• Work
  
  • [-] Start on new project involving Facebook and Rails
  • [-] Work on ITSC blog post, keynote presentation
  • [X] Post more Lotusphere-related reflections
  • [-] Work on Deeper Insights presentation on social learning
  • [-] Work on Remote Presentations that Rock presentation
  • [C] Possibly sign up for consulting course – skipping this for now
  • Learned how to use estimating worksheet
  • Talked to Boz about productivity
  • Worked on newsletter tool
  • Estimated and scoped projects, yay!
  • Got back into Ruby on Rails, prototyped a project

• Relationships
  
  • [X] Catch up with tasks at home
  • [-] Give Maira some of the spices – will do that today
  • [X] Organize get-together
  • Celebrated my mom’s 65th birthday
  • Looked for some experiences to share with people (movie, opera)

• Life
  
  • [X] Share more reflections from Lotusphere
  • [-] Open up investing TFSA with Waterhouse – will do that on Monday
  • [-] Review my goals and upcoming projects
  • Experimented with lower-key daily routine; need to mix in more social interaction or shared experiences?
  • Brainstormed books I would like to write/read some way

• Work
  
  • [X] Clarify scope and prepare estimates for other Drupal or Rails projects
  • [X] Work on Facebook/Rails project
  • [X] Work on newsletter tool – fix bugs, implement requests
  • [X] Look into AIS IP address bug with simple_access>
  • [X] Put together ITSC presentation and blog post
  • [X] Sketch Remote Presentations That Rock revision
  • [X] Outline Org-mode talk

• Relationships
  
  • [X] Give spices to Maira; cook Louisiana-style shrimp
  • [X] Watch The King’s Speech with W-
  • [X] Possibly get people together for opera
  • [X] Prepare paperwork for Dutch visa
  • [X] Go to Dutch embassy
  • [X] Meet Mike Nurse
  • [X] Chat with David Singer

• Life
  
  • [X] Write about things I’m working on improving
  • [X] Get through busy week

Tried new routine: wake up early-ish, have breakfast, do personal stuff or work, switch to work, have lunch, work, have dinner, tidy up, go to bed. This meant not doing anything that required a lot of thought or creativity in the evenings, and moving those activities to the morning instead.

Observations: I slept more than expected because I gave in to the temptation to snooze. W- simultaneously shifted to a late-night routine, so he woke up later in the mornings, which influenced the snoozing bit too. I think I’ll try this again, but with activities blocked off for morning hours so that (a) I don’t fill it with work by default, and (b) I have a clear reason to get up and get going.

It was a quiet week, which was a good way to recover from the buzz of Lotusphere. I suspect a good balance may be more towards the social side, though, and I spent some time focusing on developing relationships (finally answered my e-mail, for example!). Next week is going to be pretty busy on the social front. Something in the middle, perhaps. Maybe one occasion planned each week.

I have a feeling that it would be worth spending time developing friendships. I miss that sense of knowing other people that I had with my friends, and the extra richness of shared experiences. I have to consciously reach out and be interested in people to deal with the asymmetry of knowledge. It’s generally easy to know what I’m thinking about because I write about it, but other people tend not to.

Hmm…