Joblog on the Lintels: Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 16 December, 2009

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Work Summary for the Week ending Friday, 16 December, 2009

5 days summarized below


Time at AMBS:			46h 21m 55s
Time Working:			35h 31m 11s
	Planned:			22h 57m 36s
		Projects/Tasks:			11h 32m 40s
		Meetings:			2h 41m 39s
		Reading/Research:			4h 16m 16s
		Communication:			2h 44m 5s
		House cleaning:			1h 42m 56s
	Unplanned:			11h 34m 27s
		Distraction:			0h 0m 0s
		Interruption:			2h 45m 50s
		Projects/Tasks:			8h 48m 37s
	Other Work:			0h 59m 8s
		Non-work Work:			0h 0m 0s
		Community Life:			0h 59m 8s
	Unspecified:			0h 0m 0s
Personal/Break:			10h 50m 44s
Average Daily Time at AMBS:			9h 16m 23s
Average Daily Working Time:			7h 6m 14s


Time Working:			76.61%
	Planned:			64.64%
		Projects/Tasks:			50.28%
		Meetings:			11.73%
		Reading/Research:			18.60%
		Communication:			11.91%
		House cleaning:			7.47%
	Unplanned:			32.59%
		Distraction:			0.00%
		Interruption:			23.88%
		Projects/Tasks:			76.12%
	Other Work:			2.77%
		Non-work Work:			0.00%
		Community Life:			100.00%
	Unspecified:			0.00%
Personal/Break:			23.39%

*** Raw Data ***

Hones12/14/2009 8:10:02 AM,ar,"",0
12/14/2009 8:27:33 AM,hc,"",0
12/14/2009 8:36:50 AM,hc,"phones",557
12/14/2009 8:45:50 AM,re,"rss",540
12/14/2009 8:50:21 AM,re,"rss",271
12/14/2009 8:58:09 AM,iv,"student",468
12/14/2009 9:09:39 AM,re,"rss",690
12/14/2009 9:15:21 AM,re,"rss",342
12/14/2009 9:26:18 AM,bk,"",657
12/14/2009 9:43:47 AM,tk,"scanner",1049
12/14/2009 10:05:00 AM,hr,"various",1273
12/14/2009 10:30:00 AM,cl,"monday break",1500
12/14/2009 12:15:00 PM,ps,"class",6300
12/14/2009 12:50:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2100
12/14/2009 2:40:12 PM,mt,"admin fac",6612
12/14/2009 2:56:07 PM,hr,"mac fixing",955
12/14/2009 3:03:55 PM,hr,"formatting",468
12/14/2009 3:11:44 PM,hr,"mac repair and phone stuff",469
12/14/2009 3:19:17 PM,hr,"rempel",453
12/14/2009 3:39:18 PM,ps,"tt",1201
12/14/2009 3:43:24 PM,hr,"various",246
12/14/2009 3:44:25 PM,hr,"",61
12/14/2009 4:16:22 PM,ps,"car retrieval",1917
12/14/2009 4:22:59 PM,em,"",397
12/14/2009 4:41:00 PM,hr,"mac trouble",1081
12/14/2009 4:42:38 PM,em,"",98
12/14/2009 5:06:58 PM,hr,"hard drive",1460
12/14/2009 5:31:04 PM,tk,"scanner",1446

12/15/2009 8:07:22 AM,ar,"",0
12/15/2009 8:09:31 AM,hc,"backup swap",129
12/15/2009 8:17:32 AM,em,"",481
12/15/2009 8:18:19 AM,em,"",47
12/15/2009 8:29:18 AM,hr,"setup classroom",659
12/15/2009 9:27:11 AM,em,"",3473
12/15/2009 9:29:27 AM,em,"",136
12/15/2009 9:37:00 AM,hr,"mac",453
12/15/2009 9:38:46 AM,hr,"evals",106
12/15/2009 9:43:21 AM,hr,"various",275
12/15/2009 9:49:59 AM,re,"rss",398
12/15/2009 10:24:07 AM,cl,"grant celebration break",2048
12/15/2009 11:15:31 AM,mt,"",3084
12/15/2009 11:15:34 AM,mt,"",3
12/15/2009 11:23:01 AM,hr,"return mac",447
12/15/2009 11:26:37 AM,hr,"mac fixing",216
12/15/2009 11:34:24 AM,em,"",467
12/15/2009 12:06:28 PM,iv,"student",1924
12/15/2009 12:14:38 PM,ps,"espn",490
12/15/2009 1:00:00 PM,bk,"lunch",2722
12/15/2009 1:15:00 PM,hr,"notebook logon",900
12/15/2009 1:36:43 PM,tk,"asst orient",1303
12/15/2009 2:04:42 PM,tk,"rerorganize files",1679
12/15/2009 2:18:49 PM,tk,"scanner",847
12/15/2009 3:05:59 PM,up,"student server conx",2830
12/15/2009 3:29:01 PM,ps,"tt",1382
12/15/2009 3:30:57 PM,tk,"check server",116
12/15/2009 4:18:19 PM,hc,"rearrange tech drive",2842
12/15/2009 4:21:01 PM,ps,"espn",162
12/15/2009 4:24:30 PM,tk,"computer update install",209
12/15/2009 4:29:41 PM,ps,"espn",311
12/15/2009 4:44:22 PM,ps,"tt",881
12/15/2009 5:06:42 PM,re,"rss",1340
12/15/2009 5:07:54 PM,tk,"backup",72

12/16/2009 7:51:49 AM,ar,"",0
12/16/2009 9:02:08 AM,re,"rss",4219
12/16/2009 9:08:30 AM,up,"updates",382
12/16/2009 9:26:14 AM,tk,"scanner setup",1064
12/16/2009 10:40:41 AM,ps,"cares",4467
12/16/2009 10:41:31 AM,ph,"",50
12/16/2009 11:01:06 AM,re,"rss",1175
12/16/2009 11:22:05 AM,ps,"tt",1259
12/16/2009 11:35:05 AM,tk,"spiceworks",780
12/16/2009 11:35:29 AM,ip,"spouse",24
12/16/2009 11:58:17 AM,re,"rss",1368
12/16/2009 12:15:00 PM,iv,"wtf",1003
12/16/2009 12:25:00 PM,hr,"cant find files",600
12/16/2009 1:21:36 PM,bk,"lunch",3396
12/16/2009 1:40:01 PM,hr,"myambs",1105
12/16/2009 2:17:17 PM,hr,"various",2236
12/16/2009 2:29:00 PM,hr,"",703
12/16/2009 2:53:42 PM,ps,"tt",1482
12/16/2009 3:11:11 PM,hc,"clean up server hard drive a bit",1049
12/16/2009 3:55:12 PM,hr,"",2641
12/16/2009 4:02:23 PM,re,"rss",431
12/16/2009 5:10:01 PM,tk,"ocr and scanning",4058
12/16/2009 5:11:41 PM,re,"rss",100
12/16/2009 5:12:26 PM,re,"rss",45

12/17/2009 7:30:00 AM,ar,"",0
12/17/2009 7:46:01 AM,hr,"network hiccup checkin",961
12/17/2009 7:59:39 AM,iv,"asst",818
12/17/2009 8:03:57 AM,hr,"various",258
12/17/2009 8:46:43 AM,up,"cert renewal",2566
12/17/2009 8:59:39 AM,re,"rss",776
12/17/2009 9:00:47 AM,ip,"policy work",68
12/17/2009 9:10:12 AM,re,"rss",565
12/17/2009 9:17:00 AM,bk,"",408
12/17/2009 9:57:33 AM,iv,"churchy stuff",2433
12/17/2009 9:59:23 AM,up,"internet access",110
12/17/2009 10:10:00 AM,bk,"tt",637
12/17/2009 10:50:00 AM,hr,"lost doc",2400
12/17/2009 11:19:45 AM,vi,"",1785
12/17/2009 11:27:05 AM,ip,"ats stuff",440
12/17/2009 11:47:35 AM,ph,"",1230
12/17/2009 11:54:24 AM,re,"rss",409
12/17/2009 12:11:21 PM,iv,"cd copying",1017
12/17/2009 12:21:20 PM,ps,"espn",599
12/17/2009 1:03:49 PM,bk,"lunch",2549
12/17/2009 1:18:26 PM,re,"rss",877
12/17/2009 1:37:59 PM,hr,"dead hard drive learning experience",1173
12/17/2009 1:50:01 PM,em,"",722
12/17/2009 2:29:16 PM,tk,"wipe hd",2355
12/17/2009 2:39:15 PM,hc,"cd hunting",599
12/17/2009 2:40:52 PM,iv,"cant find file",97
12/17/2009 2:50:33 PM,re,"rss",581
12/17/2009 2:52:51 PM,ph,"scheduling",138
12/17/2009 3:00:44 PM,bk,"",473
12/17/2009 3:36:09 PM,tk,"introduce scanner",2125
12/17/2009 3:36:39 PM,em,"",30
12/17/2009 4:10:41 PM,bk,"tt",2042
12/17/2009 4:22:32 PM,hr,"",711
12/17/2009 4:30:41 PM,up,"server cert installation",489
12/17/2009 4:54:04 PM,iv,"fmr asst",1403
12/17/2009 5:00:12 PM,em,"",368
12/17/2009 5:02:38 PM,re,"rss",146

12/18/2009 7:42:45 AM,ar,"",0
12/18/2009 8:01:08 AM,re,"rss",1103
12/18/2009 9:20:14 AM,tk,"update certs",4746
12/18/2009 9:26:22 AM,hr,"cert related issue",368
12/18/2009 9:32:49 AM,up,"report web status",387
12/18/2009 10:10:08 AM,tk,"moodle backup demo",2239
12/18/2009 10:12:50 AM,iv,"power mgmt",162
12/18/2009 10:13:58 AM,tk,"moodle video script",68
12/18/2009 10:31:39 AM,hr,"laptop dvd",1061
12/18/2009 10:37:55 AM,tk,"moodle stuff",376
12/18/2009 11:13:38 AM,tk,"moodle tutorial",2143
12/18/2009 11:59:22 AM,tk,"moodling",2744
12/18/2009 12:59:31 PM,bk,"lunch",3609
12/18/2009 1:58:19 PM,tk,"moodle tutorial",3528
12/18/2009 2:13:47 PM,hc,"mail",928
12/18/2009 2:34:01 PM,up,"moodle issues",1214
12/18/2009 3:01:08 PM,tk,"moodle",1627
12/18/2009 3:03:30 PM,tk,"search",142
12/18/2009 3:28:08 PM,tk,"reprogram maint update",1478
12/18/2009 3:29:41 PM,iv,"spouse",93
12/18/2009 3:36:44 PM,vi,"clear up assignment expectations",423
12/18/2009 5:06:10 PM,tk,"maint interface update",5366
12/18/2009 5:07:22 PM,hc,"busy greeting and e-mail ooo",72

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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