Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 7 October, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 7 October, 2009

5 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			45h 15m 44s
Time Working:			37h 43m 21s
	Planned:			11h 42m 35s
		Projects/Tasks:			1h 1m 52s
		Meetings:			0h 0m 0s
		Reading/Research:			4h 12m 15s
		Communication:			4h 48m 38s
		House cleaning:			1h 39m 50s
	Unplanned:			13h 7m 23s
		Distraction:			0h 21m 35s
		Interruption:			4h 46m 43s
		Projects/Tasks:			7h 59m 5s
	Other Work:			12h 8m 31s
		Non-work Work:			11h 34m 58s
		Community Life:			0h 33m 33s
	Unspecified:			0h 44m 52s
Personal/Break:			7h 32m 23s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 3m 8s
Average Daily Working Time:			7h 32m 40s


Time Working:			83.34%
	Planned:			31.04%
		Projects/Tasks:			8.81%
		Meetings:			0.00%
		Reading/Research:			35.90%
		Communication:			41.08%
		House cleaning:			14.21%
	Unplanned:			34.79%
		Distraction:			2.74%
		Interruption:			36.41%
		Projects/Tasks:			60.84%
	Other Work:			32.19%
		Non-work Work:			95.39%
		Community Life:			4.61%
	Unspecified:			1.98%
Personal/Break:			16.66%

*** Raw Data ***

10/5/2009 7:40:48 AM,ar,"",0
10/5/2009 7:54:14 AM,em,"",806
10/5/2009 8:30:00 AM,re,"rss",2146
10/5/2009 8:45:00 AM,up,"ordering stuff",900
10/5/2009 8:53:00 AM,hr,"helpdesk stuff",480
10/5/2009 9:28:16 AM,up,"order and return",2116
10/5/2009 9:35:54 AM,re,"trade mag",458
10/5/2009 9:40:25 AM,re,"rss",271
10/5/2009 9:51:27 AM,ps,"espn",662
10/5/2009 10:25:14 AM,bk,"monday",2027
10/5/2009 10:34:51 AM,vi,"fmr asst",577
10/5/2009 10:41:36 AM,em,"",405
10/5/2009 10:55:34 AM,em,"",838
10/5/2009 11:53:29 AM,nw,"forum prep",3475
10/5/2009 12:05:36 PM,hr,"itunes u",727
10/5/2009 12:19:21 PM,hr,"itunes u",825
10/5/2009 1:00:48 PM,bl,"kunch",2487
10/5/2009 1:12:58 PM,hr,"itunes u",730
10/5/2009 1:26:29 PM,ps,"rss",811
10/5/2009 1:42:42 PM,hc,"self-study disposal",973
10/5/2009 1:53:05 PM,nw,"forum",623
10/5/2009 2:03:59 PM,ip,"attachments not getting through",654
10/5/2009 2:12:53 PM,iv,"itunes u",534
10/5/2009 3:08:25 PM,re,"rss",3332
10/5/2009 4:16:44 PM,nw,"forum prep",4099
10/5/2009 5:00:37 PM,nw,"forum prep",2633

10/6/2009 8:08:42 AM,ar,"",0
10/6/2009 8:11:35 AM,em,"",173
10/6/2009 8:23:17 AM,em,"",702
10/6/2009 8:36:00 AM,em,"",763
10/6/2009 8:42:04 AM,hr,"mrs login issues continue",364
10/6/2009 8:52:10 AM,re,"first monday",606
10/6/2009 9:20:29 AM,re,"rss",1699
10/6/2009 9:31:46 AM,vi,"how to fix margins",677
10/6/2009 9:44:43 AM,re,"first monday",777
10/6/2009 9:57:36 AM,up,"moodle pedagogy",773
10/6/2009 10:54:13 AM,em,"moodle",3397
10/6/2009 11:27:45 AM,nw,"forum prep",2012
10/6/2009 11:38:04 AM,di,"ddwrt",619
10/6/2009 12:16:29 PM,hc,"untangle report",2305
10/6/2009 12:20:54 PM,di,"spiceworks",265
10/6/2009 1:03:16 PM,bk,"lunch",2542
10/6/2009 1:10:07 PM,di,"spiceworks",411
10/6/2009 1:14:46 PM,hc,"mail",279
10/6/2009 1:24:54 PM,nw,"forum",608
10/6/2009 2:47:02 PM,nw,"forum presentation",4928
10/6/2009 2:55:19 PM,ip,"course import issues ... resolved",497
10/6/2009 3:06:01 PM,nw,"forum prep",642
10/6/2009 3:10:14 PM,ps,"tmq",253
10/6/2009 3:38:02 PM,ps,"tmq",1668
10/6/2009 4:01:00 PM,hr,"phone directory changes",1378
10/6/2009 4:04:05 PM,ps,"",185
10/6/2009 4:05:45 PM,bk,"p",100
10/6/2009 4:54:55 PM,nw,"forum presentation",2950
10/6/2009 4:56:00 PM,re,"rss",65

10/7/2009 7:48:35 AM,ar,"",0
10/7/2009 7:51:56 AM,em,"",201
10/7/2009 7:58:48 AM,hc,"untangle prepping",412
10/7/2009 8:15:43 AM,re,"rss",1015
10/7/2009 8:35:17 AM,re,"rss",1174
10/7/2009 8:40:50 AM,hc,"spiceworks",333
10/7/2009 9:14:55 AM,ip,"admiss asst stuff",2045
10/7/2009 9:23:53 AM,ip,"listserv removal question",538
10/7/2009 10:22:56 AM,ps,"CARES",3543
10/7/2009 10:28:24 AM,em,"",328
10/7/2009 10:55:44 AM,ip,"admiss asst stuff (and some itunes stuff)",1640
10/7/2009 11:04:19 AM,ip,"drive mapping",515
10/7/2009 11:29:27 AM,iv,"fmr asst",1508
10/7/2009 11:44:41 AM,nw,"forum tweaking ... continually tweaking",914
10/7/2009 11:46:45 AM,ip,"untangle competition ... not a chance",124
10/7/2009 1:37:58 PM,ps,"phenom",6673
10/7/2009 2:02:27 PM,nw,"forum",1469
10/7/2009 2:03:53 PM,iv,"asst",86
10/7/2009 2:13:47 PM,re,"rss",594
10/7/2009 2:17:49 PM,hc,"mail call",242
10/7/2009 3:26:57 PM,iv,"phone troubles",4148
10/7/2009 3:32:47 PM,iv,"various",350
10/7/2009 3:52:20 PM,nw,"forum prep",1173
10/7/2009 4:00:43 PM,ip,"scanning issues",503
10/7/2009 4:51:43 PM,nw,"forum prep",3060
10/7/2009 4:55:17 PM,vi,"",214
10/7/2009 5:18:33 PM,ps,"phenom conversation",1396

10/8/2009 8:02:07 AM,ar,"",0
10/8/2009 8:05:32 AM,ar,"",205
10/8/2009 8:38:00 AM,re,"rss",1948
10/8/2009 8:51:36 AM,em,"",816
10/8/2009 9:11:49 AM,hr,"various",1213
10/8/2009 9:36:24 AM,nw,"forum prep (projector checkout and conversation)",1475
10/8/2009 9:47:20 AM,ip,"cdwg printing",656
10/8/2009 10:04:45 AM,ip,"invoice issues",1045
10/8/2009 10:08:26 AM,iv,"",221
10/8/2009 10:33:08 AM,iv,"printer install",1482
10/8/2009 10:34:06 AM,hr,"admission office stuff",58
10/8/2009 10:44:10 AM,iv,"moodle and password troubles",604
10/8/2009 10:47:30 AM,hr,"bbsis stuff",200
10/8/2009 10:52:30 AM,em,"",300
10/8/2009 11:01:10 AM,vi,"acct issue report",520
10/8/2009 2:15:07 PM,nw,"forum presentation",11637
10/8/2009 2:24:58 PM,hc,"mail call",591
10/8/2009 2:31:04 PM,hc,"bills",366
10/8/2009 2:35:59 PM,hr,"spam issues",295
10/8/2009 2:38:57 PM,re,"rss",178
10/8/2009 3:09:01 PM,em,"",1804
10/8/2009 3:17:00 PM,bk,"paear",479
10/8/2009 3:49:03 PM,hr,"various",1923
10/8/2009 4:01:23 PM,ph,"av chapel stuff",740
10/8/2009 4:26:27 PM,ps,"rss",1504
10/8/2009 4:49:00 PM,hr,"spam stuff",1353
10/8/2009 5:03:52 PM,ps,"barcode",892

10/9/2009 7:30:37 AM,ar,"",0
10/9/2009 7:36:52 AM,em,"",375
10/9/2009 8:27:22 AM,tk,"untangle and other related rss/boot up tasks",3030
10/9/2009 8:37:52 AM,ps,"barcode",630
10/9/2009 8:38:39 AM,ph,"email stuff",47
10/9/2009 8:46:48 AM,hc,"help desk stuff",489
10/9/2009 9:01:20 AM,re,"ubiquity",872
10/9/2009 9:18:08 AM,em,"test",1008
10/9/2009 9:29:30 AM,tk,"email troubleshooting",682
10/9/2009 10:19:51 AM,hr,"quicken (?)",3021
10/9/2009 10:21:33 AM,em,"",102
10/9/2009 10:25:10 AM,em,"",217
10/9/2009 10:42:32 AM,em,"",1042
10/9/2009 11:06:06 AM,hr,"document conversion",1414
10/9/2009 11:15:30 AM,hr,"email issues",564
10/9/2009 11:24:15 AM,hr,"network in apt",525
10/9/2009 11:31:21 AM,hr,"aleph sending",426
10/9/2009 11:32:14 AM,ip,"web publishing",53
10/9/2009 11:41:27 AM,hr,"aleph notices e-mail trouble checking",553
10/9/2009 12:15:00 PM,cl,"chapel",2013
10/9/2009 1:17:58 PM,bk,"lunch",3778
10/9/2009 1:20:41 PM,em,"",163
10/9/2009 1:34:03 PM,hr,"various",802
10/9/2009 1:54:53 PM,hr,"various",1250
10/9/2009 2:53:48 PM,hr,"various little things",3535
10/9/2009 3:11:51 PM,hr,"various",1083
10/9/2009 3:42:38 PM,hr,"printing and files access",1847
10/9/2009 4:01:01 PM,em,"",1103
10/9/2009 4:05:34 PM,hr,"various ... mercy mercy me",273
10/9/2009 4:07:31 PM,hr,"dead hard drive",117

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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