:17:36 PM,ps,"rss",890
10/27/2009 4:22:16 PM,em,"",280
10/27/2009 4:46:00 PM,tk,"acct deletion",1424
10/27/2009 4:47:27 PM,em,"",87
10/27/2009 5:13:02 PM,tk,"acct del script",1535

10/28/2009 7:48:39 AM,ar,"",0
10/28/2009 8:00:32 AM,em,"",713
10/28/2009 8:06:04 AM,em,"",332
10/28/2009 8:11:31 AM,iv,"home notebook and outlook stuff",327
10/28/2009 8:22:56 AM,ps,"fb",685
10/28/2009 8:54:47 AM,re,"rss",1911
10/28/2009 9:08:40 AM,ps,"espn",833
10/28/2009 9:09:38 AM,em,"",58
10/28/2009 9:18:10 AM,tk,"upload tracks to itunesu",512
10/28/2009 9:20:44 AM,tk,"itunesu",154
10/28/2009 10:15:56 AM,ps,"CARES",3312
10/28/2009 10:21:44 AM,re,"rss",348
10/28/2009 10:30:34 AM,ip,"phones and messages",530
10/28/2009 10:35:46 AM,re,"rss",312
10/28/2009 10:40:14 AM,ip,"blackbaud",268
10/28/2009 10:46:26 AM,em,"",372
10/28/2009 11:47:15 AM,up,"shopping",3649
10/28/2009 11:51:08 AM,up,"phone plugs",233
10/28/2009 1:26:18 PM,bk,"phenom",5710
10/28/2009 1:39:22 PM,hr,"printing",784
10/28/2009 1:54:34 PM,re,"rss",912
10/28/2009 2:13:01 PM,ip,"printing",1107
10/28/2009 2:19:43 PM,re,"rss",402
10/28/2009 2:22:47 PM,re,"",184
10/28/2009 2:56:00 PM,re,"google apps",1993
10/28/2009 3:07:39 PM,re,"google apps for domains",699
10/28/2009 3:20:58 PM,re,"liveedu",799
10/28/2009 3:28:35 PM,re,"e-mail outsourcing",457
10/28/2009 4:05:54 PM,vi,"",2239
10/28/2009 4:10:01 PM,ph,"spouse",247
10/28/2009 4:22:27 PM,re,"rss",746
10/28/2009 4:24:49 PM,em,"",142
10/28/2009 4:47:43 PM,tk,"delete users",1374
10/28/2009 4:51:01 PM,em,"",198

10/29/2009 7:50:41 AM,ar,"",0
10/29/2009 7:53:46 AM,em,"",185
10/29/2009 8:10:08 AM,em,"",982
10/29/2009 8:31:35 AM,iv,"varius",1287
10/29/2009 8:42:00 AM,re,"rss",625
10/29/2009 8:44:44 AM,ip,"",164
10/29/2009 8:49:51 AM,ip,"",307
10/29/2009 8:50:11 AM,re,"rss",20
10/29/2009 8:56:26 AM,iv,"asst",375
10/29/2009 9:02:00 AM,re,"rss",334
10/29/2009 9:05:21 AM,ip,"faweb stuff",201
10/29/2009 9:17:22 AM,em,"",721
10/29/2009 9:25:09 AM,re,"rss",467
10/29/2009 10:44:54 AM,mt,"av stuff",4785
10/29/2009 10:55:59 AM,hr,"",665
10/29/2009 11:17:21 AM,hr,"myambs",1282
10/29/2009 11:23:15 AM,re,"rss",354
10/29/2009 11:28:05 AM,ps,"rss",290
10/29/2009 11:35:03 AM,ps,"slate",418
10/29/2009 1:11:55 PM,cl,"forum",5812
10/29/2009 1:35:53 PM,em,"",1438
10/29/2009 1:37:50 PM,em,"",117
10/29/2009 1:48:05 PM,em,"",615
10/29/2009 3:07:02 PM,up,"ordering",4737
10/29/2009 3:26:37 PM,bk,"",1175
10/29/2009 3:33:18 PM,em,"",401
10/29/2009 3:38:10 PM,re,"rss",292
10/29/2009 3:46:36 PM,ip,"spouse",506
10/29/2009 3:57:06 PM,re,"rss",630
10/29/2009 4:14:47 PM,ip,"amer",1061
10/29/2009 4:21:37 PM,up,"amer stuff",410
10/29/2009 4:36:54 PM,iv,"asst",917
10/29/2009 4:53:11 PM,bk,"pont",977
10/29/2009 4:59:28 PM,re,"rss",377

10/30/2009 7:36:23 AM,ar,"",0
10/30/2009 7:40:02 AM,em,"",219
10/30/2009 8:31:52 AM,mt,"lamb options",3110
10/30/2009 8:48:27 AM,iv,"fmrasst",995
10/30/2009 8:51:30 AM,iv,"asst",183
10/30/2009 9:28:44 AM,iv,"verizon",2234
10/30/2009 9:29:36 AM,re,"rss",52
10/30/2009 10:57:25 AM,iv,"virt mach",5269
10/30/2009 11:03:23 AM,up,"ordering",358
10/30/2009 11:19:06 AM,re,"rss",943
10/30/2009 11:25:25 AM,hc,"payday",379
10/30/2009 11:34:38 AM,hr,"copy code and some coding",553
10/30/2009 11:54:14 AM,up,"greek unicode stuff",1176
10/30/2009 12:05:36 PM,re,"rss",682
10/30/2009 1:06:02 PM,bk,"lunch",3626
10/30/2009 1:18:25 PM,ps,"espn",743
10/30/2009 1:25:50 PM,tk,"update",445
10/30/2009 1:27:59 PM,em,"",129
10/30/2009 1:35:00 PM,bk,"",421
10/30/2009 1:53:35 PM,tk,"encyc jud",1115
10/30/2009 2:04:19 PM,up,"wkstn update",644
10/30/2009 2:13:17 PM,re,"rss",538
10/30/2009 2:36:47 PM,tk,"notebooks",1410
10/30/2009 3:25:14 PM,tk,"acct script",2907
10/30/2009 3:28:38 PM,up,"webinar",204
10/30/2009 3:41:23 PM,tk,"acct script",765
10/30/2009 3:47:27 PM,iv,"fmr student",364
10/30/2009 3:57:45 PM,ip,"powerpoint issues",618
10/30/2009 4:28:39 PM,tk,"acct deletion (basic logic works mostly)",1854
10/30/2009 4:56:27 PM,tk,"scripting stuff",1668

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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