Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 25 November, 2009

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 25 November, 2009

3 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			25h 47m 54s
Time Working:			21h 53m 1s
	Planned:			14h 33m 16s
		Projects/Tasks:			5h 30m 44s
		Meetings:			3h 18m 39s
		Reading/Research:			3h 34m 21s
		Communication:			1h 57m 38s
		House cleaning:			0h 11m 54s
	Unplanned:			6h 45m 30s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			0h 51m 26s
		Projects/Tasks:			5h 54m 4s
	Other Work:			0h 34m 15s
		Non-work Work:			0h 3m 4s
		Community Life:			0h 31m 11s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			3h 54m 53s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			8h 35m 58s
Average Daily Working Time:			7h 17m 40s


Time Working:			84.83%
	Planned:			66.51%
		Projects/Tasks:			37.87%
		Meetings:			22.75%
		Reading/Research:			24.55%
		Communication:			13.47%
		House cleaning:			1.36%
	Unplanned:			30.88%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			12.68%
		Projects/Tasks:			87.32%
	Other Work:			2.61%
		Non-work Work:			8.95%
		Community Life:			91.05%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			15.17%

*** Raw Data ***

11/23/2009 10:17:25 AM,ar,"",0
11/23/2009 10:54:41 AM,em,"",2236
11/23/2009 10:59:55 AM,re,"",314
11/23/2009 11:00:30 AM,re,"rss",35
11/23/2009 11:17:08 AM,re,"",998
11/23/2009 11:18:01 AM,iv,"old email question",53
11/23/2009 11:27:21 AM,re,"rss",560
11/23/2009 11:42:50 AM,re,"rss",929
11/23/2009 11:54:44 AM,hc,"mail'",714
11/23/2009 12:01:00 PM,vi,"",376
11/23/2009 12:50:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2940
11/23/2009 1:51:08 PM,vi,"",3668
11/23/2009 2:02:58 PM,hr,"restore",710
11/23/2009 2:52:55 PM,re,"rss",2997
11/23/2009 2:58:40 PM,bk,"d",345
11/23/2009 5:13:19 PM,mt,"webex testing",8079
11/23/2009 5:26:37 PM,re,"rss",798
11/23/2009 5:36:46 PM,re,"rss",609

11/24/2009 7:57:04 AM,ar,"",0
11/24/2009 8:15:05 AM,re,"rss",1081
11/24/2009 8:44:45 AM,tk,"server migration revisiting",1780
11/24/2009 8:53:14 AM,bk,"",509
11/24/2009 9:02:26 AM,hr,"printer not printing",552
11/24/2009 9:11:25 AM,hr,"various",539
11/24/2009 9:55:00 AM,tk,"printer stats",2615
11/24/2009 10:26:11 AM,cl,"sos break",1871
11/24/2009 12:25:42 PM,tk,"printer status pages",7171
11/24/2009 12:28:46 PM,nw,"msoft os donation info",184
11/24/2009 1:05:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2174
11/24/2009 1:20:49 PM,tk,"printer test",949
11/24/2009 2:05:28 PM,mt,"",2679
11/24/2009 3:06:41 PM,up,"variety",3673
11/24/2009 3:30:31 PM,tk,"printer stats stuff",1430
11/24/2009 3:31:37 PM,ip,"spouse",66
11/24/2009 3:50:58 PM,mt,"print stats",1161
11/24/2009 4:16:03 PM,up,"acct creation",1505
11/24/2009 4:29:01 PM,em,"allinones",778
11/24/2009 4:35:07 PM,tk,"acct script",366
11/24/2009 4:37:55 PM,iv,"dp",168
11/24/2009 5:01:50 PM,tk,"acct scripting (actually more iv but intermingled)",1435
11/24/2009 5:04:02 PM,iv,"dp",132

11/25/2009 7:41:29 AM,ar,"",0
11/25/2009 7:53:50 AM,tk,"delete script",741
11/25/2009 8:35:00 AM,tk,"backup script",2470
11/25/2009 8:42:25 AM,re,"rss",445
11/25/2009 8:53:02 AM,iv,"volunteer",637
11/25/2009 8:55:03 AM,re,"rss",121
11/25/2009 9:11:51 AM,iv,"fmrasst",1008
11/25/2009 9:44:00 AM,re,"rss",1929
11/25/2009 9:57:36 AM,iv,"colleague",816
11/25/2009 10:22:58 AM,bk,"",1522
11/25/2009 10:33:07 AM,re,"rss",609
11/25/2009 10:40:23 AM,hr,"reupadte",436
11/25/2009 10:55:10 AM,tk,"request certs",887
11/25/2009 11:15:49 AM,hr,"various",1239
11/25/2009 12:11:10 PM,hr,"reupdate",3321
11/25/2009 12:46:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2090
11/25/2009 1:02:03 PM,hr,"reupdate",963
11/25/2009 1:14:35 PM,hr,"lib printing",752
11/25/2009 1:18:01 PM,iv,"asst",206
11/25/2009 2:12:27 PM,ps,"CARES",3266
11/25/2009 3:38:07 PM,up,"various",5140
11/25/2009 3:47:17 PM,re,"rss",550
11/25/2009 3:52:30 PM,re,"rss",313
11/25/2009 4:07:07 PM,ps,"spouse",877
11/25/2009 4:40:10 PM,hr,"printing issues in library",1983
11/25/2009 4:48:03 PM,re,"rss",473
11/25/2009 4:49:43 PM,re,"rss",100
11/25/2009 4:56:54 PM,up,"slide show",431
11/25/2009 5:03:04 PM,ps,"espn",370

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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